Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Wednesday in New Delhi that the US would continue to attack Al-Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan."We
have made it very clear that we are going to continue to defend
ourselves," Secretary of Defence Panetta said when asked about drone
strikes in Pakistan during a trip to India.He said the
sovereignty of the United States was also at stake because the militants
who planned the September 11 attacks were in Pakistan's tribal areas."The leadership of those who were involved in planning this attack are located in Pakistan, in the FATA," he said.
Leon Panetta confirmed during a visit to India that the United States had targeted a senior Al-Qaeda figure.
"We had a strike yesterday that hit another deputy leader," Panetta said in a reference to the killing of the group's number two Abu Yahya al-Libi.The death of Libi was announced by the White House on Tuesday, though it gave no further details.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss Asia-Pacific security issues.The US Defense Department says Panetta and Singh talked about India's role as a major regional power in stabilizing Afghanistan.
Both leaders discussed the Obama administration's shift in military focus to the Asia-Pacific region, in view of China's rapid military buildup.India and China has a border-demarcation issue India is also watching China's increased presence in the Indian Ocean, and its assistance to Sri Lanka and Pakistan for port construction.
Panetta too announced the US plan to have sixty percent instead of present fifty of its naval fleet in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020. He has visited Vietnam, which has territorial disputes with China over islands in the South China Sea.
Leon Panetta confirmed during a visit to India that the United States had targeted a senior Al-Qaeda figure.
"We had a strike yesterday that hit another deputy leader," Panetta said in a reference to the killing of the group's number two Abu Yahya al-Libi.The death of Libi was announced by the White House on Tuesday, though it gave no further details.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss Asia-Pacific security issues.The US Defense Department says Panetta and Singh talked about India's role as a major regional power in stabilizing Afghanistan.
Both leaders discussed the Obama administration's shift in military focus to the Asia-Pacific region, in view of China's rapid military buildup.India and China has a border-demarcation issue India is also watching China's increased presence in the Indian Ocean, and its assistance to Sri Lanka and Pakistan for port construction.
Panetta too announced the US plan to have sixty percent instead of present fifty of its naval fleet in the Asia-Pacific region by 2020. He has visited Vietnam, which has territorial disputes with China over islands in the South China Sea.
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