The United States has told top political leaders of Pakistan including the ruling coalition partners that Washington supports civilian control of military and intelligence operations including budgets. A document titled US Mission Pakistan, prepared by the American Embassy Islamabad, that was distributed during separate briefings to leaders of different political parties outlined: “Goal: strengthen a long-term, multi-dimensional US-Pakistan relationship: support the new coalition government; support civilian control of military and intelligence operations, including budgets; combat extremism that threatens US and Pakistan; and assist economic development to improve the lives of the Pakistani people.” Briefings based on this document have been given to top leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) PML-Q, Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulemae Islam (JUI) and others including Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. The document said regarding law enforcement training and assistance that the US government has trained over 6,500 law enforcement personnel with over 1,000 courses in 2007 alone. Courses are conducted in the US, Pakistan and other countries. Programs include FBI National Academy (for senior law enforcement officials), post-blast investigation, anti-terrorism VIP protection, police management, investigative enhancement, academy development, civil disturbance management, explosive recognition and international standards. The FBI has offered investigative, forensic and laboratory assistance for counterterrorism cases to help identify the sources and methods of attack on Pakistani citizens. Regarding security assistance and sales, the document said foreign military sales or FMS (total caseload exceeds $5 billion) includes Cobra helicopters, night vision goggles, TOW missiles and radios for the Pakistan Army; P3 aircraft and Harpoon missiles for the Pakistan Navy; and 18 F-16 fighters, 6 C-130 transports and radars for the Pakistan Air Force. The assistance also included foreign military financing of $300 million per year (2005-2009). An amount of $14 million was spent on education and training of 761 students in 2002-2008 and $3.8m will be utilized for the same purpose for 200 students in 2009-2010. About border security and Frontier law enforcement, the document said since 2002 the American government has provided vehicles, bullet-proof vests, helmets, generators, night-vision goggles and communications equipment to law enforcement agencies: Frontier Corps North West Frontier Province (NWFP) $20m; Frontier Corps Balochistan $22m, Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) $9m and Coast Guard $2 million. __
