Growing clamor in US to punish Pakistan for 'act of war' - Times of India

WASHINGTON: A leading US Senator has indicated Congress would support American military action against Pakistan amid growing clamor in Washington for a punitive response against a two-timing ally even as ties between the two countries grow more toxic by the hour.

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While a television journalist openly described Pakistan's allegedly proxy attack on the US embassy in Kabul as an "act of war" to foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar's face, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told a Sunday talk show that "The sovereign nation of Pakistan is engaging in hostile acts against the United States and our ally Afghanistan that must cease." "I will leave it up to the experts, but if the experts believe that we need to elevate our response, they will have a lot of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill," Graham, a South Carolina senator who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee , told "Fox News Sunday" in remarks that were seen as a call for military strikes against Pakistan. The sharp escalation of US rhetoric came even as Pakistan defiantly said it would not take any action against the so-called Haqqani group, which was described as a "veritable fighting arm" of the Pakistani spy agency ISI by a top US general, and has been held responsible for the several terrorist attacks on US and its allies in Afghanistan. Following a meeting of Pakistani army core commanders over the weekend, Pakistan indicated that acting against the Haqqani group would be against its national interests which involved establishing a foothold in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal as part of its "strategic depth" strategy, mainly to forestall Indian influence.

Growing clamor in US to punish Pakistan for 'act of war' - Times of India