Thursday 6 October 2011

What Is The Thinking Of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency


Photo: Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul

The ISI Threat in Pakistan Is Serious -- Max Boot, Commentary

Pakistani military leaders play a good double game, assuring the West of their eternal allegiance while at the same time sponsoring terrorist groups such as the Haqqani network which attacked the U.S. embassy in Kabul. But the mask often slips. To get a true sense of the thinking of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency–which has emerged as one of the two biggest state sponsors of terrorism in the world (its only rival is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard)–just read these recent interviews with its former director, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul, who is known for his close links to the Taliban and the Haqqani network, among other terrorist groups. As translated by the invaluable MEMRI, here is some of what Gul had to say:

"The goals that the U.S. wants to achieve are not in Pa [...]



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