Obama asked to ease rhetoric on Pakistan

Saturday, October 11, 2008 CHICAGO: A group of Pakistani-Americans and anti-war activists delivered a letter on Thursday to the Chicago office of US Senator Barack Obama, calling on him to cool his political rhetoric on bombing targets in Pakistan. “We are particularly concerned with your public pronouncements earlier this week in support of violating the borders of our ally, the country of Pakistan... You must understand the sweeping dismay that your avowed support for the US military incursions into Pakistan... has elicited among untold numbers of Pakistani-Americans and peace activists across the country,” the letter stated... [read full story]