Sunday, September 6, 2009

Osama bin Laden introduced Nawaz Sharif to the Saudi royal family?


The Times Of India, here
".... former ISI officer Khalid Khwaja claimed on Sunday. 
 ........on Sharif's request, Osama bin Laden introduced him to the royal family and that helped him in getting closer to the Saudis," said Khwaja, who was a squadron leader in the Pakistan Air Force before joining the ISI in 1985. 
"A close aide of Sharif family and I arranged at least five meetings between Sharif and bin Laden in Saudi Arabia. 
"During a meeting with bin Laden as Prime Minister in the 1990s Sharif asked him to provide employment to Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia and undertake development projects in Pakistan," said Khwaja, who was dismissed from service by late military ruler Gen Zia-ul-Haq in 1988 for reportedly writing a letter in which he disagreed with Zia on certain policies. 
Khwaja's disclosure came in the wake of a series of revelations by former ISI and Intelligence Bureau officials about payoffs to politicians by intelligence agencies and the role of the ISI in making or breaking governments. ..."

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