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'US entitled to take military action in Pakistan's Tribal Areas'
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The Hindustan Times
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October 4, 2008
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Washington, Oct. 4 -- The United States is entitled under international law to take military action in Pakistan's Tribal Areas since they no longer lie under the sovereign control of the Pakistani state, according to a US based South Asia expert.
This assertion was made by Stephen Cohen of the Brookings Institution at a ceremony marking the release of a new report on Pakistan by a US working group.
Cohen said that Pakistan does not have sovereignty over its own territories ...