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10 suicide squads out to whack Perv
Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafâs security has been strengthened and his movements kept top secret as the countryâs premier intelligence agencies have specific information that ten suicide squads are after him. Pakistanâs leading weekly newspaper The Friday Times said in its latest issue that the intelligence teams investigating the possible nexus between the two âjehadiâ groups allegedly responsible for the two attempts on the life of Musharraf also fear there may be more suicide squads out there trying to kill him. "Our information says there could be eight, possibly ten suicide squads still after the President," a senior intelligence official told The Friday Times on the condition of anonymity. "Most of these groups comprise local jehadis but some of them might well be taking directives from the foreigners," he said in a clear hint to Al Qaeda. "They can strike again now that they have been assigned a specific mission, but we will track them down. We are closing in on them," he added. The weekly said the episode involving nuclear scientists, including Father of Pakistanâs Nuclear Bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan, could further endanger Musharrafâs life. "The episode has even put off the common man. Most people think all this is being done at the behest of America and will result in a rollback of the programme. That does not bode well," it said, quoting a political analyst.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-02-15 |
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