Obama's Pakistan Comments Draw Protest

11/09/2008 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011
  • Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah Chicago Tribune

A group of Pakistani-Americans and anti-war advocates delivered a letter to the downtown Chicago offices of Sen. Barack Obama today, calling on him to support a halt to U.S. bombing of terrorist targets in Pakistan.

"We are particularly concerned with your public pronouncements earlier this week in support of violating the borders of our ally, the country of Pakistan...," stated the letter.

It added, "You must understand the sweeping dismay that your avowed support for U.S. military incursions into Pakistan...has elicited among untold numbers of Pakistani-Americans and peace activists across the country."

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