GW BUSH PLAYS DUMB WHEN IT COMES TO PAKISTAN--SOME SAY IT IS CONVINCING
HILLER: Can you name the general who's in... ************************************************************************************************************** BUSH: Wait a minute, is this a -- is this a -- is this 50 questions? ************************************************************************************************************** HILLER: No, it's four questions of four leaders in four hot spots. ************************************************************************************************************** BUSH: The new Pakistani General has just been elected. He's not elected; this guy took over office. He appears he's going to bring stability to the country, and I think that's good news for the subcontinent. ************************************************************************************************************** HILLER (on-camera): And you can name him? ************************************************************************************************************** BUSH: General -- I can name the general. ************************************************************************************************************** HILLER: And it's... ************************************************************************************************************** BUSH: General. **************************************************************************************************************
GENERAL MEETS WITH RED CHINESE WHILE SOON-TO-BE-OUSTED PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH USA
DAWN NEWSPAPER OF PAKISTAN: COAS holds talks with Chinese officials "BEIJING, May 26: General Pervez Musharraf, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff, currently visiting China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, called on General Zhang Wannian, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, here on Wednesday. During the meeting, matters of bilateral interests and current global and regional situation came under discussion. General Musharraf also held talks with General Fu Quan You, the Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Earlier, General Musharraf attended a welcome ceremony at the ministry of defence and inspected the guard of honour. In the evening, he called on General Chi Haotian, Vice-Chairman of Central Military Commission and Defence Minister of China."-APP ************************************************************************************************************** GENERAL ALMOST SENT PAKISTAN INTO NUCLEAR WAR WHILE PRIME MINISTER SHARIF WAS DEALING WITH THE USA--GENERAL GOES TO CHINA FOR INSTRUCTIONS THE SAME DAY ************************************************************************************************************** November 29 1999 SOUTH ASIA Kashmir 'nearly led to nuclear clash' BY MICHAEL EVANS, DEFENCE EDITOR PAKISTAN and India came "very close" to a nuclear exchange over Kashmir in the summer when border clashes erupted after Islamic militants infiltrated the Indian-controlled section of the mountain province, Peter Hain, the Foreign Office Minister, revealed yesterday. Kashmir, which had been the cause of two past conventional wars between India and Pakistan, remained a "frightening flashpoint", Mr Hain said. "We know the two countries came very close to a nuclear exchange over it," he said in an interview with The Times. The minister was not prepared to give any more details. However, there is likely to have been satellite photographic evidence that one side or both sides were preparing weapon systems known to be nuclear-capable. Both countries were proven nuclear powers after successful atomic tests in 1998, and by the time of the new clash over Kashmir, India and Pakistan had each developed a small number of nuclear warheads. While Britain, the US and other countries urged a rapid end to the confrontation for fear that it might turn nuclear, India and Pakistan launched ferocious border artillery strikes. India also launched airstrikes. The near-nuclear exchange has remained a key issue for the Foreign Office in its deliberations over how to deal with the military regime in Pakistan because of evidence that General Pervaiz Musharraf, who seized power in October, was personally involved in the decision to send Islamic "mercenaries" to occupy the Kargil district of Kashmir in May last year. General Musharraf is known to have been angry with Nawaz Sharif, the then Pakistani Prime Minister, after he ordered the withdrawal of the inflitrators from Kashmir. Despite the continuing caution in London over General Musharraf's motives for seizing power, there are now new efforts under way to help the military regime to adopt constitutional systems that will eventually lead to free elections ************************************************************************************************************** GENERAL GOES TO IRAN ************************************************************************************************************** About Afghanistan, General Pervez Musharraf said the common grounds between Iran and Pakistan were strategic. "I am a believer that the strategic aims of the two countries are the same, which is bringing about peace in the region and helping Afghanistan overcome the destruction that it has faced," he added. Dawn of Pakistan 12-8-99 ************************************************************************************************************** GENERAL VERY CLOSE TO OSAMA'S HOMETOWN IN AFGHANISTAN ************************************************************************************************************** ANKARA, Nov 9: The Chief Executive, General Pervez Musharraf, here on Tuesday said that he had held talks with President Suleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Kashmir and Afghanistan. ************************************************************************************************************** US TESTIFIES IN CONGRESS THAT PAKISTAN BEHIND TERRORISM ************************************************************************************************************** US says Pakistan training militants By Shaheen Sehbai WASHINGTON, Nov 3: A senior US official responsible for counter-terrorism on Tuesday directly accused Pakistan of supporting training of