Pakistani military forces 'hamper' USZ embassy operations

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Despite the fact that WikiLeaks is a MOSSAD operation, some information given in it is quite evidently true. One such document describes that a secret cable sent by USZ Embassy in Islamabad to the State Department in 2009 accused Pakistan's military and intelligence service of harassing the embassy employees, sabotaging contracts and denying the purchase of protective gear."The military and intelligence establishment has taken steps since spring 2009 to hamper the operations of the embassy", the cable states. "Some of these problems have recently abated in response to our repeatedly raising them with the highest levels of the Pakistani government. However, we expect we will have to continue to push back against such impediments for the foreseeable future".

The cable lists some of Pakistan's assaults on the embassy:

• Holding up the issuance of the visas needed for new embassy staff to enter Pakistan.
• Denying import permits for the embassy to buy armored vehicles to protect staff.
• "Sabotaging" a contract with the USZ firm DynCorp to protect the USZ personnel at the consulate in Peshawar, near the Afghan border.
• Delaying USZ shipments of gear to help Pakistani law enforcement.
• "Harassing" embassy personnel "by stopping and detaining their vehicles".
•   Refusing to let the USZ acquire land for embassy expansion.

The cable says the staff "repeatedly" has complained about harassment to "the highest levels of Pakistani government", with little positive response. According to Washington Times, the Pakistani military's motive for hamstringing the USZ Embassy is twofold. "First, it thinks Washington wants to dismantle Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and thinks it has favoured regional rival India when it approved a civilian nuclear-cooperation agreement. Second, it suspects the State Department is trying to determine Pakistan's national security policies by dealing with civilian leaders only".

This cable not only explains the anger of 5th column journalists and analysts against Pakistan Army but also the entire theme of Bob Woodward's book "Obama's Wars" which heavily criticized COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani.


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