Pakistan's intelligence service threatens defendants relatives
no fear | 21.09.2006 12:52 | Analysis | Repression | World
A defendant in a UK terror trial has revealed in his testimony that the Pakistani ISI "played a role in training Islamic militants". The ISI then threatened his family in Pakistan and he has refused to testify anymore.
Some quotes from the mainstream media:
Omar Khyam, 24, who is accused with six others of plotting a bombing campaign in Britain, stopped giving evidence on Monday because he said his family had been intimidated by Pakistan's secret service, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1876453,00.html
"I think they are worried I might reveal more about them, so right now, as much as I want to clarify matters, the priority for me has to be the safety of my family so I am going to stop... I am not going to discuss anything related to the ISI any more or the evidence."
http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/20/stories/2006092003891600.htm
Some background on the ISI, drugs and terror:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=isi
Omar Khyam, 24, who is accused with six others of plotting a bombing campaign in Britain, stopped giving evidence on Monday because he said his family had been intimidated by Pakistan's secret service, the Inter-Services Intelligence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1876453,00.html "I think they are worried I might reveal more about them, so right now, as much as I want to clarify matters, the priority for me has to be the safety of my family so I am going to stop... I am not going to discuss anything related to the ISI any more or the evidence."
http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/20/stories/2006092003891600.htm Some background on the ISI, drugs and terror:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=isi
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