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"…Dhamial has trained hundreds of youngsters to become good jihadis. But Mr. Musharraf has had to develop a Jekyll and Hyde personality that distinguishes between what the U.S. considers terrorists and what Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency considers patriotic jihadis, holy warriors that backed Taliban rule in Afghanistan before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the liberation of Indian-held Kashmir.
Mr. Musharraf is committed to eradicating al-Qaida and is convinced he speaks the truth when he assures his American allies there is no terrorist training camp in Pakistan. But if he were serious about eliminating militancy that is borderline terrorism, he would have ordered Dhamial closed. Instead, it has been allowed to train jihadis with impunity, both before and since September 11. Thus, deep denial became policy.
One knowledgeable Pakistani who is familiar with Mr. Musharraf’s split personality that speaks one language to U.S. interlocutors and another to MMA chieftains is Husain Haqqani, associate professor of international relations at Boston University. Mr. Haqqani served in a wide variety of key posts in his native Pakistan that included ISI, ambassador to Sri Lanka, and advisor to Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, two former prime ministers and Pakistan’s principal democratic leaders, in exile abroad and banned by Mr. Musharraf from returning.
In his latest book, “Pakistan Between Mosque and Military” (Carnegie 2005), Mr. Haqqani says, the military regime’s priority appears to be to suppress or deny bad news rather than change the circumstances that give rise to it. …"
newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/6/24/203346.shtml
Mr. Musharraf is committed to eradicating al-Qaida and is convinced he speaks the truth when he assures his American allies there is no terrorist training camp in Pakistan. But if he were serious about eliminating militancy that is borderline terrorism, he would have ordered Dhamial closed. Instead, it has been allowed to train jihadis with impunity, both before and since September 11. Thus, deep denial became policy.
One knowledgeable Pakistani who is familiar with Mr. Musharraf’s split personality that speaks one language to U.S. interlocutors and another to MMA chieftains is Husain Haqqani, associate professor of international relations at Boston University. Mr. Haqqani served in a wide variety of key posts in his native Pakistan that included ISI, ambassador to Sri Lanka, and advisor to Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, two former prime ministers and Pakistan’s principal democratic leaders, in exile abroad and banned by Mr. Musharraf from returning.
In his latest book, “Pakistan Between Mosque and Military” (Carnegie 2005), Mr. Haqqani says, the military regime’s priority appears to be to suppress or deny bad news rather than change the circumstances that give rise to it. …"
newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/6/24/203346.shtml