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Afghanistan/South Asia
'Hayat's claim of links between MMA and Al Qaeda baseless'
2004-08-15
By Ghafar Ali
The interior minister's claim that the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has links with Al Qaeda is baseless, said NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani while speaking to journalists after the Independence Day flag hoisting ceremony on Saturday.
"Lies! All lies!"
He demanded the "removal" of Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and asked the central government to appoint a "responsible person" in his place.
"Somebody who doesn't make reckless comments about elephants in living rooms..."
Mr Durrani said that the interior minister was known to change his statements "every now and then" which showed that he was "not a serious person" and "not fit to hold an important position" in the federal government. "First he said that forces were closing in on Osama bin Laden and then he contradicted himself the very next day," said Mr Durrani.
That was when he noticed they weren't...
Posted by:Robert Stevens

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