Arms sales to Pakistan, India in 2006: Rivalry could put US ‘on the hook’
Published: Fri Dec 30th, 2005Source: www.dailytimes.com.pk
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year. In the past week, US Vice President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have made separate visits, not announced in advance, to Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led war on terrorism.
If their rivalry flared anew, the United States could be on the hook to deliver sophisticated weaponry to a region on the brink of war, said Matt Schroeder of the Federation of American Scientists’ arms sales monitoring project.
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