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July 11, 2011

White House To Withhold $800 Million in Military Aid To Pakistan 
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The White House has announced plans to hold back $800 million in
military aid to Pakistan. Mc Clatchy newspapers reports the cutback
appears to be direct response to recent moves by Pakistan, which
expelled U.S. military trainers from the country, limited the ability of
U.S. diplomats to get visas, and restricted CIA operations allowed on
its territory. The announcement also comes just days after unnamed Obama
administration officials accused the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI, of
ordering the recent killing of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad
in an effort to silence him. On Saturday, a spokesperson for the
Pakistani military described the recent reports in the Times as a,
"direct attack" on the Pakistani state.



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