$50 mn aid cut likely on every US death in Pak

May 12, 2012 09:57

Alleging that Pakistan has for decades leveraged radical terrorist groups to carry out attacks in India and Afghanistan, a US lawmaker has introduced a bill that proposes to deduct $50 million from the US aid to Islamabad everytime an American is killed "as a result of actions of ISI."

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced the "Pakistan Terrorism Accountability Act of 2012" yesterday in Congress.

The legislation would require the Department of Defence to list all Americans killed by terrorist groups operating with impunity inside Pakistan and Afghanistan and supported by elements of the Pakistani government.

For each person killed, $50 million would be subtracted from US foreign assistance to Pakistan, a requested $2.2 billion, and given to the victim's family. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

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