Ex-Taliban fighter tells of training from Pakistani military

[sabra]

Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A former Taliban fighter has provided a gripping first-hand account of being secretly trained by members of the Pakistani military, paid $500 a month and ordered to kill foreigners in Afghanistan.

Mullah Mohammed Zaher offered a vivid description of a bomb-making apprenticeship at a Pakistani army compound where he says he learned to blow up NATO convoys.

He's one of three former Taliban fighters introduced to The Canadian Press by an Afghan government agency that works at getting rebels to renounce the insurgency.

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A report produced for the Pentagon and released this month by the Rand Corp., a U.S. think-tank, claims individuals in the Pakistani government are involved in helping the insurgents.

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Perhaps most startling of all was his description of the repeated warning from Pakistani soldiers about where trainees would be sent if they refused to fight: Guantanamo Bay.



Read more: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2008/06/26/5996761-cp.html

[jaybeat]

1. Well, how about that, dumbfucks!

All along, Bush has been saying, "Musharaff, he's our ally in the war on terror."

"The Pakistani military is pursuing militants in the border lands."

"Musharaff didn't kill Bhutto. It was those nasty militants!"

Meanwhile the fucking Pakistani military (who always loved the Taliban, anyway) was TRAINING PEOPLE TO KILL AMERICANS!!!!!

Of course, no one could have forseen this:


William Casey (center, with glasses) touring Afghan training camps in the 1980s. (Source: Associated Press)


Ronald Reagan with Afghan mujaheddin leaders. (Source: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)


Ronald Reagan and Pakistani dictator Zia ul-Haq. (Source: Bettmann / Corbis)


A. Q. Khan (left) and Pervez Musharraf (right). (Source: CBC)

Much, much more at the Complete 911 Timeline

[ohio2007]

2. Life in Pakistan after the recent "elections"

are falling in place as this pre election video gives witness

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2ee_1214485437

of course, ignoring the 800 lb gorillla over the border in Pakistan has become "the rule of thumb"

[frylock]

3. yeah, since like '94..

this just in from the no shoot, Sherlock desk.