Musharraf okayed Blackwater's Pak terror operations
Says Gen Aslam Beg
Former Pakistan army chief Mirza Aslam Beg has claimed that former president Pervez Musharraf had given Blackwater the green signal to carry out its terrorist operations in the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Quetta.
He said that Blackwater was directly involved in the murder of Benazir Bhutto and Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri.
It is pertinent to note that the foreigners affiliated with the notorious private military contractor Blackwater, whose security company Blackwater was later renamed as Xe Services LLC, arrived in Islamabad during the first week of November.
In connection with Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's murder case, Pakistan government will take action if authorities in Baluchistan make a request for the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
The Baluchistan government has not yet made any demand for Musharraf's arrest, Malik told a TV news channel. If the federal government receives such a request, action will be taken, he said on Saturday.
Acting on a court's order, police in Baluchistan province registered a murder case last month against Musharraf and several of his key aides in connection with the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Bugti in a military operation in 2006.
A wave of fear and insecurity has been felt among residents due to alleged presence of operatives of Blackwater and the late night movements of suspicious foreigners and some locals clad in suits.
According to frightened residents of the locality, there was fair amount of activity between 11 pm and dawn.