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| Pakistan: News from the Other Side... |
| 2002-06-27 |
| Reliable intelligence sources are reporting that FBI and U.S. intelligence agency officers have been trying to infiltrate certain tribal areas of Pakistan, in order to locate Arab and Taliban Mujahideen. One source reported that these intelligence officers were flown into Kohat, one of Pakistan's tribal regions, earlier this month. Isolated, primitive, and brutal. Great place for al-Qaeda and Taliban tough guys to hang out... In what seems to be a rather bizarre strategy of the 'advanced' U.S. intelligence machine, it is believed that these intelligence officers have disguised themselves as Muslim preachers, locally known as 'Tablighi Jamat'. They were initially spotted in the Tablighi Jamat centre in Kohat. These men could possibly be hypocrites [non-wahhabi, maybe even non-Sunni Muslims] from the region, for they reportedly speak Urdu and Pashtu fluently and have long beards, or they may be very well trained U.S. intelligence officers. These groups of preachers have been seen in the tribal regions of Orakzai Agency and Kuram Agency as well as Kohat, where they have been asked to go on 'Tashkeel' which is a principle that means to go out and preach to the people in certain areas. 'Nother words, it gives them an excuse to move around the countryside... It is believed that these men will be visiting remote tribal regions, where they will be able to gather useful intelligence regarding suspected Arab Mujahideen hideouts together with information about their families, which are reportedly scattered throughout Pakistan and other bordering countries. We pray that Allah keeps the Mujahideen and their families safe and sound from the deceptive ploys of the oppressors and enemies of Peace and Justice in the world. I have a vision of Agent Joe Starchedshirt with his false whiskers and his Urdu phrasebook, trying to pass as a wild-eyed, spittle-spewing preacher. It's a lot more likely the preachers, if they're agents at all, are native ISI or military intel. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 People keep telling us we couldn't war-on-terror ourselves out of a paper bag. Somehow we keep doing great things. Go figger. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-06-28 06:13:14 |
| #1 I thought the CIA didn't have many (any?) agents who spoke Urdu and Pashtu? Sounds more like paranoia to me. Unless it's the muslim version of the men in black... |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-06-27 23:57:45 |