Will hunt terror groups in Pak if US interest threatened:Obama
| Elections 2008 |
| Wednesday, 27 February 2008 |
| Udayavani Washington, February 27: Maintaining a tough line, Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Wednesday said if American interests are threatened, his administration will hunt down terror outfits including in places like Pakistan.
At the same time, Obama clarified that he never said that he would "bomb" Pakistan but only act in the face of actionable intelligence about terrorist targets and if Islamabad is unable or unwilling to take action.
The remarks of the Illinois Senator came during a debate in Ohio, after rival Hillary Clinton questioned his stand on foreign policy issues, including Pakistan.
"Senator Obama... basically threatened to bomb Pakistan, which I don't think was a particularly wise position to take," Clinton said.
"I never said I would bomb Pakistan. What I said was that if we have actionable intelligence against (Osama) bin Laden or other key al-Qaeda officials and Pakistan is unwilling or unable to strike against them, we should," Obama said. |
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