More on the Khalid controversy...

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall at union.org.za
Wed Mar 12 12:09:50 PST 2003


Pakistan Accused of Staging Bin Laden Aide Arrest Reporters Doubt Authenticity Of Videotape Reuters

ISLAMABAD -- A grainy video purporting to show the arrest of two al-Qaida leaders has done little to deflect accusations that Pakistan may have staged this month's raid to give it leeway to abstain in a U.N. vote on an Iraq war.

On Monday, the powerful military Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) held an unprecedented news conference to show foreign journalists what it said were images of a March 1 raid in Rawalpindi that netted al-Qaida kingpin Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (shown at left).

But few of journalists present were convinced the video -- which did not show Mohammed's face nor any sign of a struggle -- was genuine. Many said it looked like a crude reconstruction. Full: http://www.nbc6.net/news/2033418/detail.html

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