Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Intelligence agencies derailed Lal Masjid deal at last minute?



Pakistani intelligence agencies may have played a role in derailing the Lal Masjid deal by jamming the mobile phone of slain radical cleric Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi when he virtually agreed to the demands of negotiators. A key negotiator has suspected the role of the agencies in bringing the last-minute negotiations with Ghazi to a halt. "After the repeated attempts in getting Ghazi on the phone failed, decision-makers decided to start the operation." More...

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