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Increasing militancy in Pak a cause of worry: McConnell
Washington, Jan 10 (PTI) Maintaining that the Mumbai
attacks were carried out by terrorists trained in and departed
from Pakistan, the US has said the increasing militancy in the
nuclear-armed country is one of the main causes of worry for
it.
There are militants in Pakistan whose purpose is to
overthrow the government of that country, Director of US
National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, said.
"Osama bin Laden issued a fatwa in the fall of 2007 to
say that the mission was to destroy the government of
Pakistan," he said in an interview to the popular Charlie Rose
Show on PBS.
"Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Would you want militants
who are sworn to kill Americans in possession of nuclear
weapons? That's what I worry about," McConnell said.
Referring to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, he said the
horrendous terrorist act was carried by a group that was
"trained and departed" from Pakistan.
"And there's significant tension between those two
countries (India and Pakistan) now about how they're going to
resolve that. Military forces have been put on an increased
state of readiness," he said.
McConnell said his worries related to Pakistan was on top
because of the increasing militancy in a country, which is
nuclear weapon powered.
Also, he said his "biggest worry" is the fact that
Pakistan as a nation "is teetering on bankruptcy."
McConnell said: "It's when you have smart, adaptive,
dedicated, willing to die for a cause (of their) leadership
whose purpose is mass casualties in the United States. That's
the worry. And so now, how would they carry out that act?
"It quickly takes one to weapons of mass destruction. How
might they obtain them? So that is what we constantly try to
monitor and focus on and be aware of."
"Would it be biological? Might it be a chemical? Might it
be nuclear? Could it morph into something like cyber?" he
asked.
Stating that there are militants on the Afghan-Pak border
who are supported in Pakistan and cross into Afghanistan to
attack and kill US and coalition forces, he said: "That's a
very unstable situation." PTI LKJ
SAK
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attacks were carried out by terrorists trained in and departed
from Pakistan, the US has said the increasing militancy in the
nuclear-armed country is one of the main causes of worry for
it.
There are militants in Pakistan whose purpose is to
overthrow the government of that country, Director of US
National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, said.
"Osama bin Laden issued a fatwa in the fall of 2007 to
say that the mission was to destroy the government of
Pakistan," he said in an interview to the popular Charlie Rose
Show on PBS.
"Pakistan has nuclear weapons. Would you want militants
who are sworn to kill Americans in possession of nuclear
weapons? That's what I worry about," McConnell said.
Referring to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, he said the
horrendous terrorist act was carried by a group that was
"trained and departed" from Pakistan.
"And there's significant tension between those two
countries (India and Pakistan) now about how they're going to
resolve that. Military forces have been put on an increased
state of readiness," he said.
McConnell said his worries related to Pakistan was on top
because of the increasing militancy in a country, which is
nuclear weapon powered.
Also, he said his "biggest worry" is the fact that
Pakistan as a nation "is teetering on bankruptcy."
McConnell said: "It's when you have smart, adaptive,
dedicated, willing to die for a cause (of their) leadership
whose purpose is mass casualties in the United States. That's
the worry. And so now, how would they carry out that act?
"It quickly takes one to weapons of mass destruction. How
might they obtain them? So that is what we constantly try to
monitor and focus on and be aware of."
"Would it be biological? Might it be a chemical? Might it
be nuclear? Could it morph into something like cyber?" he
asked.
Stating that there are militants on the Afghan-Pak border
who are supported in Pakistan and cross into Afghanistan to
attack and kill US and coalition forces, he said: "That's a
very unstable situation." PTI LKJ
SAK
NNNN
