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04/21/2005:

"Pakistani army chief rebukes Americans"

Cross-border tensions in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida militants erupted into the open yesterday as Pakistan's frontline commander issued a stinging rebuke to the top US general in Afghanistan.

Lieutenant General Safdar Hussain, who leads 70,000 troops in the lawless tribal belt, described as "highly irresponsible" comments by Lieutenant General David Barno that Pakistan was about to launch an anti-terrorist operation.

"He should not have made that statement. It was a figment of his imagination. There is no bloody operation going on until we have the right intelligence," he told the Guardian at his headquarters in Peshawar.
Full Article: guardian.co.uk