The Thinking Of A Retired Pakistan ISI Chief

Then Maj. Gen. Hamid Gul, Director General of the ISI (far left), with William Webster, Director of Central Intelligence, Clair George, Deputy Director for Operations, and Milt Bearden, CIA station chief, at a training camp for the mujahedeen in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province in 1987 (RAWA.org)

Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is ‘To Destabilize Pakistan’ -- Foreign Policy Journal

In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior motives for the war on Afghanistan, claims that the U.S., Israel, and India are behind efforts to destabilize Pakistan, and charges the U.S. and its allies with responsibility for the lucrative Afghan drug trade.

Retired Lieutenant General Hamid Gul was the Director General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1987 to 1989, during which time he worked closely with the CIA to provide support for the mujahedeen fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Though once deemed a close ally of the United States, in more recent years his name has been the subject of considerable controversy. He has been outspoken with the claim that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were an “inside job”. He has been called “the most dangerous man in Pakistan”, and the U.S. government has accused him of supporting the Taliban, even recommending him to the United Nations Security Council for inclusion on the list of international terrorists.

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My Comment: It is easy to discount what Retired Lieutenant General Hamid Gul says in this interview as outlandish or ridiculous. But when one realizes who he was, and who he knows today .... this philosophy and thinking explains much of why Pakistan is going through the turmoil that it is going through today.

An Interview With The Man Who Founded The Taliban

Former Pakistani ISI chief Hamid Gul (Photo from Infowars)

A Talk With The "Taliban-Maker", Former Pakistani ISI Chief Hamid Gul -- Asharq Al-Awsat

[Asharq Al-Awsat] What are the sides participating in the fighting in the Pakistani tribal region? Would you give us an idea about those that bore arms against the Pakistani army?

[Gul] There are two categories of fighters in the tribal region. The first category consists of those that are fighting to avenge what took place in Pakistan following the 11 September 2001 attacks, especially those that are fighting to avenge what happened during the military operation that was carried out in the Red Mosque or the Lal Masjid. But these are not currently active after the new government took over power in Islamabad. This issue could be settled if we had an independent judicial authority in Pakistan that would investigate the killing that took place in the Red Mosque. These citizens continue to carry out acts of vengeance in some places. The second category consists of the criminal elements that fled from the Pakistani cities and found refuge in the tribal region.

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My Comment: This interview with Former Pakistani ISI Chief Hamid Gul is a real winner .... and congrats to the news organization Asharq Al-Awsat to get it. In a nutshell, this "founder" of the Taliban is blaming the Americans for the civil war in Pakistan, and completely dissociates the idea that there is any ISI connection with today's Taliban movement. But in the same breath, he admits that officials from the ISI (including himself) do maintain "friendly social " relations with the Taliban and other extremists groups.

This murderous and cocky thug is not even denying having links with these terrorists .... he is reveling in it. Sigh .... he is a perfect symbol of what is wrong in Pakistan today. They are playing both sides of the street .... but this lack of initiative only plays into the hands of Islamic extremists .... a fact that he is in complete denial of .... or complicit in. But then again .... he has always maintained that 9/11 was an inside job, and that Osama Bin Laden was not responsible for it.