Khalil has a strong grudge against us because of the 1998 cruise missile attacks on camps in Afghanistan where some 30 of his men were killed, along with Pakistani spooks. Again, right at the start of the air campaign after 9/11, a few dozen of his thugs were killed in Kabul. He has routinely conducted press conferences saying that he will send his men to attack America in revenge.
Anyway, despite our repeated requests, Pakistanis have refused to hand him over to us or shut him down. They just underplayed his role saying that he is a low ranking guy.
See this article, dated January 26, 2004
A barrage of U.S. cruise missiles several years ago didn't sap Fazlur Rehman Khalil's devotion to holy war, and two subsequent bans issued by Pakistan's government haven't silenced his invective against Jews and Americans. But Khalil, who co-signed Osama bin Laden's 1998 edict that declared it a Muslim's duty to kill Americans and Jews, is not leading his holy warriors from inside a secret mountain cave. He lives comfortably with his family in this city adjacent to Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, next to his Koranic girls' school and bookshop, just down the street from a police checkpoint. And he still is urging his followers to fight the United States.The back cover of November's issue was an ad for the "All-Pakistan Training Convention of Jamiat ul Ansar Activists" at Khalil's headquarters, the Jamia Khalid bin Waleed Mosque, across from an army base on the edge of Islamabad. Last month's cover showed a giant fist holding a sword, rising from flames in the desert to slash the U.S. flag. ...A headline says that "moujahedeen attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan have bankrupted America politically, economically and mentally," and adds: "Due to the blessings of jihad, America's countdown has begun. It will declare defeat soon."
There were many other reports by American reporters on how Khalil was training terrorists openly, in and near Islamabad. Musharraf has had advance notice and second and third reminders. Still he has allowed terrorists to train in his capital city and go to the US for the purpose of causing harm to the US. How do you explain that? Please keep your answer specific to the above and regarding Khalil
RE: Pakistanis have refused to hand him over to us or shut him down.
Pakistan may be employing a scissors strategy against us. They have suckered us into thinking we can trust them, and, significantly, have made us piss off India, our best possible natural ally in the region. As a bonus, they've gotten us to look the other way at their dealings with the PRC. They've suckered us, now, here comes the sucker punch!