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Musharraf
Iraq war brought 'more trouble to the world,' he saysNEW YORK (CNN) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said he has little doubt that Osama bin Laden is still alive but denied his own security service is aiding After undergoing continued questioning it was conceded that there might be a massive funding cut in American support if he said otherwise. Further examination revealed how that same funding is currently being used to investigate the ISI's involvement in numerous assassination attempts against himself. He said the reason bin Laden is still at large is a combination of the terrain where he disappeared -- in remote eastern Afghanistan or western Pakistan -- and that "he has supporters" in the area where he is hiding. But Musharraf categorically denied that anyone in his country's security service is helping bin Laden in particular or al Qaeda in general. "Not at all. I'm sure if you ask your own intelligence organizations here, they would know the truth, how much they get [from] our intelligence organization," the president said. Musharraf also denied that the United States has been increasing pressure on Pakistan during the past few months to capture or kill bin Laden. "There is absolutely no pressure," Musharraf said, noting "It's a joint responsibility of the whole coalition, and also Pakistan, to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan." Musharraf was less enthusiastic in his support for the U.S. war in Iraq, saying the By this he meant that his little pisspot of a terrorist hellhole "is less safe in the wake of the invasion." But the Pakistani president stopped short of calling the invasion a mistake, saying, "I would say that it has ended up bringing more trouble to the His troops are far too busy getting lessons from Saudi Arabian security on how to "surround" enemy safe houses. Musharraf also met with the prime minister of India on Friday to discuss the possibility of a peaceful solution to their differences, which center on Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan have fought two wars. "Now I see sincerity in him. I think he's sincere towards this, and so am I," Musharraf said of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. I'd wager that PM Singh certainly is sincere about one thing. That would be blowing every single square inch of Pakistan to hell and back again if they ever launch even one nuclear weapon India's way. Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-25 |
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