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12 Aug 06
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It is quite likely that their mission will be facilitated by officers of the ISI Directorates.
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Mr. Boucher's touching belief "that the Government of Pakistan is not involved at all in supporting terrorist acts in India."
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In fact, evidence of this has grown with the publication of an investigation by a credible Karachi-based magazine, The Herald. It finds that jihadi organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad continue to receive between Rs. 2 million and Rs. 3 million a month from the Inter Services Intelligence, along with communications equipment, weapons, and logistical support. According to The Herald, about 1,000 trained terrorists are housed in three camps in the Hazara region of the North West Frontier Province alone, while thousands are stationed elsewhere.
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Islamabad's cooperation with western counter-terrorism operations, demonstrated by its apparently crucial and indeed commendable role in foiling the trans-Atlantic bombing plot, will continue to win it applause from American and European quarters.
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In Pakistan meanwhile, seven people, including two British citizens, have been arrested in connection with the plot.
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Barely a week before authorities in the United Kingdom detained the 24 suspects, several of them reportedly of Pakistani origin, in connection with the planned mid-air bombing of the trans-Atlantic flights, United States Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher claimed that "no country has done more than Pakistan in the ongoing fight against terrorism."
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