Clinton puzzled at Pakistan failure to find al Qaeda

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Clinton puzzled at Pakistan failure to find al Qaeda

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29 October,2009 11:47 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's said on Thursday it was hard to believe that no one in Pakistan's government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding, striking a new tone on a trip where Washington's credibility has come under attack.I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to, she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in Lahore. Maybe they are not get-at-able. I dont know, she said. I am more than willing to hear every complaint about the United States, Clinton said, but this is a two way street. If we are going to have a mature partnership where we work together then there are issues that not just the United States but others have with your government and with your military security establishment.Clinton, who has sought to use her own personal outreach to overcome rising anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, earlier repeated her conviction that the two countries' common interests far outweighed their differences.