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Children are drafted to protest NATO's strike on Pakistan forces,

in Lahore, Dec. 4.

 

 

The Frontier Post, Pakistan

Pakistanis Pleased with U.S. Base Eviction and NATO Oil Cutoff

 

"The strip's vacation by the only superpower of a uni-polar world is a major success for Pakistan and will go a long way toward upholding the fundamental prerequisite of national sovereignty - the premier national interest. … This has come about to satisfy the angry people of Pakistan, who demand the maintenance of their territorial integrity and national pride."

 

EDITORIAL

 

December 11, 2011

 

Pakistan - The Frontier Post - Home Page (English)

Sri Lankan Muslims protest a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistan troops, after Friday prayers in Colombo, Dec. 9.

 

EXPRESS TRIBUNE VIDEO [PAKISTAN]: footage of the aftermath of the NATO attack on the Salala check point, Nov. 9, 08:11.00.

On Friday as U.S. Air Force finished vacating the Shamsi Airbase in Washak village, about 320km southwest of Quetta, Frontier Corps personnel arrived to take control and provide security. Seven U.S. aircraft undertook the eviction. The base closure was ordered by the Defense Committee Cabinet on Nov. 26, along with a permanent halt to the re-supply of oil to NATO forces in Afghanistan in retaliation of their assault on the Salalah check point in Mohmand Agency. That attack killed 24 Pakistan soldiers.

 

Pakistan gave U.S. and NATO forces instructions to vacate the airfield twice before. General Musharraf first leased the base to United Arab Emirates rulers for hunting. The UAE later leased it out to the United States as a base for CIA-ISAF surveillance and drone missions against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. This sub-leasing of the strip enjoyed the complete support of the Musharraf regime. The airbase soon came to be known for launching unmanned drone attacks in FATA, which killed hundreds of civilians and triggered a wave of protest so great that the government had to explain its position in Parliament.

 

The Defense Committee Cabinet and then the federal cabinet issued the vacation order on Nov. 26. Chief of Army Staff General Kayani met with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani after the aggression by U.S. and ISAF. It is understood that the government yielded to military pressure when it cut off NATO oil supplies and requested that Washington vacate the airbase within 15 days. The government announcement said that the aggression by the United States and ISAF was an attack on Pakistan, its sovereignty and its integrity. It is also a fact that the Shamsi Airbase had outlived its usefulness. The U.S. and NATO had already shifted drone operations to Afghanistan in 2009.

 

Still, the strip's vacation by the only superpower of a uni-polar world is a major success for Pakistan and will go a long way toward upholding the fundamental prerequisite of national sovereignty - the premier national interest. America's eviction from the base will also help foster a better working relationship with Pakistan, and assist Pakistan in fulfilling its responsibility in Afghanistan as agreed to at the Bonn conference.  

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As of now, oil supplies to the U.S. and NATO have been effectively blocked and the U.S. Air Force has vacated the Shamsi Airbase. That means the decisions taken by the Defense Committee Cabinet have been comprehensively implemented.

 

This has come about to satisfy the angry people of Pakistan, who demand the maintenance of their territorial integrity and national pride.

 

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