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ISLAMABAD - Adnan Rasheed, a former officer of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the mastermind of an assassination attempt on General Pervez Musharraf, has claimed in a rare interview that he was indoctrinated by a covert J!hadi group which recruits officers from the three military services and utilises them to wage jihad along with the Taliban.

The interview has been published in the very first issue of an English-language J!hadi magazine “Azan” which was launched by the Taliban, primarily to cater to well-educated Muslims.

Now a key commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Adnan Rasheed was freed in an unprecedented jailbreak operation on April 15, 2012 when around 200 Taliban militants armed with guns, grenades and rockets attacked the high-security Bannu Central Jail and released 384 prisoners.

TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan subsequently declared on April 20, 2012 that the jail break operation was chiefly meant to free Adnan Rasheed. Ehsan added that the Taliban had been working on the jailbreak plan for several months and were in touch with Adnan and other prisoners in the Bannu Central Jail.

In a most recent development, Adnan Rasheed has stated in a rare interview published in the May 5 issue of “Azan” that his first J!hadi inclination emerged when India was compelled to release Maulana Masood Azhar (after the hijacking of an Indian plane in 2000). Importantly, he notes that he was about to go to Germany for higher education when the 9/11 terror attacks took place and his colleagues in the PAF persuaded him to pursue the J!hadipath.

Narrating in a first-hand witness account, Adnan Rasheed says he joined a clandestine J!hadi group functioning in the Pakistan Air Force under the name Idara Tul Pakistan, or the institution of Pakistan. The group’s mission was, according to him, to recruit jihadis from all three wings of the Pakistani military - Army, Navy and the Air Force. Adnan Rasheed also notes how he was led by senior military officers to believe that the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) founder Maulana Masood Azhar was appointed the chief of the Pakistani Taliban by Mullah Mohammad Omar, the fugitive ameer of the Afghan Taliban. Adnan narrates how his boss granted him four months’ leave to get training at a Jaish training camp in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and how he finally came to know that Masood Azhar was never appointed the ameer of Pakistani Taliban by Mullah Omar.

“Allah Almighty opened my eyes when the Jaish-e-Muhammad split into two factions – Maulana Masood Azhar’s Khuddamul Islam and Haji Abdul Jabbar’s Jamaatul Furqan. It dawned upon me that Masood and Jabbar had been working under ISI’s command. So, I went to my chief of Idara Tul Pakistan, Dr Y and told him that there is no difference between us and the Jaishe-Muhammad. We are soldiers in uniform and they are soldiers without uniform. Dr Y told me that the Shura of Idara Tul Pakistan had appointed me chief for the Pakistan Air Force. We later decided to divide our Idara into three main branches - administration, intelligence and combat. The administration branch was meant to do two jobs - recruitment and fund raising; the intelligence branch was to do espionage while the combat branch was to hit and run. The Idara strongly suggested that no uniform personnel would take part in any mission inside Pakistan; rather it would recruit civilian jehadis for this job and they would be assisted with weapons, money and intelligence”.

“We were joined by seven civilian brothers and one of them was appointed their chief. In September 2003, in a bid to meet Mullah Mohammad Omar, I, along with the civilian brothers, travelled to South Waziristan to fight in Baghar area of Angoor Adda against the Americans. But when we reached there, the Pakistan Army had already conducted its first operation against the Mujahideen under the command of Major General Faisal Alvi. Brothers Abdul Rahman (a Canadian national) and Hassan Mehsoon (a Chinese national) were martyred in this operation. While returning to Peshawar, I decided to take a U-Turn against the Pakistan Army to avenge the killing of my jehadi brothers. As I met the ameer of the Idara Tul Pakistan, Dr Y, (May Allah release him), we decided to wage jehad against Pakistan”, Adnan concluded. - See more at: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...out-his-change-of-heart/#sthash.x0dRJrrQ.dpuf
 
Wasn't Adnan Rashid an airman or something? He wasn't an officer AFAIK...

SEcondly, the only possible organization working is/was Hizb Ut Tahrir, they had penetrated deep into the ranks with Brigs and possibly Gens ingolved.

BUt then MI and ISI woke up and large scale ops were undertaken and influence has been reduced very much.
 
Its a very dangerous sign US and the international authorities should take note of this serious threat to the world. :angry: :angry:

Just imagine a j!hadi PAF officers flying made in USA f-16 with nukes and dropping it at US base in Afganistan/gulf or on shia Iran or India. :rolleyes:
 
Wasn't Adnan Rashid an airman or something? He wasn't an officer AFAIK...

SEcondly, the only possible organization working is/was Hizb Ut Tahrir, they had penetrated deep into the ranks with Brigs and possibly Gens ingolved.

BUt then MI and ISI woke up and large scale ops were undertaken and influence has been reduced very much.

