US Responsible For Qaeda Escape Into Pakistan,Hillary

WASHINGTON: U.S. let Al Qaeda off the hook in Afghanistan in 2001 who then fled to Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton acknowledged in an interview with FOX News broadcast on Monday.

Clinton said she appreciated the Islamabad campaign against the Taliban in South Waziristan, but asked for the routing of al Qaeda.

Asked whether the U.S. was to blame for the rising violence in Pakistan, Clinton said, “It is clear that Al Qaeda was in Afghanistan. And we were. We should have done when we had the opportunity to return in 2001 and 2002. and fled to Pakistan “.

“Had we done a better job in Afghanistan and captured persons had attacked or killed we would be in a different position,”he said.

Clinton agreed that any U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan “sangra”en Pakistan.” The first time I reviewed taking office, we concluded that we had to look at Afghanistan and Pakistan together and in view of the war on terror … and we know that the strong partnership we have with Pakistan, most of its efforts to root out terrorists in their own country, the better the situation in Afghanistan.

In the ongoing military offensive, Clinton said: “We are very impressed. However, our point is that Pakistan is a necessary step you take. But remember that there is a syndicate headed by al-Qaeda terrorist. You can not tell her work is done because it has cleaned Swat and South Waziristan, they really end up with what is, in my opinion, the source of the union and many of the problems of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the rest of us. “

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