'Pressure' on Pakistan army head over US ties

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Source: al Jazeera

Pakistan's army chief is reportedly fighting to keep his job after the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden by US forces last month.

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is facing criticism from his colleagues for his close relationship with the US.

The discontent with Kayani has reached such a level that a colonels' coup is not out of the question, the New York Times quoted Pakistani and US sources as saying on Thursday.

The report said Kayani had toured of more than a dozen garrisons, mess halls and other institutions to gather support in the six weeks since the May 2 in which US special forces killed Bin Laden in Abbottabad near Islamabad.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/20116166045538164.html

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1. Does anyone need more proof

that Pakistan is not our ally and giving aid to such a country is like feeding a poisonous snake?