Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf believes his country should be given drone aircraft to target terrorists.
Former Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf believes his country should be given drone aircraft so it can take out top terror suspects without the help of the West, he told FOX News in an exclusive interview.
They have been very controversial always,” he said. “I personally believe that drones should be given to Pakistan because the sensitivity is American troops or any foreign troops coming into Pakistan.”
The question on so many minds — where is Usama bin Laden? — remains unanswered. Musharraf has doubts whether bin Laden has survived the eight harsh years since 9/11.
Musharraf became a key U.S. ally after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and joined the United States in fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda. He became the target of repeated assassination attempts — but he says he acted for the good of his country — not for U.S. benefit.
“It was not for United States alone … it was for Pakistan,” he said during a wide-ranging interview with FOX News’ Amy Kellogg in London.
“[W]e are a progressive, moderate people, so it was very clear that we cannot accept” the Talibanization of his country, he said, calling it an easy decision to turn his military’s sights on the militants.
“They were roaming around our cities and causing terrorist attacks in our cities and all over, and we had to eliminate that.”
Musharraf said that Al Qaeda has been significantly diminished in Pakistan, but the Taliban is thriving. Yet he believes that the unmanned aircraft the U.S. uses to target key militants in Pakistan should be handed over to his country.
“There is even a doubt whether he is alive,” he told FOX News. “Because right in the beginning he was a dialysis patient, he was a kidney patient; therefore I wonder if he is alive. “ (more…)
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