 President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that it was a misconception that Pakistan was the Al Qaeda headquarters.
| Specifically Karachi. More specifically, Binori Town. But that's just a misconception... |
He said Osama Bin Ladenâs network did not exist in the country anymore.
| "Nope. Nope. We asked and everything..." |
Talking to a large number of editors, columnists and senior journalists, the president said that terrorism in the US and its allied countries was linked to Al Qaeda and people for some reason started looking at Pakistan. âI say this with clarity that Al Qaeda has no command structure in Pakistan,â he added.
| Then his lips fell off... |
Pakistan had arrested about 700 Al Qaeda activists from the country, had occupied their sanctuaries in Waziristan, had eliminated their command and control system, had broken their vertical and horizontal links and had devastated their communications system, he said, adding that Al Qaeda operatives could not communicate with each other through electronic devices. He said Al Qaedaâs communications system depended on couriers, which took weeks to convey a single message.
| Still works, when the message is "bomb London." |
âIs it possible for Al Qaeda to carry out terrorist activities in London, Egypt and other areas of the world with such a poor communications system,â he asked.
| Apparently so. It's called empirical evidence, Perv... |
Al Qaeda had become a global phenomenon and individuals carrying out terrorist activists identified themselves with Al Qaeda, he said, adding that now the world would have to deal with the phenomena and would have to change the peoples state of mind for which military action was not enough. He said measures such as resolving international political disputes, alleviating poverty and up-grading education systems were necessary to deal with terrorism. He said Pakistan would lead the war on terrorism and the world should also be involved in the process. âI usually wear a suit during my civilian activities, but today I am in my uniform so that the extremists should know that I will continue fighting against them,â the president added.
"Mahmoud! Perv's wearing his uniform!"
"Oh, hold me, Ahmed! I'm so frightened!" |
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