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| A monster out of control: Pakistan secret agents tell of militant links |
| 2008-12-23 |
| Via the good folks at Long War Journal The Islamic fundamentalists who run the Markaz-e-Taiba complex near Lahore like to boast that it was inspired by Aitchison College, Pakistan's poshest private school. It is, as they describe it, the Eton of Wahhabi Islam, complete with polo ponies and a swimming pool. Yet when it comes to their links to Pakistan's intelligence service and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed for last month's attacks in Mumbai, they seem to suffer from collective amnesia. “We've never had any connection to either,” Mohammed Abbas, the administrator of the complex, told The Times. But it was here, in April 2001, that Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, LeT's leader at the time, called a meeting of his supporters in the 75-acre complex of red-brick buildings and neat lawns. Most of the visitors wore the obligatory long beards, but among them was an elderly man with no beard, only a thin, military-style moustache. General Gul, 72, was the ISI chief from 1987-89 and had long since retired by 2001. Since the attacks in Mumbai, however, such meetings have added weight to India's assertion that Pakistani intelligence has close ties to LeT and other militant groups involved in attacks on Indian soil. Rest at link |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 And they've established tribal homelands in Leeds and Birmingham. The UK has announced they need to import 5,000 additional halal butchers from "Asia" to meet the demand... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-12-23 14:43 |
| #4 The collective inferiority complex that is "Pakistan" makes them a very dangerous entity. They lie out of reflex. They see threats at every turn. They are, in clinical terms, nuts. Apply the needle. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-12-23 13:57 |
| #3 I thought as recently as a year ago that it would be necessary to take Saudi Arabia down to defeat terrorism. I now categorize them (mentally, at least) as a separate problem. The Paks are a problem in and of themselves. The country's not shaped by bin Laden. He's merely found a congenial home there. |
| Posted by: Fred 12/23/2008 13:04 |
| #2 Common theme i read time and time again run by the Pakistanis funded by the Saudis!!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2008-12-23 12:02 |
| #1 The Markaz, inspired by Azzam and paid for by Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden attended annual meetings held there until he moved to the Sudan. He then would send an annual message to the conclave, and apparently did so even after moving to Afghanistan in 1996. It has long been known as a LeT training site, supported by ISI, and everyone in Pakistan and in international intel organizations knows it. |
| Posted by: Balthazar 2008-12-23 10:49 |