Murtaza Bhutto Planned WTC attack in 1991:Carlos the Jackal

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Carlos the Jackal, once the world’s most wanted man, has told an Arabic daily that Mir Murtaza Bhutto, estranged brother of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, had proposed the idea of using an airplane to hit targets in the United States as early as 1991.
Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez and who is currently serving a life sentence in France, told Al-Hayat that following the Gulf War, Bhutto mooted the idea at a meeting of “anti-imperialist organisations” at an undisclosed location.

“The martyr Mir Murtaza Bhutto, secretary general of the Pakistani Zulfikar Organisation, raised the idea of hitting the World Trade Centre in New York with an airplane,” he said in response to questions submitted through his lawyer.

The groups had affirmed “the need to respond with explosions in the United States” to the “terrible destruction in Iraq” inflicted by the US, he said.

Bhutto had formed the Al-Zulfikar Organisation to avenge the execution of his father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was overthrown in a military coup in 1977.

Carlos was arrested in 1994 in Sudan and extradited to France.

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Ehsan bhai..this was a mistake..transfer it to World Affairs.**

We all know. ISI is very bad

However, he added a new and, perhaps controversial, twist to the sabotage theory by saying that Pakistan’s ISI may have been behind the act. “We have got some information about the activities of the ISI in areas close to accident site in recent days,” he said.

PT ,
your post is completely un-related to post.you just ruined a thread.

Unrelated? :hehe:

Why is this in the sports area of this site?

Surely "Pakistan Affairs" or "World Affairs" is a more suitable place for this thread.

rediff.com -> The same site that reported that the ISI was behind the attack LOL

Someone thought this thread would be good for the khel khilari forum, but I think it will do wonders in the jokes forum

Yeah right and Altaf Hussain is President of Pakistan. :rolleyes:

Wat r u talking about? I am!

as if i resigned :hehe:

..yeah and ronald mocdonald is the new Un secretary general :)

has any1 seen my black sock??

Man these Indians sure have a good imagination...

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Man these Indians sure have a good imagination...
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Yeah - Thats why the MODs couldn't accept the truth when I posted the correct link from AL HAYAT they deleted it.

Thanks mods

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Yeah - Thats why the MODs couldn't accept the truth when I posted the correct link from AL HAYAT they deleted it.

Thanks mods
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Asif, I didnt get what you said, but do you believe Murtaza Bhutto planned the WTC attacks in 1991?

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Asif, I didnt get what you said, but do you believe Murtaza Bhutto planned the WTC attacks in 1991?
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Do you believe that Rediff made up this story ?? Well - for your info, This story was published in an Arab magazine AL-HAYAT whose link I had posted here before my post was deleted.

And About Murtaza Bhutto planning the attack - You should have read the Rediff news properly before jumping up & down - That news doesn't say Murtaza planned the attacks - It says Murtaza suggested this Idea way back in 1991.

And No, I dont believe he could have planned any such thing. But I am sure he was smart enough to come up with such an Idea. Whether he suggested it or not is a different thing and doesn't really matter.

This was also reported on The News on Sept 12, 2002 edition. Here is the link:
Murtaza Bhutto proposed WTC attack in 1991: Carlos

CAIRO: Pakistani dissident Mir Murtaza Bhutto proposed the idea of using an airplane to hit targets in the United States as early as the spring of 1991, former terrorist Carlos the Jackal said in an interview published on Wednesday.

Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez and who is currently serving a life sentence for murder in France, told the Arabic language daily Al-Hayat that Bhutto vetted the idea as a response to US strikes in Iraq, at a meeting of “anti-imperialist organisations” at an undisclosed location.

“The martyr Mir Murtaza Bhutto, secretary general of the Pakistani Zulfikar Organization, raised the idea of hitting the World Trade Centre in New York with an airplane,” Carlos said in a written response to questions submitted through his lawyer.

The groups had affirmed in a “spontaneous and unofficial way the need to respond with explosions in the United States” to the “terrible destruction in Iraq” inflicted during the 1991 Gulf War.

Carlos said that the security agency of a “progressive Arab state” had notified US authorities of the meeting, and that Sudanese security contacted the United States in 1993 with a list of possible terrorist targets that included the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

Both were hit on September 11 last year by airliners hijacked by members of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, killing some 3,000 people. Carlos, once the world’s most wanted man, was arrested in 1994 in Sudan – where, he told Al-Hayat, he had travelled the year before to set up a revolutionary organization – and extradited to France. Three years later, he was sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 murder of three people in Paris.

Bhutto, estranged younger brother of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, formed the Al-Zulfikar Organisation to avenge the execution of their father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, after his overthrow in a military coup in 1977.

In 1981 the group staged the hijack of a Pakistani airliner in which one person was killed to secure the release of dozens of Bhutto followers from prison. Mir Murtaza Bhutto returned from a 16-year exile, spent mainly in Syria, in 1993, after his sister was elected prime minister for a second term, but immediately found himself in conflict with her. Released later, he was shot dead in a confrontation with police in Karachi in September 1996. Benazir, who denied involvement, was removed from office by President Farooq Leghari less than two months later.

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Whether its true or not depends on how much credibility Carlos the Jackal has, who is serving a life sentence and can claim to be the devil incarnate for all he cares.
I have also read it somewhere that Murtaza Bhutto’s organization had initially claimed responsibilty for the crash of C-130 plane that killed Zia.
Later, when it was disclosed that two Americans (including Ambassador to Pak) were also on the plane and perished as well, he and his organization retracted the claim :smiley:

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Do you believe that Rediff made up this story ?? Well - for your info, This story was published in an Arab magazine AL-HAYAT whose link I had posted here before my post was deleted.

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No I dont, but they are the biggest fools to publish that and give importance to that... But then again, it is a well known fact even if a school child writes an antipakistani story, they will publish it on their front page, and ppl like you will take it as the truth...

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No I dont, but they are the biggest fools to publish that and give importance to that... But then again, it is a well known fact even if a school child writes an antipakistani story, they will publish it on their front page, and ppl like you will take it as the truth...
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If it is Anti Pakistan - Then why did JUNG publish it ? They are Anti-Pak too ? And with your criteria JUNG is even a bigger fool that they chose to publish such a story.

BTW Who was this Murtaza Bhutto ?? I hear he was a terrorist and died like one. Ohh before I forget he was also the son of Zulfi Bhutto and brother of Benazir Bhutto.

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If it is Anti Pakistan - Then why did JUNG publish it ? They are Anti-Pak too ? And with your criteria JUNG is even a bigger fool that they chose to publish such a story.

BTW Who was this Murtaza Bhutto ?? I hear he was a terrorist and died like one. Ohh before I forget he was also the son of Zulfi Bhutto and brother of Benazir Bhutto.
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For of all, what is JUNG? Is that tapori for Jang?

Anywayz, can you give me the link where jang has published this story? I hope its not one of those 'hosts and history greet osama in Pakistan' type of made up links like you usually post... heh