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| ISI is being wrongfully defamed internationally: Malik |
| 2011-04-27 |
| [Dawn] Pakistain on Tuesday angrily rejected leaked documents showing that US Sherlocks considered its top spy agency a terror group, which could further strain relations between the wary allies. A secret 2007 US list of "terrorist and terrorist support entities" listed Pakistain's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) alongside some 70 other groups including Iranian intelligence and the Taliban. "The ISI is being wrongfully defamed internationally," Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. told news hounds. While his ministry is responsible for the police and some paramilitary units, ISI is under exclusive control of the military. "The ISI is not and has never been involved in politics," Malik said, before adding that the intelligence agency had served Pakistain "so tremendously". "The ISI is a patriotic organisation which has a huge role in combatting terrorism. Those who are trying to bring the ISI into disrepute would never succeed in their design," he said. Pakistain is a key ally of the United States against the Taliban but deep mistrust between the two countries' intelligence agencies was laid bare this week with the leaked documents released by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "The ISI is a patriotic organization which has a huge role in combating terrorism." Must be ISI fringe groups who are involved in the Madrassa instruction of suicide vests for teenagers and the mentally handicapped. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-27 21:40 |
| #4 "The ISI is a patriotic organization which has a huge role in combating terrorism." For example, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack? I bet the ISI was deeply involved.... |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2011-04-27 21:15 |
| #3 "The ISI is not and has never been involved in politics" There's a few Pak leaders who might argue otherwise - if they were still alive. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-04-27 13:49 |
| #2 We're not supposed to be bright enough to figure that out. |
| Posted by: Gloria 2011-04-27 09:09 |
| #1 Dear ISI: Your acts speak louder than your words! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-04-27 01:34 |