Daily Beast Sources: Pakistan’s Intelligence Chief Expected to Resign
- Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:25am by
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The head of Pakistan’s notorious intelligence service, the Inter-Service Intelligence agency, is expected to resign as fallout to the U.S.‘s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
The Daily Beast reports:
To allay both domestic and international anger and dismay over the presence of Osama bin Laden in a military cantonment town close to the capital, senior Pakistani officials have told The Daily Beast they recognize that an important head has to roll and soon. They say the most likely candidate to be the fall guy is Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the director general of the country’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate. These high-level sources, who refused to be quoted or named, say that it’s nearly a done deal. Savvy Pakistani analysts who have close connections to the military agree. “It would make a lot of sense,” says retired Pakistani Lt. Gen. Talat Masood. “It’s in his (Pasha’s) personal and the national interest to take the heat off.”
The heat has been fierce. Whether they supported or loathed bin Laden, Pakistanis across the board are furious that the ISI and the powerful military, which control national security policy, could have been so incompetent not to know that the al Qaeda leader was comfortably holed up in Abbottabad, only 80 miles north of the capital. “Never before have the military and the ISI come under such criticism,” Masood says. People are also angry, if not embarrassed, that the military, which eats the lion’s share of the national budget and is seen as the country’s protector from invading forces, particularly neighboring India, could be totally unaware that American helicopters had violated Pakistani airspace.
Full story here.
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Comments (84)
Windsong
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:18pmAnd, the American forces did what? They entered your space, killed a terroist who has killed more Arabs and Muslims than Americans, and left without destroying or killing any innocent Pakistani.
Report Post »bin Laden’s followers know only death, and the Pakistani people mean nothing to them.
So, along with killing your worst enemy, the American people will also pray for each and every one of the Pakistanis…because they are so focused on being angry with America that they don’t realize they are about to become true slaves to Iran. To Iran’s leaders, they simply don’t need Pakistan or Egypt or India or Lybia or Yemmen. They bellieve that they have all the answers and that Allah will somehow approve of their murderous actions. Yes, Middle Eastern countries, America is praying for your welfare because Americans are the only ones who wish you no harm. It is the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and AlQuieda who will kill all of you…just for the fun of it. Wake up, people! More importantly…be safe.
jak6698
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:49pmAmen
Report Post »doug
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:18pmI think that the biggest shocker here is that Pakistan has a chief of intelligence.
Report Post »AmericanHorse
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:06pmWhy? Because he failed to protect UBL?
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:47pmPakistan is afraid of losing the their welfare check.
Report Post »deward
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:46pmAs Pakistan’s top body guard for bin ladin ,I would think he would resign on his own. You couldn’t be a bigger failure than this.============= Just a side note ,I wonder who will get all them chickens bin ladin had . Do all people of color have a chicken fixation.
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:44pmSounds like business as usual. What ever it takes to keep the checks coming in.
Report Post »I’m pretty sure our government has always had its share of corruption but the last 15 years it has risen to a level that is off anyones chart.
The drugs,the wars,the banks,the oil,this will not end well.
Going to be very interesting when we stop “didgitizing” our debt this summer.
temple62
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:42pmEnough is enough. Pakistan is NOT our friend nor is it our ally! Write, email our call your congress men and women and demand that all aid be cut off and get our troops out of the Mideast immediately. We have money to waste on terrorist sympathetic Mideast countries like Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman and more so how about spending the money on the infrastructure of our own country.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:05pmPakistan’s motto is not, “Due Process”, it’s “Someone’s Head Has to Roll”. (It’s nice in the Spring though).
Report Post »ORSO
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:03pmWell someone has to be the fall guy….. Pretty typical for all governments though. Many in the Pakistani government knew Osama was held up there and if you believe otherwise you’re a complete idiot. It’s well known that are relationship with Pakistan is to keep your enemy closest sort of thing, we know that, they know that and the level of openness between us is based on that fact.
As for the 1.5 billion a year in aid I would reduce it (by half) but not all together stop the aid. It’s an evil dance with these feces eating dogs but a dance that is in our best interest strategically and economically.
It’s been known for decades that Pakistan has been selling nuclear technology to N Korea, Iran, Libya and any other interested party with enough money. Pakistan has been and will be the safest haven for the Taliban and Al Qaida.
Report Post »mikey01h
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:38pmIf he really IS that incompetent then I’m sure Obama has a place for him in his administration….
Report Post »(Saving or Creating new jobs)
EQUALIZER
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:37pmObama remarked,”BUt hey, I gotta tell ya…did ya here the one about the goat…….why don’t they just make the plane out of the black box!!!!! Thanks so much and don’t forget to tip your waitresses. I’ll be here all week.
