Thursday, October 2, 2008

Why Pakistan's Intelligence Chief Was Replaced

General Ahmed Shuja Pasha

Pakistan Spy Chief Replaced Amid ‘Double Game’ Suspicions
-- Times Online


Pakistan bowed to US pressure and named a new spy chief yesterday amid fears that elements within the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had been playing a “double game” in the War on Terror.

Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the new head of the ISI, had been leading the Pakistani Army’s campaign against Islamic militants in the lawless northwest of the country.

He is a close associate of General Ashfaq Kayani, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, who replaced President Musharraf as head of the military in December. He replaces Lieutenant-General Nadeem Taj, who had an uneasy relationship with the new civilian Government of President Zardari.

Lieutenant-General Pasha’s promotion came as part of a shake-up of the military leadership.

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My Comment: Playing a double game .... I am LOL right now.

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