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Afghanistan
Hekmatyar Denies Role In Riyadh, Casablanca Bombings
2003-06-27
Former Afghani premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami party repudiated allegations it had any role in two bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. “We have no whatsoever link to the terrorist attacks in Riyadh and Casablanca,” the party said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by IslamOnline.net on Thursday, June 26.
"Lies, all lies"
In a scratchy videocassette, run by the Associated Press TV on June 21, a masked man, claiming to speak on behalf of Hizb-e-Islami, Taliban and Al-Qaeda, said the Riyadh and Casablanca attacks in mid-May were jointly carried out by the three groups. “We have no member who goes by the name Abu el-Hareith Abd el-Hakim,” said the statement, in reference to the name given by the masked man on the tape. “We once again reiterate our denunciation of terrorist attacks, and consider them a violation of the Islamic sharia and principles of humanity,” said the statement, condemning the Riyadh and Casablanca attacks which only “killed innocents”.
He doesn't want to lose his Saudi funding.
"Couldn't possibly be us. That guy uses six or seven other names..."
“There are no political or military treaties between Hizb-e-Islam and al-Qaeda or Taliban,” stressed the statement.
"Since they are one and the same, why would we need a treaty?"
It also threw discredit on the AP report, arguing it was “part of an organized media campaign against the party to undermine its repeated calls for stability and national reconciliation as well as the establishment of an Islamic government in Afghanistan.”
It's all a zionist american plot to discredit him.
Everybody knows the only way to stability and national reconciliation is through jihad...
Hekmatyar, recently designated a terrorist by the United States, shrugged off on Sunday, February 23, links with Taliban and Al-Qaeda. He is also known for his staunch opposition to the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Hekmatyar had charged the American “occupation” forces of committing heinous crimes in Afghanistan. In its statement, Hizb-e-Islami also denied allegations by the AP that its correspondent obtained the video from the group’s senior intelligence official in Pakistan. “The party had shut down all of its offices in neighboring Pakistan, given they were unnecessary” it added.
Observers had questioned the authenticity of the AP video, as the man appeared with a face covered by a black turban, a tactic rarely used by Al-Qaeda members and leaders who used to appear unmasked on the screen, even those who claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks.
Maybe they have learned to avoid the spotlght?
Either that, or he's afraid somebody's going to recognize him at the next JUI-F meeting, back in Peshawar...
When airing the tape, CNN stressed it was unable to verify its authenticity.
But since it was sweeps week, they aired it anyway.
The White House declined to comment on the video and Pakistani intelligence officials denied any knowledge of the video.
"We don't watch CNN anymore, Fox has hotter babes."
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