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Just whose side is Pakistan really on?
For budding suicide bombers all roads seem to lead to Pakistan and last weeks global alert over a suspect massive terrorist attack did nothing to dispel that view.The moment I heard the first news about the airline plot, I knew it was just a matter of time until we heard the word Pakistan, said a US intelligence agent. Whether its 9/11, the Bali bombs, 7/7 and now this, Pakistan is always the connection. Thats gotta raise some questions." The roots of Pakistans reputation as a haven for jihadists run deep. It was, after all, in the city of Peshawar that Al-Qaeda was born after ISI, Pakistans military intelligence, started to recruit Arabs to fight in the Afghan jihad. It was ISI that turned the Taliban from a bunch of religious students into a movement that took over Afghanistan. According to Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, ISI continues to provide a safe haven, training them to fight British soldiers in Helmand. Posted by: john 2006-08-13 |
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