Musharraf: No al-Qaida Center in Pakistan

[Eugene]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5165673,00.html

Musharraf: No al-Qaida Center in Pakistan

Monday July 25, 2005 7:01 PM

AP Photo KAB102

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

Associated Press Writer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said
Monday that al-Qaida was too weak to organize terrorist attacks from
Pakistan, even as Egyptian police searched for five Pakistanis in
connection with deadly bombings in the resort of Sharm el-Sheik.

Musharraf also has tried to deflect speculation that Pakistan
harbored terrorist masterminds, saying last week his nation should
not be labeled as lax simply because three suspected suicide bombers
in the July 7 London attacks were of Pakistani origin and had
visited Pakistan in 2004. In a televised speech, he said Britain
should do more to tackle homegrown terrorism.

In his latest remarks, Musharraf told journalists in the eastern city
of Lahore that Pakistani security forces have overrun al-Qaida
"sanctuaries" in rugged tribal regions along the Afghan border and
have captured 700 fighters.

"We have shattered and eliminated their command system there," he
said. "We attack them when we see them in the mountains."

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[Barrett808]

1. Riiiiiight.

You need only go to the ISI offices...

[fujiyama]

2. I'm trying to figure out

Who's the greatest liar? Bush, Blair, or Musharraf?