101. Wire service reports quoted unnamed Pakistani government officials as saying both U.S. and Pakistani planners want to minimize the use of ground forces in any strike. 102. Yet he brimmed with anger at the CIA, the Pakistani government and Saudi Arabia, whom he blames for the rise of the Taliban. 103. Zaeef said the Taliban had not called on its supporters in Pakistan to launch a campaign against the Pakistani government for siding with the United States. 104. Pakistani government jets, such as those carrying dignitaries, can also fly over India. 105. Pakistani government officials said Afghan authorities had told them civilians were also among those killed. 106. Pakistani governments considered these calls for the breakup of the country to be seditious. 107. Plans to set up larger, more permanent camps in border areas has become a point of open contention between humanitarian groups and the Pakistani government. 108. A Pakistani government official called the Indian accusations baseless, according to the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan. 109. A Pakistani government spokesman, Gen. Rashid Quereshi, responded in kind. 110. A Pakistani government statement said no assistance was needed. |