World Public Opinion Poll

World Public Opinion Poll

 

80 pct Pakistani say government should not allow American or other foreign troops to enter Pakistan to pursue and capture al Qaeda fighters

 

 

77 pct oppose allowing foreign troops to attack Taliban insurgents based in Pakistan

 

44 pct support Pakistan army should enter FATA to pursue and capture al Qaeda fighters

 

Only 21 pct show faith in leadership of President Musharraf

 

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Washington Post

 

 

Five years ago, elite Pakistani troops stationed near the border with Afghanistan began receiving hundreds of pairs of US-made night-vision goggles

 

 

But every three months, the troops had to turn in their goggles for two weeks to be inventoried, because the US military wanted to make sure none were stolen or given away

 

 

Bush administration has provided nearly $11 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001, most of it in military hardware and cash support

 

 

Pakistani government has lacked sufficient commitment to engage the enemy- US Officials

 

US equipment is not being used in a sustained way- Seth Jones, Rand Corporation

 

There have been elements of the government that have worked with the Taliban in the tribal areas in the past-

 

Pakistan military also complain about US-made attack helicopters that are grounded for weeks because of parts shortages

 

Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says-

"Is our military effort going as well as we hoped? No. But is Iraq going as well as hoped?" "We will fight terrorism because it is for our own good. But it is a very big job."

 

 

"The billions of American taxpayer dollars to Pakistan since September 11 have clearly failed to prevent our number one enemy from setting up shop in that country," said Sen. Robert Menendez,

 

 

The Pentagon's monitoring is conducted under a special program -- EUM, or Enhanced End-Use Monitoring -- that allows U.S. officials in Pakistan to check all the serial numbers every three months

 

 

Pakistan has received more than $6 billion from the Coalition Support Fund, government documents show

 

Washington-based nonprofit group Terror Free Tomorrow found that 19 percent of Pakistanis held a favorable view of the United States, down from 26 percent the previous year

 

Less than a tenth of overall US aid to Pakistan since 2001 has gone to support the country's economy and social infrastructure

 

About $64 million for schools -- a sum smaller than the funding level for education in a typical small US city- CSIS report

 

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