French terrorism official on Pakistan’s double game
A French official who conducted investigations in Pakistan adds more weight to charges that Pakistani intelligence officers are in bed with the Taliban and even with al Qaeda. In a new book, What I Could Not Say, to be published next week in France, Jean-Louis Bruguiere says that he came away with the impression that ...
A French official who conducted investigations in Pakistan adds more weight to charges that Pakistani intelligence officers are in bed with the Taliban and even with al Qaeda.
In a new book, What I Could Not Say, to be published next week in France, Jean-Louis Bruguiere says that he came away with the impression that some Pakistani officials don't even consider al Qaeda to be a terrorist organization, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. He is quoted as writing, "The central government has lost control of certain elements of the army and the ISI, an intelligence service that no longer has the trust of its foreign partners." French investigators in Pakistan also were physically intimidated, he charges.
A French official who conducted investigations in Pakistan adds more weight to charges that Pakistani intelligence officers are in bed with the Taliban and even with al Qaeda.
In a new book, What I Could Not Say, to be published next week in France, Jean-Louis Bruguiere says that he came away with the impression that some Pakistani officials don’t even consider al Qaeda to be a terrorist organization, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. He is quoted as writing, “The central government has lost control of certain elements of the army and the ISI, an intelligence service that no longer has the trust of its foreign partners.” French investigators in Pakistan also were physically intimidated, he charges.
Bruguiere now works in Washington on terrorism financing issues, the newspaper said.
(HT to Barnett Rubin)
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