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Will Pakistan Let China Look at the Crashed U.S. Helicopter? The Blackhawk wreckage is the latest example of the political chess game being played by Islamabad and Washington. By Josh Voorhees | Posted Wednesday, May. 11, 2011, at 10:45 AM EDT <http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/11/secret_blackhawk_helicopter_pakis tan_hints_it_may_let_china_look.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest#art icle_comment_box> 9 111761906 Pakistani officials are hinting that they may let China take a look at the wreckage of the top-secret U.S. helicopter left behind after the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. An unidentified Pakistani official <http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-raid-pakistan-hints-china-pea k/story?id=13570573&page=1> told ABC News Tuesday that the Chinese were "very interested" in taking a look at the remains. A second unidentified official went one step further, telling the network, "We might let them [the Chinese] take a look." The comments are the latest move in an ongoing game of political chess being played by the United States and Pakistan, one that is occurring to varying public degrees as officials from both nations use multiple channels to influence public perception both at home and abroad. Much like most of the <http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/10/bin_laden_wives_pakistan_will_rep ortedly_give_us_access_to_osama.html> tug of war over Bin Laden's three widows, the suggestion that China may get a firsthand look at the helicopter is taking place in the semi-public reality of an on-background media world, where U.S. and Pakistani officials strike varying posturing without having their names attached to the comments. It is hard to believe that Pakistan has not already taken a close look at the remains of what is widely thought to be a modified Blackhawk helicopter (the White House has refused to provide details). And given the nation's close relationship with China, it is possible-perhaps even likely-that Pakistan will eventually share any technological secrets it's able to discover from the wreckage, regardless of whether China gets its own up-close look. But by publicly suggesting that nothing is a done deal yet, the comments provide Pakistan with another chance to save face at home by taking a defiant stance toward Washington, while still leaving the door open for the Pakistani government to distance itself from the suggestions as it attempts too <http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/05/pakistan_tries_to_win_back_washin gton_with_lobbying_campaign.html> win back the support of Washington and keep the U.S. foreign aid spigot from being shut off. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
