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A monster out of control: Pakistan secret agents tell of militant links
TimesOnline ^ | Dec 22, 2008 | Jeremy Page

Posted on 12/21/2008 9:24:48 PM PST by little jeremiah

The Islamic fundamentalists who run the Markaz-e-Taiba complex near Lahore like to boast that it was inspired by Aitchison College, Pakistan's poshest private school. It is, as they describe it, the Eton of Wahhabi Islam, complete with polo ponies and a swimming pool.

Yet when it comes to their links to Pakistan's intelligence service and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed for last month's attacks in Mumbai, they seem to suffer from collective amnesia. “We've never had any connection to either,” Mohammed Abbas, the administrator of the complex, told The Times.

But it was here, in April 2001, that Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, LeT's leader at the time, called a meeting of his supporters in the 75-acre complex of red-brick buildings and neat lawns. Most of the visitors wore the obligatory long beards, but among them was an elderly man with no beard, only a thin, military-style moustache...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200104; india; kaliyuga; lashkaretaiba; lashkaretoiba; let; pakistan; wot

1 posted on 12/21/2008 9:24:48 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood; BullDog108

Found a few articles that might be good for the list.


2 posted on 12/21/2008 9:25:21 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: Cindy
Just FYI ... ;-)
Nite!
3 posted on 12/21/2008 10:37:39 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here. ;-)
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To: Tunehead54

Interesting and thanks for the ping Tunehead54.

Sleep well.


4 posted on 12/21/2008 10:38:53 PM PST by Cindy
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To: little jeremiah; Indian_Fighter_Kite; Knitting A Conundrum; Hari prasad; MimirsWell; ...

Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...

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5 posted on 12/22/2008 12:40:02 AM PST by BullDog108 (A Smith & Wesson beats four aces)
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