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| Pakistan angered by Kenyan arrests |
| 2002-12-01 |
| The Pakistani High Commissioner in Kenya has cast doubt on Kenyan authorities claims to have arrested six Pakistani men, saying Kenyan authorities have refused to allow their identities to be verified. High Commissioner, Hamid Asghar Quidvai, told the BBC the men, arrested in connection with Thursday's suicide attacks on Israeli targets, may not be from Pakistan at all. Mr Quidvai expressed doubts over the nationality of the men after Kenyan authorities said their documents were issued in the Somali capital Mogadishu - where there has been no Pakistani high commission for 10 years. And he accused Kenyan authorities of breaching the Geneva Convention by not allowing Pakistani officials access to the arrested men in order to confirm their identity. I'm sure they'll verify their identities. I'm also sure their documents are false. Islamists regard genuine documents as mere templates on which to build the ones they actually use. If I was the Kenyan minister of whatever, I think I'd be hopping mad if it turns out that Paks came into my country to blow things up. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |