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| Afghanistan |
| Coup against Fahim? |
| 2002-11-05 |
| Source: Balochistan Post — take with a large grain of salt... In a covert coup within Karazi’s puppet establishment in Kabul, the US troops have forced Field Marshal Fahim to relinquish the responsibilities as the Vice President, Defence Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Afghan Army and live in exile, an Islamabad based newspaper reports quoting informed sources in Kabul. According to a report published by Urdu daily Ausaf, the covert internal reshuffle was planned a few months earlier when the US forces in Afghanistan who appointed and control Karzai’s establishment found that General Fahim was getting too powerful and could become a threat to Karazai’s survival. US troops in Afghanistan were having suspicions that General Fahim, who was reported promoted to the rank of Field Marshal by US Secretary Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a visit to Kabul, was engaged in anti-US activities along with his other collaborators including Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and Younis Qanooni. US authorities believe that some of the attacks on the US troops were actually masterminded by Fahim and his officers as they have strongholds in and around Kabul city and have access to the military information of US troops. That scenario wouldn't appear to make too much sense. For one thing, the attacks have been poorly executed, which would indicate they weren't arranged by military men, not even by a U.S.-appointed field marshal. A coup against Karzai would be more their style. I'd be surprised to see Abdullah and Qanooni involved — both are pretty intelligent, so they can see that would provide the kind of opening Hekmatyar would just love to death, and which would result in their demise. I'd say this is more wishful thinking on the part of Aushaf and Balochistan Post. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Rumsfeld promoted the guy to Field Marshall? Damn, he's more powerful than I thought. Wonder what my prospects are? I don't have any military experience but I'm sure I'm more honest than F.M. Fahim. Yeah, yeah, I know, best I'd get is K.P. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-11-05 21:46:31 |