The United States to set aside $2 billion in Pakistan military help

The Associated Press reports that President Obama may be seeking another massive money advance for the worldwide “War on Terror”. The bill this time would amount to $2 billion for Pakistan military aid against al-Qaida and the Taliban, should Congress approve. According to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the administration will ask Congress to approve the funds for use from 2012 to 2016 for U.S.-made arms, ammo and field gear.

Not all units are certain to get the Pakistan military aid

The AP reports that the Obama administration doesn’t want to give all of the Pakistani military services units the Pakistan military aid. Units have been allegedly executing and torturing prisoners which is a human rights issue. You will find also concerns about previous military aid from the U.S. which was believed to buy missiles to target United States of America allies and also about whether the Pakistani government even to be policing its border with Afghanistan. The military aid is coming after another $7.5 billion already being given to the country. This aid had been to help with the flood damage that occurred most recently though.

Clinton and Qureshi declared the plan at a joint conference

Clinton needed to be very careful about what happened at the conference with herself as Secretary of State and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Seems like like the Islamabad government does not care much about terrorism which the United States doesn’t like that much. Clinton, however, spoke about how the individuals in Pakistan have had to “sacrifice” and give “service” in order to bring the country back.

In response to accusations of being gentle on terrorism, Qureshi said, “We don’t know what greater evidence to offer (as proof to the contrary) than the blood of our individuals.”

United States motivates Pakistan to enhance human rights training<

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont backed the 1997 legislation that doesn’t all Pakistani components that are expected to have human rights violations to get military services aid. The AP explains that the Leahy Amendment, “bars United States military services assistance from going to foreign armed forces suspected of committing atrocities.”The Leahy Amendment “bars United States military assistance from going to foreign armed forces suspected of committing atrocities.” This is what the AP reports. According to an anonymous U.S. govt spokesperson, the Leahy Amendment could be upheld throughout negotiations concerning Pakistan military aid. Units are being told to start complying with the Leahy Amendment in order to get aid.

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MSNBC

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Pakistani missiles targeting Indian targets

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