Amid new fighting in Pakistan?s tribal areas on Sunday, opposition parties said they would mount a legal challenge to Gen. Pervez Musharraf?s plan to be re-elected president.
The United States Sunday sparked heated verbal skirmishes by refusing to rule out military action against Al-Qaeda leaders sheltering inside Pakistan, one of its closest "war on terror" allies.
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that the United States should do more to capture Osama bin Laden and dismantle al-Qaeda operations in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan even at the expense of an ally, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
WASHINGTON, July 22 One of President Bush?s counterterrorism advisers said today that the United States would consider using military force inside Pakistan if it identified key Al Qaeda targets there, but the Pakistani foreign minister angrily rejected such talk as ?irresponsible? and said American attacks in the sensitive border area could cause civilian deaths and enrage Pakistani opinion.
The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaeda's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday. The Senate's top Democrat endorsed that approach.
The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday. The Senate's top Democrat endorsed that approach.
Pakistan hit back on Sunday at U.S. critics of its fight against terrorism, insisting its army was best suited to hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda militants Washington believes enjoy safe haven in Pakistani tribal areas near Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem Al Qaeda's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday.
The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday.
President Bush said Saturday that the United States must continue fighting in Iraq and support Pakistan's battle against al-Qaeda and other extremists entrenched along its rugged frontier.