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| Pakistan spy chief sacked to please US? October 6, 2008 presstv.ir | |
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has been called a 'state within a state' due to its immense power. Time magazine has described it as one of the world's most powerful spy agencies. Now, 10 months after being appointed head of the Pakistani Army, General Ashfaq Kayani, easily one of the most powerful men in Pakistan, has transformed the ISI leadership. Former ISI Director General, Lieutenant-General Nadeem Taj, has been replaced by General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha as part of a wide ranging overhaul of ISI top brass. In addition, the two-star generals at the ISI in charge of liaison with Islamist groups and with internal Pakistani politics, Asif Akhtar and Nusrat Naeem, have been "superseded" or denied promotion. The new appointments come at a time of high tension between Islamabad and Washington. A series of unauthorized US military air strikes and ground offensives have killed dozens of Pakistani civilians in recent months. The US suspects that loyalties within the ISI may partially lie with the Taliban, with whom the spy agency worked closely before the 9/11 attacks in New York. The US has also accused the ISI of being involved with the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul in July. Pakistan has denied all allegations. In light of such fears, the US has repeatedly demanded change. On September 16, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs publicly demanded that the ISI be reformed. Last week Pakistan's newly elected President, Asif Ali Zardari, held an unpublicized meeting with Michael Hayden, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a report in the New York Times. Amid mounting US pressure for ISI reform, they apparently discussed what the CIA describes as "the double game played by Pakistan's spy agency." Hayden reportedly gave Pakistani Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gillani, a template for "ISI reform" in July. Officials in both Islamabad and Washington have rejected the accusation that changes to the ISI leadership were engineered by the United States. The new appointee, General Pasha, is known among military analysts as a "professional soldier." In August, he accompanied General Kayani to a secret, highly unusual meeting between top Pakistani military leaders and American commanders, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, on the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. Time magazine reported Tuesday, that one of Kayani's key priorities has been to restore relations between Washington and the Pakistan military which has received over $6 billion in US military aid since 2001. HSH/CW/WY |
| Pakistan accuses US of terrorism October 1, 2008 presstv.ir | ||
A joint session of the parliament would be called soon to discuss the issue, Gilani told reporters at the Prime Minister House on Wednesday. He added that the PPP-led government wants to unite all the political parties over 'this national issue of sovereignty', Geo reported. Gilani's comments come after eight people were killed in a US drone strike at a house in the volatile northwest region of the country. The incident took place about midnight on Tuesday near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan. In the past month, US forces have carried out seven missile strikes by pilotless drones and a commando raid on the Pakistani side of the border. Washington's recent unilateral strikes inside Pakistan have triggered sovereignty debates within the corridors of the parliament in Islamabad.
Political analysts believe that though there's no war going on between the US and Pakistan yet, but recent exchanges of fire involving American and Pakistani forces are sounding like a sputtering fuse that's growing ever shorter. JR/MMN |
| MI6 camera sold with spy data on eBay September 30, 2008 presstv.ir | |
A British newspaper reported Tuesday that a 28-year-old bidder purchased the camera for 17 pounds (31 dollars) on the online auction and shopping website eBay. Sensitive intelligence data, including photos of suspected members of the al-Qaeda along with their names, occupations and fingerprints, as well as pictures of rocket launchers and missiles, were stored inside the Nikon Coolpix camera, according to the Sun newspaper. The unidentified buyer came across the information belonging to the country's spy service MI6 by chance, when downloading his own pictures from the camera. "We can confirm we seized a camera after a member of the public reported it. Intelligence officers are investigating," said a spokesperson for Hertfordshire police. Other reports also suggested that the camera belonged to a former agent who had failed to delete the memory. A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed that police were investigating, but declined to say whether intelligence agents were involved, or to comment on reports that the camera was sold by an MI6 agent. ZHD/DT |
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Posted by USHOSTAGE at 10/1/2008 4:20 PM 
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Categories: blog, aipac.org, Pentagon blog, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, CIA.gov, ATTORNEY, USD Law, iccnc.org, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, sis.gov.uk, ncriran, MI5.gov.uk, mujahedin-e-khalq, mcabayarea.org, MI6.gov.uk
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