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| nztrekkie | Sep 22 2003, 05:44 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EI20Df03.html this info from a US govt intellegence paper makes a bit of sense in light of what has happened in the middle east - al-quaida it seems have really been helped and abieted by Pakistan, not Iraq. However, Iraq ended up being invaded, not Pakistan, even though Pakistan is run by a military dictator, and was actively supporting those behind 9/11. In fact, the country supporting those responsible for 9/11 is now an ally of the US - Strange the way the world works isn't it ? ".......The analysis (from a recently declassifed document) carries the most damning account of Pakistan's role as the real host of bin Laden and his al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. It says, "Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network was able to expand under the safe sanctuary extended by the Taliban following Pakistan directives. If there is any doubt on that issue, consider the location of bin Laden's camp targeted by US cruise missiles, Zahawa. Positioned on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, it was built by Pakistani contractors, funded by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate and protected under the patronage of a local and influential Jadran tribal leader, Jalaluddin Haqqani. However, the real host in that facility was the Pakistani ISI. If this was later to become bin Laden's base, then serious questions are raised by the early relationship between bin Laden and Pakistan's ISI." It describes Jalaluddin Haqqani as "the Jadran tribal leader most exploited by ISI during the Soviet-Afghan war to facilitate the introduction of Arab mercenaries" and the Taliban as "the handy cloak woven by Pakistan to shroud their progress". Whose progress - al-Qaeda's or Pakistan's? Most probably, Pakistan's, but this is not clear........." |
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