RAW helps ISI foil bid on Musharraf's life | Times of India

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RAW helps ISI foil bid on Musharraf's life
DIWAKAR & ABHEEK BARMAN

TIMES NEWS NETWORK< TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2004 11:53:12 PM >

NEW DELHI: A timely tip-off by Indian intelligence agency RAW helped foil a third assassination plot against Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf.

This collaboration and the two attempts on his life on December 14 and 24 last year, have led to a change in the mindset of President Musharraf: from reluctant and sometimes wavering support for anti-terrorism operations, to a new-found resolve to stamp out the threat.

In January, when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was leaving Islamabad after the SAARC summit, he called President Musharraf and said, " Aap apni hifazat kariyega (Please take care)." The intelligence agencies clearly picked up the cue and their leaders' concern.

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