C’est cohérent avec les faits connus qui concernent l’encadrement par MPRI des brigades terroristes en Macédoine l’été 2001.

C’est aussi sans doute ce qui se passe dans la Corne de l’Afrique. A Seymour Hersh, un officiel du Pentgone avait admis que des opérations sous fausse bannière y étaient conduites.

La « lutte contre le terrorisme » est une belle expression.

« Foreign footprints

Asia Times Online has learned from high-level security contacts that private US defense contractors want to operate in Punjab to trace militant networks and then make recommendations for penetrating them.

Despite intense opposition from the military establishment, a few days before the shrine attack over 50 foreign nationals, including officials of a private American defense contracting firm, arrived in Pakistan – even though they did not have security clearance from Pakistani intelligence agencies.

According to the contacts, these nationals had earlier been denied visas by the Pakistani embassies they first approached, including in the US, Britain and India. However, they were apparently subsequently given visas by the embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. This was done without the prerequisite clearance from the Pakistani Ministry of Interior, the Defense Ministry and the security agencies.

« These included over a dozen US nationals who had already been denied visas by our embassy in Washington on suspicion of them having links to Blackwater [Xe Services], » a source told Asia Times Online, adding that the visas had been issued for periods of six months to two years, although usually visas are only give for 90 days.

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit could not be reached for comment despite repeated attempts.  »

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