Pakistani Plot To Overthrow President Musharraf Exposed

[Barrett808]

Pakistani Plot To Overthrow President Musharraf Exposed
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf came to power via a coup and will most likely face the same fate
UPI Exclusive
by Arnaud De Borchgrave
Washington (UPI) - Mar 18, 2004

A plot to replace Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf with the nuclear engineer who sold the country's secrets to America's self-avowed enemies is being organized by politico-religious leaders, said one of the leaders present at a recent meeting of religious and political parties.

After U.S. and British intelligence services confronted Musharraf with the evidence of an international mail-order business for nuclear weapons secrets run by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb made a full confession on national television. But A.Q., as the country's most popular man is known, was allowed to keep all his assets, including lavish homes in Pakistan and Dubai. Libya alone paid $100 million for Pakistan's nuclear know-how.

A.Q. Khan is a religious fundamentalist with a penchant for the good life. As a national icon, he shares co-equal status with Jinnah, Pakistan's founder. The secret meeting to promote Dr. Khan as Musharraf's successor took place in Akora Khattak upon the death of the wife of Senator Sami ul-Haq, Vice President of MMA, a coalition of six politico-religious parties, said one of the politicians present who requested his name be withheld.

The mastermind promoting A.Q. Khan's candidacy was his close friend Gen. Hamid Gul, a former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency who is "strategic adviser" to MMA. Gul and most of the country's politico-religious leaders journeyed to Khattak to present their condolences to Sami ul-Haq. Sami is also the President of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, an extremist party, and Chancellor of the University for the Education of Truth. The University, where nine out of Taliban's top 10 leaders were educated, is located in Khattak where the secret meetings took place in late February.

Gen. Gul, according to one of the participants, explained how he was assembling "a strong team of faithful Muslims to take control of the country to serve the nation and the Muslim world with true Islamic spirit." Gul then added, "A.Q. is our natural leader."

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http://www.spacedaily.com/news/pakistan-04b.html

[pfitz59]

1. Why not?

What has he done for us lately?

[bemildred]

2. Gosh, I think we better rush Mushhead some more weapons.

Maybe some money would be helpful too.

[PATRICK]

3. "Religious fundamentalist who

loves the good life." Has nukes and wants total power? Sounds like our kind of guy, not Musharraf.

[desi]

4. There has to be an ulterior motive for this piece.

If memory serves, Arnaud De Borchgrave is a Moonie picked by the good Rev. Moon to run UPI when he bought it out of bankruptcy. Helen Thomas immediately cleaned out her desk.

[dArKeR]

5. How can overthrow a Whore who was not recognised by the World

because the overthrew the elected government? Why doesn't aWol ever say this at a press conference? Why doesn't an American Media Whore ask aWol this question?

[fujiyama]

7. Shhhhh!

You're not supposed to mention these facts...He's our staunch "ally" in the war on terrah!

[dArKeR]

6. One year after the Musharraf coup

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/nov2000/pak-n21.shtml



Hours after seizing power in Pakistan, the army's chief General Musharraf made this TV address to the nation:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/473175.stm

[mobuto]

8. Oh, its just the short Count

Arnaud de Borchgrave is lying when he says hello. Under normal circumstances, I'll readily believe that there are coup attempts against Musharaff in the works, except when de Borchgrave says exactly that. Because there's no way that guy can be right about anything.

[daleo]

9. Maybe the CIA wants to its own coup in Pakistan

Maybe this is propaganda, to soften people up for the need to put someone "more reliable" in power. If we don't, "A.Q." will seize power (love how the initials are the same as Al Queda). Just speculation.