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Publication: WorldNetDaily.com
Date: April 16, 2003
URL: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32089
Terrorists recognize U.S. ally as
safe haven, nuclear power
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U.S. ally Pakistan is the new hope
for international Islamist militants who see the nation as the "haven of
choice" because of its nuclear capability and the immunity it provides
from U.S. attacks, reports the prestigious Courcy Intelligence Service
today.
"Pakistan will not be next (to be
attacked by the U.S.)," Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the head of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba
told The Friday Times. "Saudi Arabia and then Iran, possibly Syria will
come first. Pakistan is a nuclear power, is very close to China and is
a nation of jihadis."
Saeed emphasized that Pakistan's
conflict with India over Kashmir should be central to the international
Islamist agenda.
"We must fight against the evil
trio of America, Israel and India," said Saeed. "The need for jihad against
India is paramount."
The Courcy Intelligence Service
also reports that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is not as firm in
opposition to Islamist militancy as some U.S. analysts originally believed.
CIS cites a speech Musharraf gave
to the Grand Assembly of the Tribal Jirga in Peshawar last week in which
he stressed the need to build up both Pakistan's and the wider Muslim world's
military and economic power before "showing eyes to the world" - an Urdu
expression indicating hostility.
In the meantime, CIS reports, Indian
intelligence sources say up to 4,500 militants are in Pakistan-controlled
Kashmir waiting to cross over the Line of Control into the Indian- controlled
part of the state once the snows melt.