militant groups in Afghanistan as well as providing "material support" to some of the Kashmiri militants. "There are numerous Kashmiri separatist groups and sectarian groups involved in terrorism which use Pakistan as a base...We have repeatedly asked Islamabad to end support of terrorist training in Afghanistan," Michael Sheehan, State Department's coordinator for counter-terrorism, told a Senate Foreign Relations sub-committee. The sub-committee hearing was called and presided over by Senator Sam Brownback and the list of experts who testified included a former CIA officer in Pakistan Milt Bearden, president of Stimson Centre Michael Krepon, John Hopkins University Central Asia Institute chairman Dr Fredrick Starr and a Pakistani- American businessman and columnist Mansoor Ijaz. Mr Sheehan recently visited India to coordinate US-Indian responses to terrorist threats but when asked whether he would also visit Pakistan soon, he said: "Hopefully." "Pakistan has frequently acknowledged what it calls moral and diplomatic support for militants in Kashmir who employ violence and terrorism against Indian interests. We have continuing reports of Pakistani material support for some of these militants," Mr Sheehan said. He named several Pakistan-based militant Islamic groups including Lashkar Taiba, Harkatul Jehad Islami and Hizbul Mujahideen, which, he said, "operate freely in Pakistan and support terrorist attacks in Kashmir." Asked by Indian and Pakistani journalists after his hearing whether he found any change in the policy after the overthrow of the Nawaz government, Mr Sheehan said: "We are still waiting for their responses and it is too early to judge whether there is any change." When a correspondent pointed out whether it was "business as usual" with the military government, he crisply said "no" but added: "We hope to work with them on all these issues." ************************************************************************************************************** GENERAL ON THE PHONE WITH BUSH-BACKER,BAHRAINI SHEIKH ************************************************************************************************************** Gen Musharraf further telephoned Bahraini Emir Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa to inform him of Pakistan's desire to continue its cooperation with Manama, the official GNA news agency reported. DAWN OF PAKISTAN, OCT.22,'99 ************************************************************************************************************** UN RESOLUTION CONSIDERS PAKISTAN AS SOURCE OF OSAMA ************************************************************************************************************** UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22: The UN Security Council on Friday condemned Taliban rulers for undermining efforts to end the civil war, but decided against explicitly criticizing Pakistan. In a statement by its president, Russian ambassador Sergei Lavrov, the United Nations Council said the Taliban had "a primary responsibility" for the continued fighting in Afghanistan. ...An earlier draft of Lavrov's statement said that these schools were "within Pakistan". ************************************************************************************************************** MULTAN, Pakistan, Jan 7: Masood Azhar freed by India in return for hostages on a hijacked plane received a hero's welcome from family and friends when he returned home today, witnesses said. ************************************************************************************************************** No terrorist arrested in Pakistan: Musharraf By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, Dec 20: Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf on Monday categorically denied that 200 terrorists had been arrested in Pakistan. The news, he said, was "a total fabrication." Talking to editors and journalists at a get-together at the Governor House, the chief executive said no one had been caught. "I phoned my people (to check the news). Not a single man has been arrested."... The general felt hurt over the fact that the news item in question gave an impression as if the arrests had been made in Pakistan at the behest of the United States - "as if we are under control of the United States." This perception, he said, was wrong. "We are not." ... **************************************************************************************************************
GENERAL OCCUPIES THE POSITION WHICH IS THE FUNNEL TO OSAMA
THROUGHOUT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, US FUNDS WERE SECRETLY GIVEN TO OSAMA BIN LADEN TO ARM AND ORGANIZE THE MUJAHADDIN IN AFGHANISTAN. THE US EMBASSY BEING CLOSED IN AFGHANISTAN, ALL OF THE MONIES WERE LAUNDERED BY THE CIA AND TRANSFERRED IN A SURREPTITIOUS FASHION THROUGH THE OLD-BOY SPY NETWORK--IN THIS CASE, THE PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE SERVICE--WHICH IS THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE. THE ARMY INTELLIGENCE IS DIRECTLY COMMANDED BY THE PAKISTANI CHIEF OF STAFF. GENERAL PERVAIZ MUSHARRAF IS THE PAKISTANI CHIEF OF STAFF. ************************************************************************************************************** THE CONFLICT WITH INDIA IS ONE OF GENERAL MUSHARRAF'S DESIGN, AND GENERAL IS TAKING HIS ORDERS BY COMMAND OF THE CHINESE TOP BRASS IN PEKING. WHEN GENERAL OUSTED PRIME MINISTER SHARIF IN OCTOBER, 1999, PAKISTAN WAS WITHIN DAYS OF SIGNING THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY. SINCE HIS ASSUMING CONTROL OF PAKISTAN, MUSHARRAF HAS STATED THAT PAKISTAN WILL NOT NOW SIGN THE CTBT, AND HE HAS BROKEN OFF ALL NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIA. MEANWHILE, HE HAS MET, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, WITH AFGHANISTAN AND ITS FEW ALLIES IN THE WORLD. DESPITE HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS WITH THE ALLIES OF TERRORIST AFGHANISTAN, MUSHARRAF HAS NOT SPENT A SINGLE DAY IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DOING THE REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN. ************************************************************************************************************** ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if its security is threatened.
