Thu Aug 10, 2023 – 9:04 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. government arranged the removal of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, over his refusal to support the Ukraine war – according to a diplomatic cable seen by The Intercept.
The cable – called a “cypher,” transcribes a March 7 meeting arranged between the U.S. and Pakistani ambassadors. As The Intercept said in its report of August 9, “The diplomatic meeting came two weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which launched as Khan was en route to Moscow, a visit that infuriated Washington.”
Five months later, Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges.
Was Ukraine the reason?
Was this really about a mistimed visit to Moscow? According to The Intercept’s Richard Medhurst:
I’ve covered this story for over a year… what really angered the Americans was Khan’s visit to Moscow on the day the war started.
The U.S. took offense at… Pakistan’s refusal to blindly follow the West in condemning and sanctioning Russia.
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In a case with startling parallels to that of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, Medhurst
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