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US 'threatened to bomb' Pakistan
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| Contributor | Guy |
| Last Edited | Guy Sep 22, 2006 01:41am |
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Friday, September 22, 2006 03:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The US threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, President Pervez Musharraf has said.
General Musharraf said the warning was delivered by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Pakistan's intelligence director.
The Pakistani president said that, following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the US made some "ludicrous" demands of Pakistan.
"The intelligence director told me that Mr Armitage said, 'Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age'," he said.
The US envoy also insisted that Pakistan suppress domestic expression of support for attacks on the United States, he said. |
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