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July 30, 2005
Each Sweep In Pakistan Creates More Jihadis
Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times Online's Pakistani bureau chief, reported July 30, 2005 that, "Different intelligence agencies" in Pakistan, "including the Intelligence Bureau and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), have repeatedly reported to the top leadership" that sweeps of Pakistani Jihadis whenever there is an attack in a western capital "are futile exercises that force young men who might already have left the jihadi fold to return."
"Instead of keeping these men in the mainstream of society, repeated arrests drag them into militancy, or even a criminal life," Mr. Shahzad wrote. "
"However," he noted, "relentless foreign pressure, especially from the US, which counts Pakistan as an important ally in the "war on terror", leaves the Pakistani leadership with little choice. After July 7, President General Pervez Musharraf, who is also chief of army staff, sent a strong note to all intelligence outfits warning them against "deliberate negligence" in arresting jihadis."
See "Entangled in terror's net" for Mr. Shahzad's insightful analysis.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 30, 2005 04:18 PM
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