Posted on 04/07/2007 6:21:57 AM PDT by Fennie
Central Intelligence Agency has hired a Pakistani terrorist group that has carried out a series of terrorist attacks inside Iran. The group, called Jundullah, has carried out raids, resulting in the deaths or kidnapping of Iranian intelligence and military officers. ABC cited Pakistani government sources as saying the secret campaign against Iran was on the agenda when Vice President Dick Cheney met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in February...
It seems the Pakistani government is on the record denying and condemning the ABC report as false. Brian Ross who is the original source also now has the denial at:http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/pakistan_denoun.html
Personally I find it amazing that ABC is even bothering to print the denial. Of course it won’t get the air time and if it is mentioned on the air it will be heavily discounted and as you can see at the end ABC stands by its original reporting.
“The Pakistani government had sharp words Wednesday for an ABC News report detailing U.S. and Pakistani support for an Iranian tribal militant group working to destabilize its country’s government.
Calling the report “tendentious” and an “absurd and sinister insinuation,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the Pakistani government “will never allow its territory for carrying out acts of terrorism and violence against any country.”
“We condemn any attempt to create misgivings between the two brotherly countries,” the statement read.
The story, citing Pakistani and U.S. intelligence sources, said the Iranian guerrilla group known as “Jundullah” operates out of the Baluchistan province of Pakistan with the advice and encouragement of American officials and has taken responsibility for the kidnapping and murder of several Iranian officials. The report appeared on ABC News’ The Blotter, “World News” and “Nightline” earlier this week.
For its part, the Iranian government appeared to embrace ABC News’ reporting that the United States was backing anti-government forces in its country. “There is no doubt in our minds that the United States spares no effort to put pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Gholamali Haddadadel, speaker of the Iranian parliament, on Thursday, in response to the story.
But he too played down the notion of any involvement by its neighbor, Pakistan, in the U.S. effort. “We don’t have any reason to believe that the military establishment in Pakistan is also supporting such militants groups,” Haddadadel said via an interpreter, according to Reuters.
On Thursday, a spokesman for the Pakistani military also disputed the ABC News report in an interview with ABC News. “It is totally untrue to say our intelligence agencies have anything to do with Jundullah,” said General Wahid Arshad, Pakistan’s chief military spokesman. “We know of the man (Jundullah leader Abd el Malik Regi) quoted in your story, and he is nothing more than a criminal and a drug dealer.”
But according to ABC News consultant Alexis Debat, who just returned from the region, Pakistani intelligence recently facilitated the payment of $1.3 million by Iran to Jundullah to obtain the release of kidnapped Iranian border guards, “They (the Iranians) are escorted by Pakistani intelligence into Pakistan to meet with Jundullah officials and probably Regi himself to make the exchange to give the money and get the hostages back. So Pakistani intelligence in many ways is involved in that.”
ABC News stands by its reporting on this story.”
The original story is at:http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/abc_news_exclus.html
The ABC video of the Brian Ross original video is at:http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3006029
About time.
I am rapidly coming to the opinion that this thing is so fubar-ed that the only option is to declare victory and get out, so that they can go back to happily murdering each other the way they have for the last 3000 years or so.
It’s nice to know ABC is still on the job telling the enemy the name of the group. It’s a good thing they don’t know where the group is.
If a government’s testing, it’s the Iranian government. They’ve been griping about this for a couple of days.
When did I post anything about “NORMAL” Americans? You sir/madaam have me confused with some other person.
“spilling the secrets normal americans won’t..”
Heavens ta Betsy!
Just what do you mean by “normal (A)americans”?
That’s all we need.... is you running around like a head with your chicken cut off.
(Wonder what those poor “normal” terrorists are thinking now?)
A mistake.
I somehow sent this in error to you...sir/madame.
(love that little gendersensitivity!...as if I might be terribly offended if you missed.)
I hope you will survive this tragic mistake.
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