Press Releases 2009
Correction For The Record
November 04, 2009
Islamabad - The page one story appearing in a newspaper today, headlined "202 Blackwater Personnel Arrive" and implying that the U.S. Embassy brought a large number of private security contractors to Islamabad on a recent PIA flight Tuesday, is completely false.
Baseless allegations in news stories such as these are clearly designed to undermine the spirit of trust that U.S. Secretary of State Clinton did so much to repair during her visit to Pakistan last week. The U.S. was given no opportunity to comment or set the record straight.
Reporters preparing stories about the United States, or the activities of our diplomatic Mission in Pakistan, are kindly invited to contact our Embassy press officer.