Thursday, October 25, 2007

Pakistan bigger threat than Iran: Chairman US Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Washington: Pakistan is a potentially bigger threat than Iran warns Chairman US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and presidential candidate Sen Joe Biden in an interview with The Washington Post’s editorial board on Thursday.
Responding to The Washington Post’s questions on foreign policy, senior Senator from Delaware and candidate for presidential nomination of the Democratic party, Joe Biden commented, “I'm a hell of a lot more worried about Pakistan" and added "I wish we'd pay as much attention to Pakistan as the saber rattling we're doing with Iran." His concern emanates from the fact that Pakistan already has nuclear weapons while Iran is still working on them.
Senator Biden is the second Democrat presidential candidate in this race who issued a statement regarding Pakistan’s ability to handle security related issues. Earlier, Senator Barak Obama had said that if elected as President of the United States he might order strikes inside Pakistan unilaterally.
(Rana Fawad)

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