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Bush Snubs Pakistan Second Time In Two Days - Omits It On Ally List

Bush Snubs Pakistan Second Time In Two Days - Omits It On Ally List

Author: Sanjay Suri
Publication: Indo-Asian News Service
Date: October 11, 2001

Washington (IANS) - U.S. President George W. Bush delivered a second snub to Pakistan within two days by conspicuously omitting any mention of the country as an ally against terrorism.

Welcoming the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) chief, Lord George Islay MacNeill Robertson, at the White House, Bush listed a string of countries backing the U.S. in its war on terror but made no mention of what was being called until the other day its frontline ally, Pakistan.

The omission was even more pronounced as Bush even praised the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) for providing intelligence against terrorists holed up in Afghanistan while maintaining silence on Pakistan.

Bush made no mention of India either. But officials pointed out that India has no direct or strategic involvement in the operations in Afghanistan.

That snub came after a public snub Tuesday when Bush dismissed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's claims that attacks on Afghanistan would be over within a few days.

"I don't know who told the president of Pakistan that," Bush said with obvious irritation.

While welcoming Robertson Wednesday, Bush said NATO nations are "acting together in a broad campaign against terror," but "the coalition goes way beyond NATO."

Bush said: "Russia is sharing intelligence and offering strong diplomatic support. The Organisation of American States invoked the collective defence clause of the Rio Treaty. Japan and Korea are offering logistical and other support. I had a great conversation with (President) Jiang Zemin of China about his desire to join us in fighting terrorist activities."

He said the "military forces from Australia and New Zealand are standing by to assist in combat roles if needed."

In Africa, he said the Organisation of African Unity has "moved quickly and strongly to condemn the attacks, and many are offering basic services, such as over-flight and the sharing of intelligence."

In the Middle East, he said, many nations "including Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are offering law enforcement, intelligence and other cooperation."

Many nations share the NATO view, he said, "that an attack on us is really an attack on legitimate governments and on freedom."
 


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