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1、GaryThomasAugust09,2011TherelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatesandPakistanhasbeenseverelystrainedinrecentmonths.TwoformertopU.S.intelligenceofficialssaytherelationshiphasbeensorelytestedbecausePakistanhasbeentryingtohaveitbothwaysbycooperatingwithU.S.counterterrorismeffortswhil
2、emaintainingtieswithTalibangroups.Inseparateinterviews,ex-CentralIntelligenceAgencyDirectorMichaelHaydenandformerDirectorofNationalIntelligenceDennisBlairbothsayPakistanistryingtouseTalibangroupstomaintaininfluenceinAfghanistan.Hayden,whoservedasCIAchieffrom2006to2009,saysPa
3、kistan'sarmyanditsprimaryintelligenceagency,theInter-ServicesIntelligencedirectorate(ISI),havebeenusingtheHaqqaninetworkasleverage."Itisclear,itisunarguable,thatthePakistanigovernment,particularlythePakistanisecurityestablishment-thearmyandtheISI-viewtheHaqqaninetwork,that's
4、theTalibangroupinNorthWaziristan,[as]moreofan-intheircalculustheyknowit'sanenemyoftheUnitedStates,butintheircalculusit'sdominatedbythefactthattheybelievethattheHaqqaninetworkisafriendofPakistan.Andthatmaybethesinglemosttroublingaspectoftherelationship:ourdivergenceofviewsont
5、hatparticularnetwork,"saidHayden.TheHaqqaninetworkisviewedasperhapsthemostlethaloftheAfghanTalibangroups,crossingintoAfghanistanfromitssafehavensinPakistan'stribalareastomountattacksonNATOforces.FormerDirectorofNationalIntelligenceDennisBlairsaysPakistanisplayingbothsidesina
6、nticipationoftheeventualU.S.withdrawalfromAfghanistan."Theywerehedging,frankly,"saidBlair."Thereweretrying,andtheystillare,totakeadvantageofthehelpthattheycangetfromtheUnitedStateswhilestillthinking,well,maybetheUnitedStateswon'tbehere,maybewehavetolookoutforourowninterests,
7、andweneedcontactwithmanydifferentgroups,bothcountriesandthesevariousterroristgroups.Andinaddition,theyhaveatraditionoftryingtoplayofftheseextremistgroupsagainsteachanother."BothmengivePakistansomepraiseforitscounterterrorismcooperation.Haydensaysthecountryhasbeena"powerful"c
8、ounterterrorismpartnerandthattheUnitedStateshascapturedmoresenioral-Qaidape