Repères 07/02/08 - Le radicalisme menace aujourd'hui la survie du Pakistan

Pakistan At Risk From Radicals
Militants Now Threaten Country's Survival, U.S. Intelligence Official Says
The Hartford Courant February 6, 2008

"Radical elements are now a threat to the survival of Pakistan, prompting Pakistani military leaders to recognize that more aggressive efforts are needed to get the elements under control, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell told a Senate committee Tuesday.

"In the last year, the number of terrorist attacks and deaths were greater than the past six years combined," McConnell said in an unusually strong warning about Pakistan's political problems. "What's happened is Pakistan has now recognized that this is an existential threat to their very survival."

McConnell also warned that al-Qaida is using Pakistan's tribal region to train for attacks in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa and the United States..."

 

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