Updated at: 0618 PST, Saturday, December 12, 2009 WASHINGTON: Pakistan must cooperate more fully with the United States to help wipe out Al-Qaeda, US President Barack Obama said in excerpts of a weekend interview.In the interview with media, Obama said the tribal territories that straddle the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan were the "epicenter of the violent extremism directed against the West... and the United States." "Ultimately, in order for us to eradicate the problem, to really go after Al-Qaeda... we are going to need more cooperation from Pakistan. There is no doubt about that," Obama said in excerpts released Friday, with the full interview to be shown on Sunday. He was speaking as reports emerged that the United States unleashed on Tuesday a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, which a US official told media had killed a senior Al-Qaeda leader. The person killed was an "upper-tier" figure in the Al-Qaeda network, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. |
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