Sunday, March 2, 2008

U.S. behind Pakistan terrorism

I found this interesting article thats recounts something that was said by a Pakistani politician recently. This person believes that the United States, Afghanistan, and India are responsible for terrorism inside Pakistan

According to Caretaker interior minister, Lieutenant General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan, the United States is attempting to annihilate Muslims worldwide, the Afghan government is apparently just another extension of the US military, and India is just out to get them.

He admits that he has no proof of this, but that his people had a feeling about it. He explained that ever since the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan has gone down, the number of terrorist incidents in Pakistan has gone up. I don't really see that connection, but even if it is there, I don't see how the United States, Afghanistan, and India can be blamed for that. His explanation is that the kind of attacks that are occurring in Pakistan (mostly suicide bombings) need funding from larger countries, and countries which are unfriendly towards Pakistan are more likely to fund terrorism within the country.

I knew we weren't best of friends with Pakistan, but it's interesting how this particular politician is convinced that we must be sponsoring terrorism to destroy them.

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