@nuclearpak:
The HUT are not the only ones who have made deep inroads. There are others too. Adnan Rashid is correct whe he speaks about the ISI connect to the IC-184 hijacking. As a matter of fact; a couple of high ranking ISI officers were part of the negotiations team on the ground, who were acting as handlers for the JEM. Those conversations on ATC and other frequencies were intercepted and all all the transcripts are now available. All this was later confirmed during the interrogation of Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil the Foreign Minister of the Taliban Govt. at the time. He knew many details which 'fleshed-out' the informataion gathered at that time.
The veins of many organisations run very deep into the Estt.; few have been unearthed so far.
 
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he was not an officer... he was an airman of the rank of Corporal Technician i think
 
Wasn't Adnan Rashid an airman or something? He wasn't an officer AFAIK...

SEcondly, the only possible organization working is/was Hizb Ut Tahrir, they had penetrated deep into the ranks with Brigs and possibly Gens ingolved.

BUt then MI and ISI woke up and large scale ops were undertaken and influence has been reduced very much.
correct the guy was just Technician ,a NCO ,thats when he became a ******, i got told that he was really a good and talented guy.

so basically guy is talking about post 9/11 and developments, i believe him when he says he was recruited by someone with in the service as at that time many people had sympathy for mujhahideen (as article refers to) and they wanted to fight against US, however we looking at a decade down the road from than, situation is different now. MI / ISI is on its toes and a very clear check and balance is on high ranking officials and their families
 
Its a very dangerous sign US and the international authorities should take note of this serious threat to the world. :angry: :angry:

Just imagine a j!hadi PAF officers flying made in USA f-16 with nukes and dropping it at US base in Afganistan/gulf or on shia Iran or India. :rolleyes:

In that case you better put your head between your legs and kiss your sorry A$$ good bye.
@ Topic, F-16s don't fly around carrying nuclear bombs, in any case the person in subject was just a junior rank but there's more chance and danger of someone like a Colonel ranking officer transporting a dirty bomb in a friendly train service.
 
In that case you better put your head between your legs and kiss your sorry A$$ good bye.
@ Topic, F-16s don't fly around carrying nuclear bombs, in any case the person in subject was just a junior rank but there's more chance and danger of someone like a Colonel ranking officer transporting a dirty bomb in a friendly train service.

Oh; like Sqn Ldr Sultan Khawaja PAF and his cohorts and superiors ? ;)
 
Its a very dangerous sign US and the international authorities should take note of this serious threat to the world. :angry: :angry:

Just imagine a j!hadi PAF officers flying made in USA f-16 with nukes and dropping it at US base in Afganistan/gulf or on shia Iran or India. :rolleyes:

You have no idea what you're talking about do you?
 
Its a very dangerous sign US and the international authorities should take note of this serious threat to the world. :angry: :angry:

Just imagine a j!hadi PAF officers flying made in USA f-16 with nukes and dropping it at US base in Afganistan/gulf or on shia Iran or India. :rolleyes:


Keep check on your Military Intelligence who is being penetrated by hindutva terrorists. An organisation whose role is to keep check on others is being penetrated by them
 
@nuclearpak:
The HUT are not the only ones who have made deep inroads. There are others too. Adnan Rashid is correct whe he speaks about the ISI connect to the IC-184 hijacking. As a matter of fact; a couple of high ranking ISI officers were part of the negotiations team on the ground, who were acting as handlers for the JEM. Those conversations on ATC and other frequencies were intercepted and all all the transcripts are now available. All this was later confirmed during the interrogation of Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil the Foreign Minister of the Taliban Govt. at the time. He knew many details which 'fleshed-out' the informataion gathered at that time.
The veins of many organisations run very deep into the Estt.; few have been unearthed so far.

We have moved on from the days of IC 184.

The agencies have been very much active since the HuT episode, the Brig was a treasure trove of info, or so I am told.
 
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Its a very dangerous sign US and the international authorities should take note of this serious threat to the world. :angry: :angry:

Just imagine a j!hadi PAF officers flying made in USA f-16 with nukes and dropping it at US base in Afghanistan/gulf or on Shia Iran or India. :rolleyes:
That's the biggest fear the Americans have and the reason why they have a secret contingency plan to take out Pakistan's nukes if things start unraveling. But that's not going to be easy.
 
Keep check on your Military Intelligence who is being penetrated by hindutva terrorists. An organisation whose role is to keep check on others is being penetrated by them

Off topic here.. No ?
 
We have moved on from the days of IC 184.

The agencies have been very much active since the HuT episode, the Brig was a treasure trove of info, or so I am told.

Official Policy may have moved on; Individuals and Groups of Individuals (with loyalties that transcend the organisation) have not!
The Brig. was involved with only one of the veins that run deep.
 
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