Secret Memo of Zardari to Adm. Mike Mullen

[kas786]

Why doesn't K hang Z and make an example of him for future aspiring corrupt politicians?

 

[golmaal]

Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani has resigned and sought asylum in the country, sources told Headlines Today on Thursday.

Sources said Haqqani has sent in his papers, but his resignation was yet to be accepted. He has been under pressure ever since media reports about a secret memo he wrote surfaced.

Haqqani has decided not to leave the US, sources said. He has been warned by his friends that if he went back to Pakistan, he would be whisked away on arrival.

Trouble broke out for Haqqani after reports that he contacted the then US chief of staff Mike Mullen to pass on a message from President Asif Ali Zardari who wanted help from the US to stave off a military takeover.

Pakistan's envoy to US Hussain Haqqani resigns, seeks asylum: Sources : Americas News - India Today

 

[T-Rex]

Most interesting development! It only proves that indeed Mr. Ten Percent sought help from the US.

 

[foxbat]

wonder what all will Americans extract from Mr Haqquani in exchange for the asylum (if the news is indeed true).. Could be some embarrassing statements in the coming days ....

 

[T-Rex]

The US has nothing to extract for Haqqani has always been america's man from Pakistan.

 

[foxbat]

The US has nothing to extract for Haqqani has always been america's man from Pakistan.

In which case, mighty foolish for Pakistani establishment to still have him in the role till this issue..

 

[Guest01]

LoL, if this is true then Zardari must be cr@pping bricks right now. Hussain was smart or he could have been introduced accidently to his voilent Haqqani cousins on return to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Afterall Bhutto discovered the risks of antagonizing the army at his own peril!

As an immediate crisis management, I am sure that the Army will send analysts on the evening show to discredit and declare Hussain Haqqani as a begairat with immediate effect.

 

[Doctor09]

i wish he just come Pakistan for once .... then he will not be able to go back and he knew this
but whenever he will come back i will be ready for him
Gen.Kiyani is mad on him

 

[Windjammer]

Pakistan's US ambassador recalled over alleged Asif Ali Zardari army plot
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States has been summoned to Islamabad to explain his role in an alleged plot by President Asif Ali Zardari to oust his army and intelligence chiefs.
Husain Haqqani was summoned following claims that he had passed on a secret letter from Mr Zardari to America's top soldier calling on Washington to help rein in his army and stop its chiefs from mounting a coup against him.
The claims, which have been dismissed by the Pakistan government, have been taken seriously by several key army figures, plunging already tense relations between the civilian government and the military to their lowest level for some time. "The army leadership believes the claims may be true," said one military source.
According to the claims, by influential Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the letter was passed to Admiral Mike Mullen, the United States chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one week after US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, one of Pakistan's most heavily guarded garrison towns.
Mr Zardari had feared his humiliated army would mount a coup against him to restore morale following the raid.
The letter, Mr Ijaz claimed, included an offer that a "new national security team" would "eliminate" the section of Pakistan's ISI intelligence service which supports the Taliban insurgency and its feared Haqqani Network. The letter had been given to him to pass on as a secret conduit.

Last night Husain Haqqani confirmed he had been summoned to Islamabad to brief the Pakistan People's Party leadership on "issues impacting US-Pakistan ties" but claimed not to be concerned. "We have been at this crossroads before," he told a well-wisher on Twitter.
Lieutenant-General Talat Masood, a retired senior Pakistan Army officer and leading security commentator, said Mr Haqqani had been targeted as a scapegoat for the fast-deteriorating relations between Army Chief General Kayani, intelligence director Lieutenant-General Ahmad Shuja Pasha and Mr Zardari.
He said there was a history of mistrust between the ambassador and the army chiefs who blame him for encouraging the United States to impose tough conditions on tackling terrorism in exchange for American aid in the controversial Kerry-Lugar Bill.
"Now it seems he is going to be the fall guy. Zardari will try to save him, but it is being taken very seriously. If it has any truth in it, it can't be tolerated. Zardari will not blame himself and Husain Haqqani will be the scapegoat. It's ridiculous [for Zardari] to ask the Americans to back him," he said.
The army's official spokesman declined to comment, but one military source said it was determined to establish the truth about the letter. "There is a stir about this whole affair. We're trying to get to the bottom of it – how much truth there is and who is behind it," he said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...called-over-alleged-Asif-Ali-Zardari-army-plo

 

[bubble123]

In which case, mighty foolish for Pakistani establishment to still have him in the role till this issue..

establishment tried removing him but Uncle SAM always came to the rescue.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Nothing extraordinary in Hussain Haqqani opting to stay on in USA. He happens to hold US citizenship. Unlike some (or rather many) countries, Pakistan allows people holding dual citizenship to hold high public office. So that usually comes in handy as an insurance policy if the person happens to run afoul of the "powers that be".

Hussain Haqqani is now cashing in on that privilege. Nothing unusual about that.

 

[Guest01]

How did astute Zardari make the mistake of thinking that he can rein in Pakistani Army? Epic and increasingly seeming to be fatal error now.

How many over here think that snap polls will be called in and Imran Khan will immediately win the next elections by a landslide margin to then resume regular service?

 

[Windjammer]

Nothing extraordinary in Hussain Haqqani opting to stay on in USA. He happens to hold US citizenship. Unlike some (or rather many) countries, Pakistan allows people holding dual citizenship to hold high public office. So that usually comes in handy as an insurance policy if the person happens to run afoul of the "powers that be".

Hussain Haqqani is now cashing in on that privilege. Nothing unusual about that.

So by your logic it's a deliberate State policy to employ dual citizenship people in it's foreign missions....just in case they malfunction. ??
How politicly correct is that.!!

 

[Capt.Popeye]

So by your logic it's a deliberate State policy to employ dual citizenship people in it's foreign missions....just in case they malfunction. ??
How politicly correct is that.!!

None of that, amigo. It just happens to be a situation (as in this case) that is accepted by the rules extant now in Pakistan. Nothing else.

 

[Imran Khan]

this bastard is not our envoy but US feet licker there .thank you kiyani for kick him . he harm pakistan many time bloody idiot .