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Musharraf says heads of two extremist groups did nothing illegal
President Pervez Musharraf said today that two top Islamic extremists released by courts in Pakistan had done nothing illegal. Musharraf, speaking to the Indian Hindi-language news channel Aaj Tak, said it was not justified to incarcerate the founders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, two of the most extreme groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. "There was nothing illegal that they had done. You can't keep a man indefinitely under arrest without trial," Musharraf said. The two movements were banned by Musharraf in January 2002, a month after an attack on the Indian parliament which New Delhi blamed on the outfits. "Running an international terrorist organization isn't illegal in Pakistan. Good thing to keep in mind if you ever want to start one... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-02 |
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