4 signs of the unraveling U.S.-Pakistan relationship

In the wake of America's slaying of bin Laden on Pakistani soil, each country fails to suppress its frustration with the other

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In the aftermath of last week's fatal U.S. raid on Osama bin Ladin's Pakistan compound, the already troubled ties between the Obama administration and the Pakistani government are fraying further. While President Obama has suggested he didn't give Pakistan advance warning for fear an insider would tip off bin Laden, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has denounced the raid as a violation of Pakistani sovereignty. Here, four more indications that the testy relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan is nearing the breaking point:

1. Obama thought Americans might have to fight Pakistanis

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