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:17pmOn the back of the goat in the yard a bumpersticker reads “Obama 2012”
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:09pmPocky-Stahn intelligence chief. How hard can that be?
I say we send them Behar, Moore, and Maher. Combined they should be about the same as what they had.
Report Post »Echelon
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:08pmI heard McDonald’s is hiring!
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:08pmthe chief better resign before the obl wanna bees get killed……he must have been paid well to look the other way….now i wonder if the obumma guy will also resign for being so slow at killing the obl….
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:06pmComing soon…to a gas station near you.
Report Post »nyc eddie
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:49amHe was made the fall-guy – -for either not giving OBL the 45 minute heads-up they had promised him or for not knowing that OBL was living next store to their headquarters for the last 5 or 6 years ——uhm?
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:14pmBingo, it was abysmal incompetence or collusion — either way, he needs to be fired at least, and possibly jailed or shot.
Report Post »MommaGrizzly
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:47amOur military better be taking advantage of this situation now while we have momentum.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:01pmnot if Holder has anything to say
Report Post »integrican
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:41amCertainly, there is place for him in the Obama Cabinet!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:55amThe next Czar —
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:18pmIncompetence Czar?
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:36amOLD NEWS say Obama lived IN Pakistan from 1981 to 1985, helping to FORM the Taliban –
So – it’s quite possible he is pulling strings on them NOW!
He’s DESTRUCTIVE EVERYWHERE HE GOES!
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:34amI hope the CIA has theirs sights set on more Bin Laden wannabes over there.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:33amOff topic–though not totally–this seems as good a place to many to ask why The Blaze has given zero attention to developments in Iran, where there is a power struggle goijng on between Supreme Leader Khamenei and Ahmedine–ah, who the hell can spell his name anyway? Anyhow, between the clergy and the president, some of whose associates have apparently been arrested for practicing sorcery and conjuring up genies.
Seriously!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:38amSorry. “As good a place as any.” Haven’t had my coffee this morning.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:02pmJapan’s nuclear disaster went AWOL after Glenn returned from vacation. So there. The Blaze is not objective. Neither is Fox News. We need to get a clue. Nobody is. Despite the fact that he is a good man, Glenn is a Libertarian and that is his agenda.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:13pmKryptonite:
Yeah, but jeez, Iran!
Entire episodes (the term Beck revealingly uses for his shows) have been devoted to Iran, to its nuclear program, to Ahmedinejad and his delusions, to the 12th Imam and so on!
Maybe The Blaze will get to it, but meanwhile, it seems they can always find space for a brawl between two fat ladies at McDonald’s.
Priorities, ladies and gentlemen!
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:58pmHe was talking about it on his radio show this morning. It’s a very funny story, isn’t it?
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:46pmYeah, someones practicing magic like frickin’ Copperfirld ’cause Ahmadimmywit is about to disappeae down that well he keeps throwin’ pennies into. Good ridence to bad rubbish. maybe the whole mideast could fall into that same well.
CHIVALRY–NOT EVERY GIRL LIKES IT. JUST THE ONES WORTH DYING FOR.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:37pmLloyd,
You’ve got a point. I agree that there is a lot of triviality lately (tabloid news), or too many stories covering one event (oversaturation). I hate bringing it up again, but wasn’t Betsy supposed to make us #1?
Libs are a liability. I though Glenn understood that.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:32amWhat an oxymoron, “intelligence chief”!
Report Post »IAMNOTKNOWING
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:30amWe should focus our satellites and drones all over Afghanistan and Pakistan for the next 6 months and track all the movements, looking for the scurrying undoubtedly taking place since their #1 just got taken out.
Oil up the guns, pack extra ammo, and take those jerks out!
Then, time to come home!
Report Post »Awakened One
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:58amIt may be time to come home anyway. Wasn’t the primary reason to go into Afghanistan to get Bin Ladin? Now he’s dead and someone will surely take his place. But even if we kill ‘next up’ there will always be another. Consider also that there are lots of countries where terrorists can create training camps, so stopping them in one country will not solve the problem. This is an opportunity to leave with honor and ‘Mission Accomplished’. Let’s face it, whenever we leave the Taliban is coming back anyway. Let’s do what makes sense here.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:13pmI second that A.O. What a perfect time! Bring them home like Glenn suggests and give them some good long R&R so that when the world convulses its self apart ‘soon’ we’ll be ready to go! Millions were killed in WWII, but we’ve learned to count much higher in the last 70 years. It will be billions in WWIII… Oh, I can hardly contain my anticipation.
But of course Barry will have none of that. That would take some pressure off and give the US a break and ruin all his plans… Gotta keep squeezing US from ALL directions at once, don’t you know. He’s not going to like the end result though.
Report Post »razeus1
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:46pm“oil up the guns….”
