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Wed, 05/18/2011 - 14:00
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ISI Asks Mullah Omar to Leave Pakistan's Soil
TEHRAN,May 18 (FNA)- The Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) of Pakistan has urged the Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, to leave the country's soil, an Afghan security official revealed on Wednesday.
The Afghan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that ISI has tasked Former Director of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Organization General Hamid Gol with conveying the message to Mullah Omar.
General Gol is due to urge the Taliban leader to leave Pakistan as soon as possible and reside in a neighboring state, like Afghanistan.
"ISI has suggested Helmand province in Afghanistan for Mullah Omar's residence," he added.
Asked about the reason for ISI's demand from Mullah Omar, the Afghan official implied that Islamabad has hatched a secret plot to convince the Americans and the world that it has not withdrawn cooperation in the war on terrorism, given the fact that the Al-Qaeda Leader, Osama bin Laden, was living in Pakistan when he was allegedly hunt down by the US forces.
He said Islamabad wants to find an accomplice for his shortcomings in the war on terrorism, and it plans to later inform the US forces of Mullah Omar's safe haven in Afghanistan to claim that leaders of these terrorist groups have been sheltered in Afghanistan as well.
The relations between Washington and Islamabad darkened after American officials implied in their remarks on the killing of the al-Qaeda Leader that the world's most wanted terrorist had been sheltered by Pakistan.
Many Pakistani intelligence and security officers and Generals have rejected the US claims that bin Laden was killed in the US military operation near Islamabad.
General Hamid Gol in an interview with Pakistan's Urdu-language daily Ausaf asked why the US is so hesitant to show the place and other details of bin Laden's hunt-down operation, while releasing, at least, some levels of information would ensure people that he is really dead.
He also dismissed US President Barack Obama's claim that none of the American forces involved in the operation was harmed, and underlined that Al-Qaeda operatives are among the best trained terrorists who know how to use their weapons against enemies.
Meantime, other former Pakistani security officials rejected the claims that bin Laden had been living in a house near a military academy near Islamabad for five years, underlining that bin Laden could not have lived there for five years without being noticed by ISI or the Pakistani Army.
Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden was killed in a US operation in Pakistan.
US officials claimed that they have dropped bin Laden's body in the Arabian Sea after conducting the necessary postmortem examinations and DNA tests to make sure of his identity.
Yet, a US official later announced that bin Laden's hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a timeframe for burial.
US officials also claimed their decision for a sea burial was made because no country would accept bin Laden's remains, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.
Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of independent DNA tests to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before its hasty burial.
The Afghan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that ISI has tasked Former Director of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Organization General Hamid Gol with conveying the message to Mullah Omar.
General Gol is due to urge the Taliban leader to leave Pakistan as soon as possible and reside in a neighboring state, like Afghanistan.
"ISI has suggested Helmand province in Afghanistan for Mullah Omar's residence," he added.
Asked about the reason for ISI's demand from Mullah Omar, the Afghan official implied that Islamabad has hatched a secret plot to convince the Americans and the world that it has not withdrawn cooperation in the war on terrorism, given the fact that the Al-Qaeda Leader, Osama bin Laden, was living in Pakistan when he was allegedly hunt down by the US forces.
He said Islamabad wants to find an accomplice for his shortcomings in the war on terrorism, and it plans to later inform the US forces of Mullah Omar's safe haven in Afghanistan to claim that leaders of these terrorist groups have been sheltered in Afghanistan as well.
The relations between Washington and Islamabad darkened after American officials implied in their remarks on the killing of the al-Qaeda Leader that the world's most wanted terrorist had been sheltered by Pakistan.
Many Pakistani intelligence and security officers and Generals have rejected the US claims that bin Laden was killed in the US military operation near Islamabad.
General Hamid Gol in an interview with Pakistan's Urdu-language daily Ausaf asked why the US is so hesitant to show the place and other details of bin Laden's hunt-down operation, while releasing, at least, some levels of information would ensure people that he is really dead.
He also dismissed US President Barack Obama's claim that none of the American forces involved in the operation was harmed, and underlined that Al-Qaeda operatives are among the best trained terrorists who know how to use their weapons against enemies.
Meantime, other former Pakistani security officials rejected the claims that bin Laden had been living in a house near a military academy near Islamabad for five years, underlining that bin Laden could not have lived there for five years without being noticed by ISI or the Pakistani Army.
Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden was killed in a US operation in Pakistan.
US officials claimed that they have dropped bin Laden's body in the Arabian Sea after conducting the necessary postmortem examinations and DNA tests to make sure of his identity.
Yet, a US official later announced that bin Laden's hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.
However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a timeframe for burial.
US officials also claimed their decision for a sea burial was made because no country would accept bin Laden's remains, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.
Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of independent DNA tests to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before its hasty burial.
