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Captured foreign militants say they were trained by Pak army | | | Bharat Bhushan JAMMU, July 13: Though the foreign militants captured by security agencies in J&K have confessed to the involvement of Pak army in their training, the revelation of former ISI head Gen Ziauddin Butt that a Brigadier harboured Osama bin Laden for years with the full knowledge of ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has now put Islamabad squarely in the dock. Butt's statement has put Islamabad in an embarrasing situation as contrary to its stand on the Laden issue, the senior army officer has put official stamp on the reports that the Pak Government had given him shelter to save him from the US. This was the first time that a senior Pak army officer had accused an ex-state head of giving shelter to Laden. Butt was quoted by agencies as saying that he fully believed that Brig Ijaz Shah, who was all powerful in the Musharraf regime, had provided the hideout to Laden with the full knowledge of the ex-Pak President. Earlier, whenever Pakistani militants were captured by security forces in J&K, the involvement of Pak army and the Rangers had figured in their training. During his interrogation, Mohammad Mustafa alias Abu Akasa of Kasoor in Punjab, Pakistan, had told police that before he was pushed into J&K to indulge in subversive activities, a Pak army Major had trained him and other militants. He prepared them to fight forces in J&K and asked them not to surrender till their death. Before taking them close to the LoC on their side of Sunderbani, Rajouri, they were taken by ISI operatives to a Pak army post in a densely forested hill, official sources privy to his interrogation said. The Pak army personnel received them warmly and gave them food. From this post, they were taken by two Pak army regulars to another post where they were given AK rifles, grenades, ammunition and Rs 60,000 in Indian currency. Sources said before pushing them into the Indian territory somewhere from Sunderbani, Pak army had given them Indian army uniforms to wear. Sources said the forward posts of the Pak Rangers and army had virtually become launching pads of militants. "The Pak troops provide them food and shelter, besides raising their morale," the sources added. Sources said it was not possible for militants to survive in Pakistan without Islamabad's support. The ex-ISI chief Butt's revelation was a proof in this regard, the sources added. |
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