THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PHRASE

One of the AP's reports on the Islamic militant attack on a Pakistani naval base included this key paragraph:

Militants storm Pakistani navy base
By ADIL JAWAD, Associated Press – 44 mins ago

KARACHI, Pakistan – Islamist militants stormed a naval base in the Pakistani city of Karachi late Sunday, destroying a U.S.-supplied surveillance aircraft, firing rockets and battling commandos sent to subdue them in one of the most brazen attacks in years, officials said.

The fact that militants were able to enter one of the country's largest military bases is another embarrassing blow to the army and will raise questions over whether the attackers had inside information. That they targeted a U.S. supplied aircraft draws attention to American aid to the military, something generals here do not talk about, fearing criticism from the county's fiercely anti-American population.

We need to get out of Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan ASAP.

UPDATE: An AFP report has a little more on how unpopular the U.S. is to Pakistanis:

Militants storm Pakistan naval air base, four dead
by Hasan Mansoor – 59 mins ago

KARACHI (AFP) – Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gunbattles that killed four navy staff on Monday three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

On Sunday, thousands of people demonstrated in Karachi to demand an immediate end to US missile strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border and call for a block on NATO supplies passing through the country.

Activists from the Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) led by former cricket hero Imran Khan held a two-day sit-in outside the Arabian Sea port, urging the government to end its cooperation with Washington's "war on terror".