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| Pakistan may be in for trouble after Osama's end | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 3: When the former ISI Chief, amid Gul, said that "bin Laden could be in Abbottabad unknown to authorities is a bit amazing "it lent credence to the reports that Islamabad was in full knowledge of the US operation against Osama. But soon after the US President, Barack Obama, broke the news of killing of Osama bin Laden in the strike by the US commandos Islamabad had no other alternative but to feign ignorance of the US strike because the team led by Zardari would not afford anger from people, especially from the Islamic radicals.
What is equally amazing is the way former Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, in exile in London, blamed Islamabad for having allowed US troops and commandos to carry out operation against Laden on the soil of Pakistan. More amazing is his contention that had he been in power in Pakistan he would not have allowed the US troops to enter into Pakistan for carrying out an operation against Osama.
This statement from Musharraf was simply meant to embarrass the establishment in Islamabad led by Asif Ali Zardari. During his nine years as Pakistan's ruler Musharraf had been instrumental in forging military and economic cooperation with Washington. It was during Musharraf's time that the American troops were allowed to set up bases in Pakistan, especially on Pakistan-Afghanistan border belt.
Musharraf did it deliberately for two main purposes. One was to ensure bigger financial assistance to Pakistan which was on the brink of bankruptcy. Apart from financial assistance to the tune of several million dollars Washington was liberal in providing military hardware in the shape of weapons, ammunition, fighter planes and tanks to Pakistan.
Various radical groups in Pakistan would criticise Musharraf for forging deeper alliance with Washington. But many in Pakistan and elsewhere, later, became wiser and came to the conclusion that If Pakistan managed to survive despite severe financial crisis it was because of Musharraf's policy of befriending Washington.
Musharraf had ordered military operation against the Talibans in the Swat valley and adjoining areas at the behest of Washington and for further appeasing the US Government he allowed the US troops more areas in Pakistan from where its troops launched strikes against the Al Qaeda and the Talibans in Afghanistan.
The killing of Osama in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, has exposed Pakistan on two counts. First, it is in selective collaboration with Washington in war against terror. Islamabad has not suspended its policy of providing limited support to Washington in operations against Al Qaeda and the Talibans. This selective support is governed by the principle of survival. While wishing to end menace of Al Qaeda and the Talibans Islamabad is not prepared to earn any wrath from these terrorist groups.
Secondly, elimination of Osama has lent credence to the reports that Pakistan continued to help militants and terrorist of various hues to find shelter in that country. And if Islamabad and its agencies give some information to Washington about the plans and hideouts of terrorists it is being done on a limited basis otherwise it would not have taken the US troops more than nine months to identify the place where Osama stayed with his wife and children.
Washington had reports that Osama had been hiding in Pakistan and it mounted pressure on the establishment in Pakistan forcing it to assist the US security and intelligence agencies in tracing out the hideout of Osama. This way terrorist attacks on soft targets, Army and security pickets and convoys in Pakistan are expected to witness a high in the coming weeks as a sign of strong protest against Islamabad's help to Washington in the war against terror. |
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