LAHORE, Pakistan -- Brothers of two Pakistanis shot dead by an American rejected the idea of a financial settlement in a case straining diplomatic ties between the two counterterrorism allies, with one brother insisting Thursday that he wanted "blood for blood" -- not a payoff.
A court gave Pakistan's government three more weeks to decide if Raymond Davis, an ex-Special Forces soldier, has diplomatic immunity as America claims. Pakistan's unwillingness to offer a position Thursday indicated efforts by Sen. John Kerry to ease tensions during a visit this week had stumbled.
The U.S. says Davis shot the two armed men in self defense when they tried to rob him on Jan. 27 in the eastern city of Lahore and that he has full diplomatic immunity as an embassy staffer. Pakistani officials, fearful of a backlash in a public rife with anti-American sentiment, have referred the matter to the courts.
