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| Gen. Gul sez Binny's not in Pakland. Have we looked in Topeka? |
| 2002-08-27 |
| Lt General (retired) Hameed Gul, a former chief of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and a prominent defence analyst has observed that the US would mount pressure on the military junta of Pakistan to get a tacit approval of launching a ground and air combat in Pakistan against so-called Al-Qaeda that would eventually endanger the nuclear capability of Pakistan. Lawsy, wouldn't want that to happen. (Why would we do that? I can't think of a reason, unless they intend to go to the brink of war with India again sometime soon...) General Gul categorically said that Osama bin Laden was not in Pakistan. “He must be in Afghanistan.... if he is with his friends. But, if he is not there, he must be in US", the General said. He was of the view that Americans have conducted no major operations against Osama in its so-called fight against terrorism. In fact, US forces have faced major setbacks there. Catching Abu Zubaydah was a big setback. Cracking some of the financial backing and getting into the ratsnest of the Soddy NGO network didn't help us a bit... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |