Posted on 05/07/2005 5:30:25 PM PDT by Saberwielder
ISI trying to eliminate Musharraf: Pakistan
Press Trust of India
Posted online: Saturday, May 07, 2005 at 1458 hours IST
Updated: Saturday, May 07, 2005 at 1553 hours IST
Islamabad, May 7: Fearing a third attempt on the life of President Pervez Musharraf, a Pakistani federal minister has said that there was a more powerful group within the ISI and the Army who are his "enemies".
"There is an ISI within the ISI, former more powerful than the original. They were the godfathers of the Taliban who attacked President Musharraf. Only Army personnel can do this. A third attempt on President Musharraf’s life is possible. These are the people who are the enemies of Musharraf," Amir Liaqat Hussain, Minister of State for Religious Affairs said.
Asked to substantiate his allegation of ISI within ISI, he said, "yes there is plenty of evidence. For example look at the tone and tenor of (Islamist alliance) Muthahida Majlis Amal (MMA) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed. From where does he derive the confidence to claim that he would have mush raff kicked out of the Army very soon. Yes he got some people behind him," he said in an interview to Daily Times. Hussain pointed to assertions by Musharraf that Pakistan faced more internal threats than external ones. "President Musharraf has on a number of occasions told the nation that the real threat to the country was from within. Which means that there exists an internal threat, far greater than the outer one. Well, internal includes the Army." "A third attempt on President Musharraf’s life is also possible. There are people who are enemies of Musharraf. They will not spare me either. My life is in danger too. President Musharraf should be careful about his life. He has enemies within," Hussain who belongs to Sindh-based Muthahida Quami Movement (MQM) party said.
Hussain also alleged a tacit link between MMA and the ISI. "The MMA is not a new commodity. These were jihadis who the ISI sent with weapons to Afghanistan to fight. And President Musharraf has himself has been saying so. But the President appreciates the ISI because it is now arresting these jihadis."
Hussain is a junior minister in the Religious Affairs ministry headed by Ijazul Haq, son of former military ruler, Zia-ul-Haq.
Ping!
So who has the key to the special weapons storage sites ?.......:o)
It's all 100% safe, I tell ya.
Well, I hope Musharraf sees fit to purge the ISI, that is, if he even has the power to do so.
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