Pakistan using US aid to arm itself against India

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6788782.ece

US ‘aids Pakistani corruption’
Glasgow-born counter-terrorism adviser Azeem Ibrahim says money given by the US government has been used to buy weapons

Billions of pounds of American aid given to Pakistan for the war on terror have been used to bolster its defences against India in its dispute over Kashmir or looted by corrupt officials, according to a study by a government adviser.

Azeem Ibrahim, 33, a Glasgow-born entrepreneur who has advised the UK government on counter-terrorism, said large amounts of the £7 billion given by the American government between 2001 and 2008 had been used to buy weapons. Many millions more have been siphoned off by government officials, he claims.

Ibrahim, a senior research scholar at the European Centre for Advanced Defence and Strategic Studies, drew on documents recently disclosed by the US government to compile a review of American aid to Pakistan...