Husain Haqqani To ISI – Let Blackwater
In
Dan Qayyum |
PakistanKaKhudaHafiz.com
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has
written to the foreign secretary and ISI Cheif, warning them that harassing
Americans or denying them visas hurts the country’s image and can have severe
consequences, CNN-IBN reported on Saturday.
According to the channel, Haqqani’s letter, dated
July 28, 2009, reveals that Pakistan has a blacklist of US journalists and
non-government organisations (NGO) that are critical of Islamabad. The
ambassador has warned that Pakistan risked hearings in the US Congress and
potential restrictions on aid and military sales if US citizens were harassed or
intimidated. The letter mentioned instances where US institutions or journalists
were denied visas, harassed or put under surveillance. Haqqani has demanded
explanations for these actions and a copy of the blacklist.
Mr. Haqqani’s plea to the Pakistani Intelligence
agencies comes at a time when there is effectively a quiet occupation of
Pakistan taking place by Americans arriving in one form or the other. There have
been confirmed reports of over 200 houses being rented and barricaded all over
Islamabad, 300 plus ‘military trainers’ setting up shop in Tarbela, new
facilities being granted to the notorious ‘Blackwater’ – now with a new name, Xe
Worldwide – in parts of Sindh, and the rather obvious CIA front, Create
Associates International Inc (CAII) operating not only in Peshawar but also in
Islamabad.
This is what renowned Scholar and Defence Analyst
Dr. Shireen Mazari revealed a few days back:
“Ordinary officials at Pakistani airports have also
been muttering their concerns over chartered flights flying in Americans whose
entry is not recorded – even the flight crews are not checked for visas and so
there is now no record-keeping of exactly how many Americans are coming into or
going out of Pakistan. Incidentally the CAII’s (CIA/Blackwater) Craig Davis who
was deported has now returned to Peshawar! And let us not be fooled by the cry
that numbers reflect friendship since we know what numbers meant to Soviet
satellites.”
Since these reports first surfaced last month, the
chartered flights have stopped and a number of suspected CIA and Xe employees –
posing as ‘journalists’, aid workers and employees of certain NGOs – have been
denied visas and entry into Pakistan. Existing US consulate personnel and
employees of CAII as well as a number of other US citizens have been put under
surveillance for suspected involvement in anti-state activity.
It is the duty of Inter-Services Intelligence to
defend Pakistan’s borders and block any covert attempts to trample Pakistan’s
sovereignty. Mr. Haqqani’s assertion that ejecting Americans found involved in
suspicious activity and denying them entry is hurting Pakistan’s image, is
idiotic at best and treason at worst.
PKKH requests the Pakistan Army and the
Inter-Services Intelligence to take note of Mr. Haqqani’s attempt to undermine
Pakistan’s national security – and at the very least, immediately put him under
surveillance if not on a lamp-post in Islamabad.