The United States threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, President Pervez Musharraf says.
General Musharraf said the warning was delivered by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Pakistan's intelligence director.
"I think it was a very rude remark," Mr Musharraf told CBS television.
Pakistan agreed to side with the US, but Gen Musharraf said it did so based on his country's national interest.
"One has to think and take actions in the interest of the nation, and that's what I did," he said.
'Ludicrous' requests
The extracts from the CBS show 60 Minutes, which will run on Sunday, were released on the same day that the White House praised Pakistan for its co-operation in America's "war on terror".
Gen Musharraf is due to meet US President George W Bush at the White House on Friday.
The US allegedly ordered Pakistan to crush dissent |
The Pakistani president said that, following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the US made some "ludicrous" demands of Pakistan.
"The intelligence director told me that Mr Armitage said, 'Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age'," he said.
The US envoy also insisted that Pakistan suppress domestic expression of support for attacks on the United States, he said.
"If somebody's expressing views, we cannot curb the expression of views," Gen Musharraf said.
Mr Armitage also allegedly demanded that Pakistan allow the US to use its border posts as staging points for the war on Afghanistan.
Pakistan's support was considered crucial in the defeat of Afghanistan's Taleban government, which Pakistan had helped to bring to power.
President Musharraf has proved a loyal ally though many now will question the means used to extract the co-operation, says the BBC's US state department correspondent Jonathan Beale.
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What can't you believe? Is it the fact that it took five years for the truth to come out, or the fact that the truth did come out?
But then again, those of us who have come to know Bush and his gang of bullies have known this all along has happened. What I'm surprised at (to a very very small degree), is that more countries don't have the balls to admit that they only went along (and continue to do so) with the great dictator, Bush the Prick, under one form of duress or another.
Anyone remember his famous words when he wanted support to (ILLEGALLY) invade Iraq? "You're either with me or against me". What a fucking prick! And don't say a word against the Yanks and their unholy cause!. Has he never heard of neutrality? Many countries (Switzerland for example) are famous for their neutrality which is a word meaning "we are peaceful people and do not wish to make war with anyone". Sorry, I forgot (just for half a second), that Bush's I.Q. and shoe size are one and the same.
The truth is, that it drove the great dictator crazy (and still does) that the Yanks got targeted, while the peaceful countries of the world does not have enemies. Here's a tip for you Yanks, Bush in particular....if you don't want enemies, don't stick your fucking noses where they don't belong and piss people off!
He figures that by dragging others into his mess, he can somehow justify that great steaming pile of elephant shit that he has rained down on the world. And if you won't join his un-fucking-holy crusade, well, he'll just threaten to blow you into the stone age. What a pal. What a friend. Please Georgie...please don't be my friend. Please don't liberate me. I want to live.
You on the other hand, could you please fuck off and die? The world would be ever so grateful. Without you to stir up the shit, we wouldn't have a peaceful world (it never was) but it was a whole hell of a lot better before you fucked things up beyond all belief.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm...
ever so much more so fucking fed up!
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Newsflash! It is hardly worth taking the two minutes to type this. You all can guess what I'm adding, this being the day after this article was printed.
What a shock that Armitage denies saying words to that effect, claiming that he hasn't the power to enforce it. Well shithead, we know you don't control the army, you were just the messenger.
And naturally, Bush the Dictator, claims that this is the first time he's heard mention of the fact that Pakistan was threatened. If hippos grew wings and flew to the moon, I be less surprised than I was when I read this tidbit.
Of course he denies knowledge. He's a moron and the greatest liar this century has seen and will ever see. Future liars will build temples in his name, and try to change all dictionaries from using the word "liar" to using the word "Bush" instead.
The real tragedy in all of this is that there are some sheep out there (oops, I meant "people") who actually believe his bullshit lies and actually support him. It boggles my mind. I suppose it boggles the mind of anyone out there with more than two functioning brain cells.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm...
still sofedup
2006-09-21 20:50:58
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