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Pakistanis fear US will target them next

Pakistanis fear US will target them next

Author: UNI
Publication: Sify News
Date: December 24, 2002
URL: http://headlines.sify.com/1562news3.html?headline=Pakistanis~fear~US~will~target~them~next

There is growing resentment against the US in Pakistan, with the majority feeling that Islamabad could be the next target after Iraq.

More than a year after President Pervez Musharraf joined the US-led coalition against terrorism, Western and Pakistani observers say suspicion and disenchantment are on the rise in all sections of Pakistani society and an American war against Iraq is likely to further harden opinion, a report in the New York Times said today.

The deepest source of resentment is that Pakistan feels it is not being rewarded for its cooperation in the war on terrorism and is not trusted because it is a Muslim country.

''Over the last eight or nine months it's gotten a lot worse and that's what Osama and the people on his side want to foster,'' one Western diplomat said. ''This is a real danger. This can get out of hand on a lot of levels.''

The recent disclosure by American intelligence officials that Pakistan shared nuclear technology with North Korea is viewed as a first step toward declaring Pakistan the next rogue state, the report said.

Also, the Bush administration's diplomatic approach to North Korea and military approach to Iraq is seen as proof of an American double standard: one for Muslim countries, and one for others.

Meanwhile, the rewards that the United States has bestowed on Pakistan since last September go little remarked and little noticed.

The United States has rescheduled 3 billion dollars in Pakistan's debt, launched a five-year 100 million dollars aid programme and provided 73 million dollars in equipment and aid to secure Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
 


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