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Rigi's detention by Iran clears controversy |
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February 25th, 2010 |
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Islamabad—Pakistani authorities worried by repeated Iranian accusations on alleged presence of Jundullah leader inside this country were relieved by the reports that the well-known terrorist leader Abdulmalek Rigi stood detained by Iran from a flight to Bishkek (Kyrgzstan) from Dubai. It was also revealed that the terrorist leader was travelling on an Afghan passport issued recently inside Afghanistan and had been living inside Afghanistan for some time.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi expressed his pleasure over the arrest of Jundullah terrorist group leader but also made it clear that “Rigi’s arrest did not happen without Pakistan’s cooperation.”
The Ambassador once again reiterated Islamabad’s commitment that “Pakistan will always support Iran against such terrorist groups and added that “there are brotherly ties between the two states and nobody can imagine that Pakistan would act against Iran.”
Ever since Iran shared some information regarding alleged presence of Rigi and his militants Pakistan has been looking for him and recently some his Rigi’s associates had been detained and deported back.
Officials believe that the interrogation of these agents facilitated the location of Rigi in Afghanistan where Iranian intelligence began following him and monitored his movements and travel. Only less than 30 hours before his detention the Jundullah leader had flew to Dubai to board another flight for Kyrgyzstan apparently to shift his activities from Afghanistan after he felt insure there.
It was also claimed that Rigi had been issued fake Afghan passport and a fake Pakistani NIC by his handlers to hide his real identity and implicate other regional states should anything is discovered. Pakistani official today strongly denied that Pakistan had issued the NIC recovered from the possession of Rigi following his arrest.
Rigi was alleged to have a Pakistani NIC by the name of Saeed Ahmed son of Ghulam Haider with his date of birth as 1978 but official here it was a fake document meant to disrupt ties between the two brotherly Islamic states.
Iranian officials Thursday said that they had “irrefutable evidence” confirming that terrorist ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi had been assisted by Western and Israeli intelligence agencies.
Iranian officials also claimed that “he was at a US base in Afghanistan 24 hours before his capture and had a forged Afghan passport issued by the US in his possession when he was detained.”
On Tuesday, Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi was quoted as saying that his security officials had been tracking Rigi down for over five months and claimed that “in addition to Rigi’s stay at a US base, he had also met with the NATO military chief in Afghanistan in April 2008 and also had links with some EU member states.”
Following October 18 (2009) terrorist attack by Jundullah which killed more than 40 Iranians including two top commanders of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Iranian authorities had been pressing Pakistani officials to capture and extradite Rigi to Tehran while Islamabad maintained that he was not in Pakistan.
Iranian claims were based on reported interrorgation of Abdolmalek Rigi’s brother Abdolhamid Rigi, who is currently in prison in Iran.
Meanwhile Pakistani officials fear that the arrest of Rigi may spark off a new wave of retaliations or counter moves by rival elements despite the fact that Islamabad has made it clear that it would not allow its territory to be used against any country.
Security officials have also been alerted by increasing use of fake ID and passports by third countries to run a false-flag operation and proxy war against rival states.
The increased role of Israeli agents in the regional states have also raised alarm after recent discovery of fake European IDs and passports in the killing of Hamas leader in Dubai.
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Source: pakobserver.net |
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