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| Training camps closed before 9/11: Qayyum |
| 2006-08-17 |
| There are no Pakistan-based “training camps” for militants, as alleged, having been wound up much before 9/11 by the then interior minister Moeenuddin Haider, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan told a news conference at the weekend. However, the struggle in Kashmir, he added, would continue until such time as there was no acceptable solution of the issue. He regretted terrorist attacks such as the one that occurred in Mumbai recently and said that those responsible were no friends of either India or Pakistan. He urged both governments not to let such incidents derail the peace process. “If you let that happen, those who do not want peace and an amicable settlement of issues, win,” he added. Sardar Qayyum said militancy in the Kashmir freedom movement had only crept in because there was an unwillingness on the part of India to move towards a political settlement. The moment there is progress on the political front, militancy will begin to die down. He said the Kashmiri people were not a herd of sheep which could be divided between this and that party. Any attempt to bypass the people would fail. He did not think there had been any change in Pakistan’s position on Kashmir. “A change in tactics is sometimes necessary,” he added, “but that should not be taken to mean that the basic stand has changed.” |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Uh huh, all those terrorists must be training in some imaginery camps. And the terror training camp in Rawalpindi must be a figment of the prosecutor's imagination. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-17 08:34 |