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It is understandable for Pakistan to deny all knowledge of Dawood Ibraham's whereabouts and rumors of his arrest. It is in conformity with their oft repeated and standard response to any such queries. If the reports of his detention by ISI are true, it is highly unlikely that the underworld don will be handed over to the US, unofficially or otherwise, as is being speculated by the media. Letting Dawood out of Pakistani control would also mean letting the cat out of the bag as far as Pakistan’s terror links are concerned. Having denied all information about the 'global terrorist' in the past, Pakistan would not like to furnish proof of what the world has always known, that it had always lied. Besides, Dawood's links to the ISI, and the Pakistan govt by extension, would also be exposed. His elimination by the ISI is also a remote possibility as it would amount to sacrificing a major terror asset painstakingly reared by Pakistan over the last two decades. On the other hand, Pakistan may ditch the don and his henchmen with the dual aim of warding off the pressure mounted by the West for Pakistan to do more in its war on terror and, more importantly, to avoid serious action against bigger targets sheltered in Pakistan, namely Al Qaeda and Taleban leadership.
The possibility of a delibrate media leak of Dawood's detention by Pakistan, as an exercise to cause confusion and deflect attention from reports of presence of Al Qaeda and Taleban hierarchy in Pakistan, cannot be ruled out. However, if the leopard does change its spots, an unlikely event, Dawood will first be thoroughly interrogated by the ISI to extract all knowledge of his sinister network, for subsequent use by his replacement, before his elimination.
It is understandable for Pakistan to deny all knowledge of Dawood Ibraham's whereabouts and rumors of his arrest. It is in conformity with their oft repeated and standard response to any such queries. If the reports of his detention by ISI are true, it is highly unlikely that the underworld don will be handed over to the US, unofficially or otherwise, as is being speculated by the media. Letting Dawood out of Pakistani control would also mean letting the cat out of the bag as far as Pakistan’s terror links are concerned. Having denied all information about the 'global terrorist' in the past, Pakistan would not like to furnish proof of what the world has always known, that it had always lied. Besides, Dawood's links to the ISI, and the Pakistan govt by extension, would also be exposed. His elimination by the ISI is also a remote possibility as it would amount to sacrificing a major terror asset painstakingly reared by Pakistan over the last two decades. On the other hand, Pakistan may ditch the don and his henchmen with the dual aim of warding off the pressure mounted by the West for Pakistan to do more in its war on terror and, more importantly, to avoid serious action against bigger targets sheltered in Pakistan, namely Al Qaeda and Taleban leadership.
The possibility of a delibrate media leak of Dawood's detention by Pakistan, as an exercise to cause confusion and deflect attention from reports of presence of Al Qaeda and Taleban hierarchy in Pakistan, cannot be ruled out. However, if the leopard does change its spots, an unlikely event, Dawood will first be thoroughly interrogated by the ISI to extract all knowledge of his sinister network, for subsequent use by his replacement, before his elimination.
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Makes a lot of sense. I wonder how long Pakistan will take to overcome the evils that its own Army, intelligence agencies and leadership have unleashed.
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