Showing posts with label Our Man in Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our Man in Pakistan. Show all posts

Our Man in Pakistan

February 28, 2011

The dreadful treatment of Raymond Davis is a reminder of how dysfunctional our relationship with Pakistan has become.
By Christopher Hitchens

"In April 2001, a Pakistani diplomat—the first secretary of the Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, as a matter of fact—was found by the Nepalese police to be stashing a large cache of sophisticated high explosives in his home. Muhammad Arshad Cheema invoked diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution and, after a short interval, was sent home"
Read More http://www.slate.com/id/2286722/

 
 
 

Christopher reads from Hitch-22: A Memoir