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U.S. crafted Pakistan "apology" to suit allies abroad, opponents at home
Jul 11th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the end it was a meeting in a nondescript conference room in Chicago that finally set in motion the long-awaited U.S. apology to Pakistan last week ending a seven-month impasse over NATO supply routes for the Afghan war. The meeting in late May followed months of clamoring by Islamabad, images of flag-draped coffins on TV, and widespread outcry from Pakistanis incensed by the U.S. air attack that killed 24 of their soldiers on the Afghan border last November. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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