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To: kumar who wrote (43228)	9/4/2002 10:11:32 AM
From: BubbaFred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Where can and open discussion of Jihad vs Qitaal take place? In western countries such as US and Britatin. Can such debate take place in Muslim countries? Perhaps only in today's Pakistan (thanks to Musharaff). Many brilliant minds (including Zachary Latif) can engage in intellectual discourse in the free open societies, but hardly can discuss it in the Muslim world where it is needed the most but would be considered blasphemous, sacrilegious, heretic, etc.

To: kumar who wrote (43228)	9/17/2002 2:07:35 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Some may call it a sell out of sovereignty we in Pakistan term it as an insurance that in future no 'talbinised leaderships from Arab land will hijack us.’ It is for our children that these people should leave Pakistan once for all after 20 years of futile ‘Jihad’ in Afghanistan that has turned that nation a wasteland and would have turned out nation into wasteland too.. <<US Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage in a letter to the Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has disclosed that his country was receiving enhanced data of Pakistani and foreign nationals using country's international airports for travelling. The News reporting.. Armitage pointed out that his (Moin's) ministry still needs to do more to expand the range of US provided technolgy to all the 18 entry and exist, land and air, points of the country. Sources said Armitage has also asked the interior minister to ensure complete and early installation of this modern technology through which US is currently getting information about every traveller coming or going out of the country. The US government is installing a multi-million dollar project of "personnel identification secure comparison evaluation system (PISCES) at all the 18 entry and exist points of Pakistan to check the personal details of air passengers entering or going out of the country. So far the system has been installed at Karachi airport from where photos and other personal details of each passenger are obtained through this modern system and beamed out to the FBI headquarters in US for analysis. According to diplomatic sources, Armitage asked the interior minister to complete the work before this summer to enable US agencies to keep probing each and every passenger coming and going out of the country. Diplomatic sources confirmed that Armitage letter was forwarded to the interior minister through Mr Brian Stickney, Director Narcotics Affairs Section, US embassy, Islamabad. Armitage informed the interior minister that he was pleased to meet him during one of his recent visits to Islamabad. He said now as a follow up action to his conversation, he would like to provide an update on the status of TIP/PISCES programme in Pakistan. He pointed out that the office of the counter terrorism in State Department has been working diligently to complete the preparation for deploying the TIP system at four air ports: Quetta, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Sources said Mr Richard Armitage said the US is likely to send a team to complete these installations by October. He said the US had designated a team to upgrade the system already in place in Karachi. This team has already reached Karachi, he said. The US deputy secretary said the TIP programme in Pakistan is the largest and most ambitious in the world and it will be first nationwide integrated system ever installed. He said the system was a pilot project and it was natural that there have been few difficulties along the way. He said successful deployment of the system in Karachi provides both sides with valuable lessons and will serve as a model for the remaining 17 national entry points. He said currently we are completing the development of software that must be tested prior to deployment. He said the Karachi system was a simple connection to the Intelligence Bureau. For national explanation, sources quoted the secretary as saying, two way connectivity was required among all airports to a central server that can be expanded to match the growth of the programme. Armitage said the US government has already singed a contract with UNISYS to install the cabling, networking and other technical work necessary to complete the project. He said it was 'our understanding that you have undertaken computer and typing training for immigration officials in order to facilitate the use of the system once it has been deployed'. >>