Well, political parties were brought back to do what West wanted them to do. West want to disband ISI since long time. If they could have done it, they would have pushed President Musharraf to do it, but since they could not, they did everything to bring political parties who can do that for West. Here is some News from 2006 to ponder … some relevant abstracts are as below … and reason why West pushed to get President out of power:
*One should read and think … especially … this part of the leaked British document: The document also describes the British policy of supporting President Musharraf as flawed because Pakistan is “on the edge of chaos”. It goes on to say that links between the British and Pakistan armies at a senior level should be exploited to persuade Musharraf to stand down, accept free elections and disband the ISI.
Here is President Musharraf reaction towards leak documents against him and ISI:
Musharraf has hit back at such claims, saying that the London bombers were radicalised in Britain. “Let us not absolve the United Kingdom from their responsibilities,” he said. “Youngsters who are 25, 30 years old, and who happen to come to Pakistan for a month or two, and you put the entire blame on these two months of visit to Pakistan and don’t talk about the 27 years or whatever they are suffering in your country.”
Musharraf angrily attacked claims made about the ISI in the British intelligence paper. “I totally, 200%, reject it … ISI is a disciplined force, breaking the back of al-Qaeda. Getting 680 [al-Qaeda suspects in custody] would not have been possible if our ISI was not doing an excellent job.”
“It’s high time that the world understood that the Muslims are 1.5 billion people. They have their own concerns - their own culture - and they are vastly moderate. Don’t lump Muslims together and assume they are extremists.”
Admitting that he finds himself distrusted even by his own allies - Mr Musharraf reacted angrily to news he had just received about a leaked paper by a Ministry of Defence think-tank researcher criticising Pakistan’s intelligence service, the ISI, for covertly abetting the Taliban.
“I thought that the British were diplomatic, but I don’t find this person, this individual, diplomatic at all,” he barked, adding that the ISI had captured the man thought to have masterminded the recent alleged plot to bomb airliners bound from Britain to the US.
To anyone arguing that the ISI should be disbanded, he had stern words. “Who has the audacity to suggest this? Would I ever be in a position to suggest that you disband your MI6?” adding: “What right does anyone have to tell us to disband our ISI, which was the main organ which assisted in the defeat of the Soviet Union?”
All above paragraphs are from two western news report:
NewsTalk: Two leaked reports, just one conclusion: the war on terror is fuelling terrorism (sundayheraldtalk)
September 30, 2006 11:55 PM
Two leaked reports, just one conclusion: the war on terror is fuelling terrorism
Neil Mackay investigates
‘The perception of Pakistan is very poor. We’re misunderstood’ - World Politics, World - The Independent]('The perception of Pakistan is very poor. We're misunderstood' | The Independent | The Independent)
‘The perception of Pakistan is very poor. We’re misunderstood’
By David Usborne in New York
Friday, 29 September 2006
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