Pakistan Super PO'd About America Killing Pakistan's Favorite Guy, Osama
What are America's allies up to, these days? Oh, just jailing the CIA people who targeted Osama bin Laden in his fancy Pakistan suburban castle. China reads the White House gmail, British prime minister David Cameron mocks our wonderful health care system that's available only to people with lots of money, and now Pakistan is just cold arresting people for squealing on Bin Laden. It's almost like the whole world islaughingat America, nonstop.
Pakistani intelligence has detained five alleged CIA informants who spied on Osama bin Laden in the months before the al-Qaida chief was killed in a special forces raid, US and Pakistani officials have said. A Pakistani official said the owner of the CIA hideout had been arrested along with several other people.
A military spokesman denied a New York Times report that a serving army major had also been detained. The arrests highlight continuing tensions between the US and Pakistan in the wake of Bin Laden's death. They are likely to intensify pressure from senior Washington politicians to cut Pakistan's $2bn annual aid package.
Eh, just cancel that $125-a-year tortoise website, that should fix everything, globally. [ Guardian / NYT ]
The British Health Service effectively gave up on dentistry in the days of Thatcher. That said, I have seen a higher proportion of the population missing teeth in the USA than in the UK.
With all of the money spent on this Middle East escapade we should have title to at least half of Pakistan. Just give us the border regions next to Afghanistan and someone will figure out how to make a theme park out of it. Suggestions for names?