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To: FaultLine who started this subject	10/7/2001 2:35:25 PM
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Pak team to Afghanistan did opposite of official briefing A delegation of top Deobandi clerics from Pakistan that was taken to Afghanistan by the Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Mahmud to meet with the Taleban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar, and convince him to hand over Osama bin Laden, did exactly the opposite, according to Pakistani media report. However, they did convey to him Islamabad's concerns regarding the United States military campaign, Pakistani weekly The Friday Times said. Sources within the delegation told the weekly that instead of convincing Omar of the necessity of saving Afghanistan by getting rid of Laden, the delegation invoked Islamic scriptures to appreciate the stand taken by the Taleban leadership. The clerics, led by the "unofficial advisor" to Mullah Omar and Pakistan's top Deobandi religious figure, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai of the Binori Town seminary in Karachi, also informed Omar that several hundred young men were ready for jihad against the US. Shamzai heads the country's biggest Deobandi madarasa. Shamzai and Mufti Jamil, another member of the delegation, is also said to be very close to Osama bin Laden and both were invited to his son's wedding. It said Shamzai is personally looking after the process of recruiting hundreds of young men to fight alongside the Taleban in case of a war. Their efforts have the support of Deobandi parties and groups whose cadres have been given the task of mobilising the youth for performing their "sacred duty". "There is a sense of urgency because the clerics believe that the government has turned against the Taleban and their cause," the weekly quoted an insider as saying. One of the muftis in the delegation sent to Kandahar told the paper that the clerics actually discussed the strategy of resistance with Omar and his lieutenants. rediff.com

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