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08-24-2005, 12:34 PM
Bin Laden was not capable of carrying out 9/11 attacks: Qazi
http://www.geo.tv/main_files/pakistan.aspx?id=86414
8/24/2005
LAHORE: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said he did not believe that Osama Bin Laden was capable of carrying out the sophisticated September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. “The Zionists must be behind the attacks as they were the only beneficiaries of the September 11 incident,” he said in an interview with BBC’s Hardtalk programme.
He said suicide bombings in London, New York, Pakistan and in other peaceful societies were not legitimate. “We have categorically condemned the London bombings and violence in any other peaceful society. We want to live in peace with the whole world.”
The JI chief agreed that there were some madrassas in Pakistan teaching bigotry and hatred, but said the reforms introduced by Pakistanis themselves.
Qazi said he and his party supported peace with India, but not at the cost of Kashmiris’ right to self determination. He said with India deliberately delaying resolving the issue, Kashmiris were left with no option but to start an armed struggle. “We want to resolve the issue of Kashmir according to UN resolutions and support the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination,” he said.
The Hasba Bill has been wrongly portrayed as meant to Talibanise the NWFP when its actual purpose is to regulate government functions via an ombudsman, Qazi said.
The MMA chief criticised the US-led war on terrorism and urged all “just and peace-loving nations” to stand up to Washington.
http://www.geo.tv/main_files/pakistan.aspx?id=86414
8/24/2005
LAHORE: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said he did not believe that Osama Bin Laden was capable of carrying out the sophisticated September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. “The Zionists must be behind the attacks as they were the only beneficiaries of the September 11 incident,” he said in an interview with BBC’s Hardtalk programme.
He said suicide bombings in London, New York, Pakistan and in other peaceful societies were not legitimate. “We have categorically condemned the London bombings and violence in any other peaceful society. We want to live in peace with the whole world.”
The JI chief agreed that there were some madrassas in Pakistan teaching bigotry and hatred, but said the reforms introduced by Pakistanis themselves.
Qazi said he and his party supported peace with India, but not at the cost of Kashmiris’ right to self determination. He said with India deliberately delaying resolving the issue, Kashmiris were left with no option but to start an armed struggle. “We want to resolve the issue of Kashmir according to UN resolutions and support the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination,” he said.
The Hasba Bill has been wrongly portrayed as meant to Talibanise the NWFP when its actual purpose is to regulate government functions via an ombudsman, Qazi said.
The MMA chief criticised the US-led war on terrorism and urged all “just and peace-loving nations” to stand up to Washington.