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| Musharraf buys all copies of sensitive ‘65 war book |
| 2006-10-01 |
| ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army general headquarters has purchased all 22,000 copies of a sensitive book by a former Inter Services Intelligence(ISI) chief on the myth of the victory claimed by the Pakistan Army in the 1965 war against India. The army felt The Myth of 1965 Victory by Lieutenant General Mahmood Ahmed would malign the armed forces’ image. According to GHQ sources, army chief General Pervez Musharraf found the book, published by Oxford University Press, ‘too sensitive’. The sources said Mahmood had submitted the manuscript to the GHQ as per rules. However, after going through the manuscript, the GHQ referred it to Musharraf, who noted on the file that Mahmood should review sensitive parts of the book and the title, especially the use of the word ‘myth’ in relation to the 1965 war. |
| Posted by:john |
| #6 Heh, I will have a copy online for the world in less than two weeks. |
| Posted by: newc 2006-10-01 20:20 |
| #5 Perv: I told him that Omar had escaped on a Honda motorcyle, says Musharraf. He then suggested that the best advertisement for Honda would be an ad campaign showing Mullah Omar fleeing on one of its motorcyles. ha ha ha.. I can think of add campaign for a J-Damn. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-10-01 17:53 |
| #4 And from Perv's own book 'Make Mullah Omar HondaÂ’s brand ambassador' New Delhi After Taliban leader Mullah Omar escaped from advancing US forces on a Honda motorcycle, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf jokingly advised the Japanese Prime Minister that the terrorist should be made a brand ambassador for the automobile major. In his book In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, Musharraf said the US started massive carpet-bombing of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 and the Northern Alliance simultaneously launched a land offensive. This led to Taliban cadres fleeing from Afghanistan into the mountains. In the first week of Dec 2001, Mullah Omar, sensing defeat, escaped on a Honda motorcyle and went into hiding, Musharraf writes. Once when Japanese PM Koizumi asked me about the whereabouts of Mullah Omar, I told him that Omar had escaped on a Honda motorcyle, says Musharraf. He then suggested that the best advertisement for Honda would be an ad campaign showing Mullah Omar fleeing on one of its motorcyles. |
| Posted by: john 2006-10-01 17:46 |
| #3 they only go after the nonfiction, TW |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-01 14:06 |
| #2 But the Army didn't bother to buy up President General Dr. Pervez Musharref'd book? (He must be a Dr. -- a PhD is required for all national level politicians over there for some reason.) How insulting! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-01 11:41 |
| #1 pathetic efforts to maintain a Pak myth. Losers in every war. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-01 11:07 |