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| Another conspiracy to kill Perv... |
| 2002-09-19 |
| Authorities have unearthed another conspiracy to kill self-appointed President General Pervez Musharraf when he was scheduled to inaugurate a defence exhibition after returning from his recent US visit last week. Uh-oh! Somebody's gonna get it...! Although the official spokesman of the General, Major General Rashid Qureshi, denies that there was any attempt on the life of the military dictator, there are reports that the activists of a group which is allegedly involved in explosion outside the US Consulate in Karachi a couple of months ago, had made full preparations to blow up the general with an anti-tank rocket. None of this "sic semper tyrannis" stuff and then then break a leg jumping from a theater box. Nope! Go for the big boom! However, Interior Minister General (retired) Moin Haider said that the police and intelligence agencies timely reacted and seized the ammunition from the site from where the accused had planned an attempt on the life of United States’ most ‘trusted’ ally in the World. I'd believe Moin before I'd believe Qureshi. 'Course, I'd believe most people before I'd believe Qureshi... Police have arrested seven suspects from the city, with a heavy load of ammunition, who are believed to be part of the gang involved in President’s life attempt conspiracy and in the recent attack on the US consulate in Karachi. This is a gang of 61 persons, Haider said while talking to newsmen in Islamabad, adding that the government recovered lethal weapons with those arrested on Wednesday as well as from members of the group arrested earlier. According to the minister members of this gang were also involved in the recent attack on the US consulate in Karachi. So far, he said, a total of 19 members of this gang have been arrested and are being investigated. It's starting to seem like roughly the population of Burma was involved in the bombing of the Karachi consulate. No wonder they couldn't keep it quiet... Police sources said that police officials, on a tip-off, raided a house in Dhorabi Wednesday night and arrested the ring leader of Harkat ul-Mujahideen Al-almi, Sharib. That would be Sharib Zubair, whom we discussed yesterday. Previous ringleaders of al-Almi have also been jugged... On his pointer, a 75-MM anti-tank rifle was recovered from the house. Sources in the law enforcing agencies said the rifle was to be fitted in Dhorabi. It is suspected that the objective might have been to target General Pervez Musharraf on his way from Karsaz Road to an exhibition. Maybe the Zis-3 76mm Soviet antitank gun, or a Chinese knockoff, though it could be an antique American 75mm recoilless rifle. I'm not going to bother looking it up, but working from memory, the Soviet gun is rifled and has a range of around 10 kilometers, though it was used at ranges of about 500 meters. The high explosive round weighs about 15 pounds. They apparently weren't screwing around, though I'm sure they had a helluva time getting it up the stairs... Later on the pointer of Sharib, six other members of the gang: Ehsan, Aamir, Kamran, Jamil, Navid and Mustafa, were arrested. More information gleaned from the arrested lead to raids in Dhorabi, Gulshan Iqbal, Shanti Nagar, North Karachi and many other areas. The operation conducted in different neighbourhoods of the city went on for six hours. Everybody started singing when the coppers pointed the antitank gun at them... The arms taken in custody by the police include 70 rockets, 75 hand grenades, anti-tank rifle 70 MM, 1007 rocketpads and other arms. According to the sources Sharib planted an explosive device in a car on the arrival of President of Pakistan on Shahraey Faisal but the bomb could not explode through remote control. The only thing that keep the Pak terror artists from being more dangerous than they are is their ineptitude... During the investigations, it was revealed that the members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-almi used to be trained in Afghanistan. The ring leader Sharib is considered to be a most dangerous terrorist. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-almi is also known to have connections with the intelligence agency of the neighbour country. According to intelligence information Sharib and other gang members were in contact with a high official of the intelligence agency of the neighbour country. Referring to India? Iran? Afghanistan? Or China? That's about all the Pak neighbors I can think of... My guess would be Iran, but the Baluchistan Post writers are probably trying to drag India into it... Sharib, carrying a bounty of Rs 1.5 million, was wanted both in connection with the May 8 bomb attack outside the Sheraton Hotel and the June 14 attack outside the US consulate. Busy all the time, wasn't he? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 So, who collects the bounty? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-09-20 05:42:06 |
| #3 Every single time there is a terrorist incident in Pakistan, the Pakis blame the intelligence services of a 'neighbouring country' as in India, but it always turns out that these Jihadis do have a connection to the intelligence agency of a country located in South Asia, but it sure isn't India.. |
| Posted by: Paul 2002-09-19 23:38:43 |
| #2 Criminy! How the hell did nobody see these yahoos trying to move that thing in the house? Had to have looked like a chinese fire drill! Cleverly disguised with a DirecTV dish on the barrel? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-09-19 20:27:07 |
| #1 Isn't Qureshi also the name of the Pakistani, who's doubles tennis partner is from Israel? |
| Posted by: Jabba the Tutt 2002-09-19 19:16:45 |