Report: US Diplomats Harassed in Pakistan -- Voice of AmericaAn internal State Department report says American diplomats in Pakistan are facing "deliberate, willful and systematic" harassment at the hands of the Pakistani government in the wake of last year's killing of Osama bin Laden.
The report found that U.S. entities in Pakistan have long been subjected to "unusual" obstruction that has "reached new levels of intensity" since U.S. special forces raided bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad last May.
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More News On Reports That Pakistan Is Harassing US Diplomats
State Dept. report says Pakistani harassment of US diplomats increasing, hampering embassy -- Washington Post/AP
Pakistan officials 'hindering' US diplomats -- BBC
US diplomats in Pakistan facing harassment: Report -- Times of India/AFP
'Pak govt deliberately, systematically obstructing US diplomats' -- DNA/PTI
My Comment: C. Christine Fail at Foreign Policy has a must read article .... What to Do About Pakistan. Bottom line .... Washington must now reconsider two different options when it comes to Pakistan: containment or benign neglect. My choice is benign neglect with containment on certain national security issues.
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