Pak Navy official confirms al Qaeda's infiltration within naval ranks |
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Karachi, May 29ANI: The ongoing investigations into the Mehran Naval Station attack have determined that al Qaeda militants had indeed managed to infiltrate the ranks of the Pakistan Navy. A Pakistan Navy spokesperson confirmed that al Qaeda terrorists managed to gain not only sympathisers, but also recruits in the naval ranks. "We are still figuring out how many of these militants were in contact with our navy people," The Express Tribune quoted the spokesperson, as saying. The official said that although it was unfortunate that people within their ranks had been found to have links with extremists, "the navy too is part of the Pakistani society that is breeding extremism, so it was just a matter of time when something like this happened." The navy is not the only Pakistani institution whose personnel were found to be involved in terrorism. A former Army male nurse-turned-jihadi played a key role in the 2009 General Headquarters GHQ attack, just like senior Pakistan Air Force PAF officers, including one SSG commando who was found to be involved in the attack on the then army chief Pervez Musharraf in 2004. ANI Posted by aniin on Monday May 30 reply Comments |
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