Pakistan Intelligence linked to WTC bombers (fwd)

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PAKISTAN INTELLIGENCE TIED DIRECTLY TO WTC ATTACK

MANOJ JOSHI, TIMES OF INDIA: While the Pakistani Inter Services
public relations claimed that former ISI director-general Lt-Gen
Mahmud Ahmad sought retirement after being superseded, the truth is
more shocking. Top sources confirmed here that the general lost his
job because of the "evidence" India produced to show his links to one
of the suicide bombers that wrecked the World Trade Centre. The US
authorities sought his removal after confirming the fact that
$100,000 were wired to WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta from Pakistan by
Ahmad Umar Sheikh at the instance of Gen Mahumd. Senior government
sources have confirmed that India contributed significantly to
establishing the link between the money transfer and the role played
by the dismissed ISI chief. While they did not provide details, they
said that Indian inputs, including Sheikh's mobile phone number,
helped the FBI in tracing and establishing the link. A direct link
between the ISI and the WTC attack could have enormous repercussions.
The US cannot but suspect whether or not there were other senior
Pakistani Army commanders who were in the know of things. Evidence of
a larger conspiracy could shake US confidence in Pakistan's ability
to participate in the anti-terrorism coalition.

Indian officials say they are vitally interested in the unraveling of
the case since it could link the ISI directly to the hijacking of the
Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi flight to Kandahar last December.
Ahmad Umar Sayeed Sheikh is a British national and a London School of
Economics graduate who was arrested by the police in Delhi following
a bungled 1994 kidnapping of four westerners, including an American
citizen.

http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1454238160


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