Report Post »Can we use pig-grease…..please, please, please???!!
poverty.sucks
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:28amEven overseas Obama causes unemployment
Report Post »Dale
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:36amPoverty;
Report Post »LOL!!!!!
JMS
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:39amLol
Report Post »MonteCristo
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:52amNow that is funny, and sad.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:54am@POVERTY
LOL .. nailed it!
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:55amHe’ll probably go work for Al Qaida.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:55amDon’t know if the big dog was involved or just a sacrifice to calm the masses, for the encouragement of the troops and all that. But you cannot make me belive that there wasn’t someone high enough up the food chain with the horsepower to unsure that no one was able to question or reveal the fact that O/UBL was in residence at the villa. We have always known that the Paki’s have been playing on both sides of the street, pretending to help as long as we gave them billions of dollars to buy their pretty toys and homes. We claim that it is because we don’t want their nukes to fall into the wrong hands etc. BULL PUCKEY–What is the fear of nukes?? They are nothing but darn big explosives. This is not the USSR with thousands of warheads AND the means to deliver large numbers of them at the same time. Let us take a deep breath and think here for a minute–While I will grant you it will be darn unpleasant for those in the immediate vicinity of the explosion does anyone here think that with one or two or even three or four of the weapons that the Paki’s have that our country could be brought to its knees??? Are we that weak and fragile?? And what if they were to detonate one?? As much as I detest our current C-in-C I do belive that detonating a nuke on our soil would bring immediate and very unpleasant results to the perp and would probably see a large reduction of the world’s poulation of Muslims. As the lady said in the song Que Sera Sera…Just sayin’
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:56amThe biggest problem and final straw is when Borat snuck into the country and made a fool of the President. That is really what got him fired.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:01pmGood one. He shall pass into history as the great unemployer POTUS.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:04pmThatsitivehadenough: “He’ll probably go work for Al Qaida.”
Report Post »———
Pakistan’s terror org is not really al-Qaeda. That is an Obamalie. It’s the Taliban. They have allied with and harbored al-Qaeda, but they are the ones in control.
APatriotFirst
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 12:28pmThe head of Pakistan’s notorious intelligence service, the Inter-Service Intelligence agency, is expected to resign as fallout to the U.S.‘s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound.
Report Post »————————————————————————————
Just his head? Is he going to be be-headed?
mill
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:06pmhahaha
Look for him to be part of Obama’s cabinet any day now…..
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:11pmOh, bravo, sir, well played!!!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 1:58pmToo funny!
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:38pmTesting my new sigil.. I’d apreciate any comments on it.
@ POVERTY….Great line.
There is no friendship between nations. There are only converging and diverging interests. Hence, two of the most efficacious spy networks in the US are the Mossad, and the old KGB. Anyone who thinks other nations are our friends are sophomoric at best. Deal with that reality and you can have an efficacious State Department. We haven’t had one since Nixon was President. Too many Koombaya’ers coming out of American Colleges today. As far as who-sists of Pakistan getting the axe, my only regret is that it is metaphorical instead of reality. One less jihadi-cultural enricher to deal with.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:57pmYup Poverty, That’s funny. Some say that the anti-Christ is on the way but is looks like Barack the anti-Midas is already here…
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:01pmGeneral?? looks more like a KP:. He wont be missed. just like ubl.
Report Post »FlatFoot
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:36pmHa. Nicely done.
I‘d be surprised if the Pakistani’s let him live if they don’t throw him a bone by appointing him some other high level position elsewhere within the Pakistani regime. Otherwise, with any luck that guy will get pissed for being scapegoated and defect to US intelligence forces and spill the beans on a whole lot of things.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:45pm@ poverty.sucks
LOL…that has to be the quote of the year ! Awesome zinger !
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:46pmMy guess is that the Paki’s are mad for two distinct reasons: 1. UBL got killed. 2. ISI was caught offguard by our seals.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:29pmHey Gen. Pasha; How’s that “Hope and Change” workin out for you?
Report Post »avenger
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:48pmhis new job will be to replace usama…
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:09pm@TSUNAMI-22 – If I may “Even overseas, Obama can effectively increase unemployment”.
Report Post »Valerius Poplicola
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:18pmGreat post. Made me smile.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:21pm“He’ll probably go work for Al Qaida.”
I think he has already been helping them out. On his own time, of course…
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 11:28pmObama has ruined the Dollar around the world. He alone is responsible for untold poverty. What is wrong with Dem’s who believe in this man? As far as Paki chief…. Good for him, he ought to resign! He was complicit in keeping the big secret about where OBL was. That man should be hung!
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Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:12pm……
Report Post »I here Pakistan is so mad at the U.S. they are threatening to cut off
the supply of 7/11 clerks.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 10:13pm…..
Report Post »Oops..it’s hear. Sorry.