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2010-04-16 India-Pakistan

Musharraf govt. responsible for BB assassination: UN

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 not sure if the surprise meter should be on this... totally not surprised the Musharraf was complicit, but the fact someone actually published a report on it. wow.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-16 01:26|| 2010-04-16 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Not sure this report means anything other than a burning need to blame someone, Mush if possible.. Foolproof security doesn't exist.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-04-16 06:06|| 2010-04-16 06:06|| Front Page Top

#3 From the report:

The conditions in Pakistan that resulted in threats to Ms Bhutto must be
understood against the backdrop of Pakistans recent history. Under the military
dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq from 1977 to 1988, a once secular military was
aligned with political Islam, and jihad was used as a tool to recruit and support
insurgents fighting against the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan. The
Pakistani military organized and supported the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan
in 1996. Similar tactics were used in Kashmir against India after 1989. These
policies resulted in active linkages between elements of the military and the
Establishment with radical Islamists, at the expense of national secular forces, and the
entrenchment of religious extremist and other militant groups in the tribal areas and
Punjab. Ms Bhuttos return from exile in 2007 occurred against this backdrop.
Therefore, a discussion of the threats to Ms Bhutto and of the forces that felt
threatened by her potential return to power in Pakistan must include the following:
Al-Qaida, Taliban and local jihadi groups and elements of the Establishment.
...
The jihadi organizations are Sunni groups based largely in Punjab. Members of
these groups aided the Taliban effort in Afghanistan at the behest of the ISI and later
cultivated ties with Al-Qaida and Pakistani Taliban groups. The Pakistani military
and ISI also used and supported some of these groups in the Kashmir insurgency after
1989. The bulk of the anti-Indian activity was and still remains the work of groups
such as Lashkar e Taiba, which has close ties with the ISI. A common characteristic
of these jihadi groups was their adherence to the Deobandi Sunni sect of Islam, their
strong anti-Shia bias, and their use by the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies
in Afghanistan and Kashmir.
...
The development of these organizations and the spread of Islamist
extremism, which marginalized secular democratizing forces, was promoted during
the General Zia ul Haq military regime (which overthrew the civilian government
headed by Ms Bhuttos father and later executed him); the ISI cultivated these
relationships, initially in the context of the Cold War and the anti-Soviet war in
Afghanistan in the 1980s and later in support of Kashmiri insurgents. While several
Pakistani current and former intelligence officials told the Commission that their
agencies no longer had such ties in 2007, virtually all independent analysts provided
information to the contrary and affirmed the ongoing nature of many such links.

surprising frankness from the UN

Posted by john frum 2010-04-16 06:41|| 2010-04-16 06:41|| Front Page Top

#4 So BB was whacked by the jihadis, but it is all Perv's fault for not providing better security? I seem to recall she declined to take precautions because she wanted to get close to her people.

Posted by SteveS 2010-04-16 13:33|| 2010-04-16 13:33|| Front Page Top

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