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| 2006-09-28 | ||
| President Pervez Musharraf has angrily rejected allegations that Pakistan's intelligence service has indirectly helped the Taleban and al-Qaeda. In a BBC TV interview, Gen Musharraf said his intelligence services were doing an "excellent job" in tracking down and apprehending militants. The claims are in a document written by a UK intelligence official, which says Pakistan is on the edge of chaos. The paper also said that the Iraq war had helped extremists recruit people. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) paper says Pakistan's intelligence service, ISI, indirectly backs terrorism by supporting religious parties in the country. An MoD spokesman said "the academic research notes quoted in no way represent the views of either the MoD or the government". Gen Musharraf spoke to the BBC's Newsnight programme ahead of a meeting in Washington with US President George W Bush and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. He said that he was "fully satisfied" with Pakistan's co-operation in the fight against terrorism. "There is perfect co-ordination going on - intelligence and operational co-ordination at the strategic level, at the tactical level," he said. And he rejected the suggestion in the report that the ISI should be dismantled. "I totally, 200% reject it. I reject it from anybody - MoD or anyone who tells me to dismantle ISI. "ISI is a disciplined force, breaking the back of al-Qaeda. Getting 680 people would not have been possible if our ISI was not doing an excellent job."
The research paper is understood to have been written by a man with a military background who is linked to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service. On Afghanistan, the paper said the UK went in "with its eyes closed", and revealed that a secret deal to extricate UK troops from Iraq so they could focus on Afghanistan failed when British military leaders were overruled. The paper also said that the Iraq war had "acted as a recruiting sergeant for extremists across the Muslim world". | ||
| Posted by:Sheretle Tholusing9468 |
| #5 ISI is a disciplined force, breaking the back of al-Qaeda Why does this sentence causes me to think about overenthusiatic sexual intercorse? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-28 22:43 |
| #4 That is not what Perv told the Judges of the Sindh High Court... No operational control over ISI and MI, defence ministry tells court KARACHI, July 11: The ministry of defence exercises only administrative control over Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) and it does not have any operational control or jurisdiction to enforce the courtÂ’s direction on these agencies, an official of the ministry informed the Sindh High Court on Tuesday. The court was hearing six petitions against illegal detention of people belonging to political and religious organisations. ISI is disciplined? When the Pak Defence Minisrty has no operational control over them? As filed in a brief to the Court? |
| Posted by: john 2006-09-28 19:23 |
| #3 ISI is a disciplined force, breaking the back of al-Qaeda As bullshit meters explode in flames throughout Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-28 17:16 |
| #2 Disciplined by madrassa bathos. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-28 14:59 |
| #1 Yes, ISI tracks the terrorists down, apprehends them, and hands them great wads of cash. Then they escape to Wazoostan. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-09-28 11:53 |