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INTERVIEW : "Pakistan Remains the Global Center for Terrorism andal-Qaida" |
SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH PAKISTANI SCHOLAR AHMED RASHID
"Pakistan Remains the Global Center for Terrorism and al-Qaida"
The investigation into the July 7 London bombings quickly revealed ties
to Pakistan. But just what role did the country run by Gen. Pervez
Musharraf play in the terror attacks? SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with Ahmed
Rashid about the country's reliance on extremist groups, radical
religious schools and the reason Osama bin Laden remains at large, very
likely in Pakistan.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,366371,00.html
some quotes:
Rashid: But that has been the argument for the last four years. The fact
is, Musharraf is still here, he is still very much in power and
absolutely nothing has been done about extremism. It is clear that
Musharraf has a very political agenda. He wants to be re-elected in 2007
and he wants to remain in office until 2012. And for that, he needs
votes. At the same time, though, he has been trying to be a good partner
with the West. But his political agenda takes precedence over any
commitments to combating extremism and terrorism. An army general cannot
have a political agenda while he is trying to crack down on terror.
Rashid: He [Osama bin Laden] is certainly in Pakistan because Pakistan
has traditionally had the best infrastructure for al-Qaida. I don't
think the Pakistani military knows where he is, but they aren't looking
very hard either because they fear the military support they get from
the United States would disappear as soon as bin Laden is caught.
Rashid: The biggest fear of the Pakistani military is the new American
relationship with India. The fact that the Americans are even willing to
work with India's nuclear program now -- something they would never do
with Pakistan -- makes the military very nervous. They want to keep the
Americans on board, but the Pakistanis know that the long term interests
of the United States lie with India. The goal of the Pakistani military
is to keep the Americans on its side for as long as possible.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: INTERVIEW : "Pakistan Remains the Global Center for Terrorism and al-Qaida" |
23 Jul 2005 09:48:18 PM |
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:01:52 -0400, "j.m.1491@gmx.net"
<j.m.1491@gmx.net> wrote:
SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH PAKISTANI SCHOLAR AHMED RASHID
"Pakistan Remains the Global Center for Terrorism and al-Qaida"
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When did Washington lose the position of "Global Centre for
Terrorism"?
And the CIA have a patent pending on their invention they called "al
Qaida".
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