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Right Under Their Nose
By B. Raman Since 9/11, there has been hardly any jihadi terrorist strike anywhere in the world in which there was no Pakistani connection. Since 2002, there has been hardly any jihadi terrorist strike in Pakistani territory in which there was no connection of the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army. By GHQ, one does not mean the entire army. One means some elements in the GHQ. The first wake-up call about the possible presence of one or more sleeper cells of Al Qaeda in Rawalpindi came in March, 2003, when Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM), who allegedly orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist strikes in the US, was found living in the house of a woman's wing office-bearer of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Rawalpindi. She had relatives in the army, including an officer of a Signal Regiment. The second wake-up call came after the two attempts to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi in December,2003.The Pakistani authorities have not so far taken their public into confidence regarding the details of the two plots. All that they admitted was that four junior officers of the Army and six of the Air Force were allegedly involved. One of the army officers named Islamuddin was court-martialed and sentenced to death even before the investigation was complete. Another army officer named Havaldar Younis was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Much to the discomfiture of the authorities, one of the Air Force officers, a civilian, who was being held in custody in an Air Force station, managed to escape. Posted by: john frum 2007-12-29 |
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