"Let us be truthful to ourselves and make a candid admission of the realities," he said. "The terrorists of today were the heroes of yesteryears until 9/11 occurred and they began to haunt us as well." "I don't think anybody in the establishment supports them any more. I think everybody has become more wise than this," he said and confirmed the military was now targeting those it had previously used as proxies in attacks on
I am sure there is going to be a spurt of corruption claims (both recycled & new) to follow. The Establishment is not going to sit and take this episode truth telling by Zardari lying down.
Pakistani president Asif Zardari admits creating terrorist groups
By Dean Nelson,
Published: 5:49PM BST 08 Jul 2009
The Telegraph
Asif Zardari: His comments amount to an admission that
Asif Zardari told a meeting of former senior civil servants in
"Let us be truthful to ourselves and make a candid admission of the realities," he said. "The terrorists of today were the heroes of yesteryears until 9/11 occurred and they began to haunt us as well."
His comments amount to an admission that
It came as at least 40 people were killed in a suspected
Three
Mr Zardari first confirmed that many of the Islamic militants now waging war against his government were once "strategic assets" in an interview with the Daily Telegraph earlier this week.
"I don't think anybody in the establishment supports them any more. I think everybody has become more wise than this," he said and confirmed the military was now targeting those it had previously used as proxies in attacks on
Islamic militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, have long been regarded as
The LeT is believed to have been created to fight with the Afghan Mujahideen against the former Soviet-backed Najibullah regime in
It is believed to have been responsible for the commando attack on
The Indian government believes links between
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