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...Musharraf is also creating new enemies at home. After months of prodding by the U.S., Musharraf has clamped down on some of the country's 13,000 registered madrasahs, or seminaries, which are al-Qaeda's richest recruiting ground in Pakistan. A prominent imam at Islamabad's Lal Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz, disappeared on Aug. 13 after police captured bin Laden's former chauffeur, who had borrowed the religious leader's car, according to police. The Arab driver was allegedly involved in the Independence Day rocket plot. "This is significant," says one Washington official. "Pakistan's engagement...
...fellow tribesmen. Mohammed observes an ancient, pre-Islamic code that exalts honor, revenge and giving sanctuary?even if it's your worst enemy who is asking. And for the Wazir, al-Qaeda weren't enemies; they were considered fellow Muslims fighting the infidel. "These al-Qaeda," marvels clergyman Maulana Hafta Khan in Jandola, southern Waziristan, "they love death like a drunkard loves his wine...
...Setting the Record Straight Unusual Exchange Our story "The Monster Within," on Pakistan's violent extremist group Jaish-e-Muhammad [Jan. 26], referred to the group's leader, Maulana Masood Azhar. We said, incorrectly, that "Azhar was released from an Indian jail in a prisoner exchange in December 2000." Azhar was released from an Indian prison in December 1999 in exchange for 155 passengers from a hijacked Indian airliner...
...Things do not happen with a click of the fingers." Maulana Abbas Ansari, chairman of Kashmir's largest separatist group, on peace talks in New Delhi with the Indian government...
...under Indian control. It was to this latter cause that Jaish-e-Muhammad was devoted. Official tolerance of these groups, and in some cases assistance to them, continued after Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup. The President was especially supportive of Jaish-e-Muhammad's leader, warrior-cleric Maulana Masood Azhar. When Azhar was released from an Indian jail in a prisoner exchange in December 2000, he was permitted to stage a huge rally in Karachi attended by gun-toting followers. In 2001 Musharraf even tried unsuccessfully to persuade the various Kashmiri guerrilla groups to unite under Azhar...