Spanish report links Pakistan to Taliban

[struggle4progress]

Source: AP

By PAUL HAVEN – 37 minutes ago

MADRID, Spain - A report marked confidential and bearing the official seal of Spain's Defense Ministry charges that Pakistan's spy service was helping arm Taliban insurgents in 2005 for assassination plots against the Afghan government.

The report, which was obtained by Cadena Ser radio and posted on the station's Web site on Wednesday, also says Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, or ISI, helped the Taliban procure improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, to use in attacks against vehicles.

It alleges that Pakistan may have provided training and intelligence to the Taliban in camps set up on Pakistani soil.

"The plan is that the TBs (Taliban) use these RCIEDs (remote control IEDs) to assassinate high-ranking officials," the report warns. The August 2005 document, which is marked "confidential" and topped with the Defense Ministry seal and the title of Spain's military intelligence agency, does not describe the source of the information ...



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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[StreetKnowledge]

2. I hope Nobody is surprised by this

Seriously.

The Pakistani ISI created the bloody Taliban, now they are made because they can't control them. Why did you help them in the first place, you stupid idiots?!

[Rosie1223]

3. No wonder McCain was confused

He thought the report was 'Pakistan links Spain to Taliban'.

[closeupready]

4. Might be a new news report, but this is certainly not "news".

We've known this for many years now.

[JonQ]

5. Not surprising

Pakistan is not a friend of the US.