I don't think it would be news to anyone here that Pakistan's intel service ISI plays both sides or more in dealing with us, the Taliban, al Qaeda and the Afghans plus they are always paranoid about India. Well The NY Times has a piece quoting Pakistan intel officials admitting that they picked up Taliban #2 Mullah Baradar specifically to disrupt nascent peace talks. No kidding, and the folks at Russia Today TV remembered about six months ago saying exactly that. They brought me back today for a victory lap. Here is the previous spot where I talked about them trying to control any peace process. They are definitely still at it and putting out statements like they did admitting it says they are probably a little worried.
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Aug 23 2010, 01:10 PM
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