U.S. Urges Swift Action in Pakistan After Failed Bombing

The Obama administration has delivered new and stiff warnings to Pakistan after the failed Times Square car bombing that it must urgently move against the nexus of Islamic militancy in the country’s lawless tribal regions, American and Pakistani officials said.

The American military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, met with the Pakistani military chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, at his headquarters here on Friday and urged Pakistan to move more quickly in beginning a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda in North Waziristan, Americans and Pakistanis familiar with the visit said. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of continuing diplomatic efforts here.

The Pakistani-American man who admitted to the Times Square attack, Faisal Shahzad, 30, told American investigators that he had received training in North Waziristan, the main base for the Pakistani Taliban, Al Qaeda and other militant groups.

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5 comments on “U.S. Urges Swift Action in Pakistan After Failed Bombing

  1. dwstroudmd+ says:

    Like Obama on the Arizona border with Mexico!

  2. Cousin Vinnie says:

    I’m not giving Pakistan a pass, but we should remember that it was the USA that recently gave citizenship to a guy who had close family and personal ties to radical Islamists. Let’s get our own house in order.

  3. azusa says:

    I don’t think we should rush to judgment on this. Perhaps he was unhappy about health reform?

  4. Fr. Dale says:

    [blockquote]“We are saying, ‘Sorry, if there is a successful attack, we will have to act’ ” within Pakistan, one of the American officials said.[/blockquote] I would say that even though the bomb did not go off, it is evidence of a successful attack.

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