Posted on 11/02/2002 5:33:24 PM PST by Pokey78
It's a coincidence, I'm sure. < /sarcasm >
No Muslim hatred of the West involved - please move on.
The Hippocratic Oath.....I will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption....I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked......
Leni
Makes me think sumpin's up....
Hmmm..a british trained Pakistani takes his education back to Pakistan and helps keep terrorists alive. How many microbiologists, nuclear scientists, etc. are doing the same?
Noted Surgeon Picked Up For Al-Qaeda Link
By: Ziaullah Niazi
LAHORE: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents along with officials of Pakistani sensitive agencies Monday noon arrested a noted orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Amir Aziz, for allegedly providing bio-chemical weapons formula to Taliban and al-Qaeda. Dr Amir, a former chief executive of Jinnah Hospital, was picked up from Ghurki Hospital, Ghazi Road, where he was performing his duty. Sources told The News the FBI had reports that Dr Amir had treated al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters injured during the US bombing of Afghanistan.
It has also been learnt that Osama bin Laden also remained under his treatment. Interestingly, Dr Amir is an orthopaedic surgeon and has nothing to do with bio-chemical weapons. Dr. Amir Aziz was being interrogated by the FBI and Pakistani officials for the last three days. He was appearing before these agencies on daily basis for interrogation. He had been told to prepare his passport. Monday noon, two FBI agents accompanied by the Pakistani official picked him up from Ghurki Hospital where he was performing his duty. "He has been taken to an unknown place from where he will be shifted to the US," the sources disclosed.
Aziz, who is in his early 40s and is son of a retired army officer, was known to have close contacts with the former Taliban regime. He had been a regular visitor to Afghanistan when the Taliban were in power. Dr Amir had been supporter of Afghan Mujahideen during the Afghans' war against the former Soviet Union. He had been supporting the mujahideen by giving them free medical treatment as well as money. He had been collecting donations for the mujahideen, particularly for the activists of Jaish-e-Muhammad and Harkatul Mujahideen, fighting against the former Soviet Union.
Known as a religious man, he had been operating several free clinics in Lahore. Dr. Amir was very close to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's family. He was the first ever chief executive of a government hospital in the Punjab. He was also a provincial health adviser to the federal government until military ruler President Pervez Musharraf took over in a coup in October 1999. When contacted, District Police Officer Lahore, DIG Javed Noor, said Dr. Amir was not wanted by the Lahore Police and they had not arrest him. He had no information about his arrest, he added. Dr. Amir Aziz's family was not available for comment as his residence phone was not attended.
I wonder if the arrest of the wife and son are due to information gained from his interrogation.
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