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’How Headley’s Pakistani origins were revealed’
Vol. I Issue. III
21 November 2009
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Hangover of Jihad Cocktail
Islamabad: Daily Khabrain, November 23, 2009. Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has recently begun hiring past and current authors specialising in writing spy novels to train its cadre in investigative procedures. Copies of past spy movies such as the famous Dhamaka is learnt to have been distributed to various police departments. In the past, the ISI has utilised the expertise of fictional writers. The famous writer Ahmad Safiallah, hailed as the Agatha Christie of Pakistan, was invited to train ISI members during the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto regime. In fact, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is said to have financed the film Dhamaka, using the nome-de-guerre Maulana Hippy. Bhutto intended to merge an Islamic society with western modernity in the name of Islamic socialism.
Current Pakistan officials are now trying to merge Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) with an increasingly Americanised society. Many retired Army officers in favour of the LeT argue that since the group has not launched attacks inside Pakistan, it should not be persecuted by the government.
In the mean time, the ISI released a multicolor brochure inviting Pashto speaking applicants to join the group. Now the brochure has turned into Jihad Cocktail, when a brochure published by Modern Pakistan League declared that all the leaders including Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Qazi Hussein Ahmad, Imran Khan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Baitullah Mehsud are the same for Pakistan. According to news reports, photographs of all these leaders have also published in that brochure that also warned readers against the threat from America and India.
US will accept Pakistan’s advice on new Afghan Policy: Kayani
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf, November 23, 2009. Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani has said that the US needs to take Pakistan into confidence before articulating its new Afghan Policy. He was addressing the media at the inaugural function to launch the F-17 thunder aircraft at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamrah. He said that US needed to talk with Pakistan to finalize the new Afghan policy. He said that the US acknowledged Pakistan’s critical role in defeating al-Qaeda, hinting that after the commencement of Operation Rah-e-Nijat launched against the Baitullah Mehsud group, the army would move towards other militant groups in the tribal areas.
Headley’s Pakistan origins revealed
Islamabad: Daily Jasarat, November 17, 2009. Suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley’s Pakistani origins have been revealed. His father was a prominent Pakistani diplomat while his mother belonged to Philadelphia. He was born Dawood Gillani and changed his name in 2006, taking the surname of his mother Sherrill Headley, says media report. Upset over the lack of women rights in Pakistan, Sherrill Headley left the country with her son in 1977 after two unsuccessful attempts earlier. Headley, then 16 and named Daood Gillani, was taken out of Pakistan where he attended a military school. Family members have described his striking eyes - one blue and one brownish-green. Serrill Headley grew up in Philadelphia, split with her husband, and lost custody of her children in Pakistani courts. After 10 years in Pakistan, Serrill Headley moved to Philadelphia, bought a 100-year-old tavern in 1973, and turned it into a bustling nightspot, writes the Philadelphia Inquirer and founded the Khyber Pass pub/restaurant.
Zardari and Kayani differs on Indian threat: Fauzia Wahab
Lahore: Daily Ausaf, November 21, 2009. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab said President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani have different views on the current threat from India, a private TV channel reported. Talking to the channel, Fauzia Wahab said that there was a difference of views between the President and the COAS when it comes to ’threat perception’ from India. She said that President Zardari had a vision and wanted a paradigm shift in relations with neighboring countries by the end of his tenure as president. She said that President Zardari wants Pakistan to have relations with its neighbours are based upon trade specifics, but not on the security-specifics.
Mullah Omar has fled to Karachi
Lahore: Daily Jasarat November 21, 2009. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit has denied reports that Mullah Omar has shifted base to Karachi with the help of ISI. According to the news report Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Omar has fled Quetta and found refuge from potential US drone attacks in Karachi.
Two senior US intelligence officials including former top CIA officer told newsperson, that the one-eyed Taliban leader fled to Karachi last month, aided by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), adding that he has, moreover Mullah Omar inaugurated a new senior leadership council in Karachi, at the evening of 20th November. The City is now far away escaped US and Pakistani counterterrorism campaigns. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the ISI, helped the Taliban leaders move from Quetta, where they were exposed to attacks by unmanned US drones," the Washington Times quoted intelligence officials as saying on condition of anonymity on Friday.
Some sources claim that the ISI decided to move him further from the battlefield to keep him safe. There are huge Madrasas in Karachi where Mullah Omar could easily be kept, News added. In the meantime, Pakistan Internal officials denied the reports about Mullah Omar presence in the southern port city. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit stressed that Omar was not in Karachi.
Shahid Raheem is a media researcher with ORF |
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