Thursday, September 1, 2011

Can Pakistan Prosecute Terror Suspects

Pakistan 'Incapable' Of Prosecuting Terror Suspects -- The Telegraph


Pakistan is incapable of prosecuting terror suspects, according to a US State Department report which reveals that three in four defendants are acquitted.



The report paints a damning portrait of the key United States ally in the war on terror and criticises Islamabad's failure to outlaw militant Islamic terror groups which escape bans by changing their names.



Islamabad had not closed loopholes which allow criminal gangs to launder funds for terrorist groups and had yet to sufficiently improve its police investigation methods to collect better evidence from crime scenes. Film footage of the scene of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's 2007 assassination in Rawalpindi being hosed down inspired claims of an official cover-up.



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My Comment: And the Pakistanis wonder why the U.S. does not trust them on terrorism issues.



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