US cutting back troops in Pakistan: Pentagon

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rangoli May 25, 2011, 10:19pm 1

WASHINGTON: The US military said Wednesday it plans to scale back the number of American troops in Pakistan after Islamabad made a formal request, amid tensions over a US raid against Osama bin Laden.

“We were recently (within past 2 weeks) notified in writing that the government of Pakistan wished for the US to reduce its footprint in Pakistan.
Accordingly, we have begun those reductions,” spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan said in an email to reporters.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/26/us-cutting-back-troops-in-pakistan-pentagon.html
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why dont you guys do us a favor and just get the hell out of there!!

La_Parisienne May 25, 2011, 10:25pm 2

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why don't Pakistan govt ask US to take all of its feet out of Pakistan instead asking them to 'reduce the footprint' if they really don't want US there?

rangoli May 25, 2011, 10:30pm 3

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they wouldve ... if they had some guts! :(

Janjua39 May 26, 2011, 12:59am 4

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bachay formal requests hi mangty hn ^^... :) application likho bachay

Captain1 May 26, 2011, 2:48am 5

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what about reducing CIA operatives in Pakistan? they are more dangerous than troops in Pakistan.

javedmiandad May 26, 2011, 2:04pm 6

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Nobody wants america in pakistan except the corrupt regime of zardari and the thieve politicians.

javedmiandad May 26, 2011, 2:13pm 7

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this is pure lies to appease the public

they will not even make one terrorist american leave

Zero_one May 26, 2011, 2:39pm 8

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But isn't that government elected by the very PPL of Pakistan ????

Pakistan_Zindabad_2 May 26, 2011, 6:33pm 9

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HALLELUJA! Why haven’t we come up with this smart question.

javedmiandad May 26, 2011, 10:39pm 10

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come on man democracy is the most corrupt system of politics and pakistan has the most corrupted politicians.

If you know about how politics works in pakistan you wouldn’t have to ask that question

If you really want to get an idea of how the game works read this:

http://www.pakistaniaat.net/2011/01/12/why-do-people-vote-for-tyrants-understanding-voting-patterns-in-pakistan/