Community | September 20, 2008 | 13 comments

Pakistani army protected bin Laden and Taliban

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Khawar Mehdi: What happened to Pakistani military after 9/11? Part 4 of 4

In part 4 of this series, Pakistan analyst Khawar Mehdi tells Pepe Escobar about the repercussions of Musharraf's crucial policy switch after 9/11, abandoning the Taliban and embracing the Bush-declared "war on terror". Mehdi recalls the visit by a Pakistani delegation to Afghanistan that allegedly asked Taliban emir Mulah Omar to hand over Osama bin Laden. Mehdi argues that the true story was that the head of the delegation, Pakistani ISI chief Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed, convinced the Taliban to implement a new Pakistani plan, advising the Taliban to retreat instead of facing overwhelming US military power. Mehdi also discusses how Musharraf's radical U-turn has been extremely confusing for the Pakistani armed forces and for the ISI - which had nurtured the Taliban since the mid-1990s.

Khawar Mehdi, born in Rawalpindi, is a Pakistani journalist and political analyst. Even before 9/11 he had advised numerous journalists, academics and researchers from North America and Europe working in the tribal areas of Pakistan and in Afghanistan. In 2004 he was imprisoned and tortured by President Pervez Musharraf's regime while investigating the presence of Taliban training camps inside Pakistan. He was released thanks to an international media campaign - after a personal intervention by Musharraf. Mehdi has unparalleled access to sources in Pakistan's FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas). He has been living in Virginia since 2005, working as an analyst/consultant.

See Part 1 at: http://current.com/items/89316301_the_revamped_war_on_terror_exposed

See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89316341_who_s_in_us_line_of_fire_in_pak_tribal_areas

See Part 3 at: http://current.com/items/89318873_al_qaeda_and_jihad_s_tribal_connections

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13 comments // Pakistani army protected bin Laden and Taliban

  • themanwithadog
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      themanwithadog  

    • Terrorists accept no laws, only those of their own making.

      There are areas in the UK where Shariah Law operates today

      If is taken fully on board by the government and integrated into the laws of our land it will be a sad sad day for the UK

      When I have travelled to other countries as a UK citizen I have always respected the law of that country and behaved accordingley

      The same cannot be said of the people who have now come into the UK over the years

    • 3 years ago
  • anita34
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      anita34  

    • The Taliban have lost ground in Afghanistan so they are going to make inroads in Pakistan. Little known areas of Pakistan e.g. Balukastan will become hotbeds of new terrorist resistance and it will be renamed not named the Taliban in order to create a resurgence. That way as Pakistan is a Sovereign Territory, terrorists think they have a haven to operate from except what they are possibly unaware of is International Law and these Laws were 1948 (UNO) Human Rights are not Law but as Shariah Law is going to be integrated in the U.K many are unaware that gives Islam more duties and obligations that can be legally underwritten.

    • 3 years ago
  • starr111
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      starr111  

    • For all of those upset that we are invading now here here is why: Terrorists want us dead: we avoided attack until 9/11. Let's bring them to justice guys come on, if Obama said it was okay I would bet everyone would shut it and support the poor men in those helicopters trying to keep us Americans safe

    • 3 years ago
  • jjmaster
  • themanwithadog
  • hsaleem
  • hsaleem
  • liberate_America
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      liberate_America  

    • So the neocons are trying to cover up the fact that Al-Quaed and Bin Laden are theirs. They controlled the Pakistani government and they created Bin Laden. Now it's close to election time and as a preventative measure they make it look as though the Pakistani government is to blame. Maybe they will even have them go to war with the US next. US owned foreign dictators, militaries and terrorist groups are a commodity just like new profitable little wars. It's just physical mumbo jumbo, back talking to confuse the masses or prevent any criticism that the US has been harbouring Al-Quead with the help of their flunky little Pakistani government.

    • 3 years ago
  • sunnyspeaks
  • regjoeschmo
    • 0
      regjoeschmo  

    • And guess what we gave pakistan billions of dollars to help find them.... Nothing happened go fig... Just like the guy who was paid to tell us about the "mobile weapons facilities" in Iraq. Shit give me a few mill and I might tell you Brazil is planning the next attack.

    • 3 years ago
  • pokesmot
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