Monday, September 25, 2006

Untold stories of Pakistan & Musharraf

The real stories behind historical events are usually found out many years later. Many in pakistan have criticised Musharaff and his alignment with the USA... but now he tells his story, in his book, "In the Line of Fire"... read some of the excerpts on The Times of London website :

'America paid us to hand over al-Qaeda suspects' - World - Times Online
PRESIDENT Musharraf of Pakistan says that the CIA has secretly paid his government millions of dollars for handing over hundreds of al-Qaeda suspects to America.
I took a ruthless decision for the sake of my people - World - Times Online
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, was an uneventful day in Pakistan, at least while the sun was high. That evening I was in Karachi, inspecting work at the beautiful gardens of the mausoleum of our founder Quaide-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. I was happy to be in the city I
All hell broke loose. It went dark - World - Times Online
THE events of December 2003 put me in the front line of the war on terror and are part of my reason for writing this book now, while I am still fighting. On December 14, I landed from Karachi at Chaklala Air Force Base, about 2.5 miles from Army House

it's a bit of an eye opener......


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