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September 26, 2011

Admiral Mullen Accuses Pakistani Spy Agency of Supporting Haqqani Network 
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Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has accused
Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI, of supporting the Haqqani militant group
in the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. On
Friday, Mullen told a Senate panel, "The Haqqani network ... acts as a
veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency."
Pakistan called that statement "irresponsible." Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
is Pakistan's Prime Minister.

Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of Pakistan: "We strongly
reject assertions of complicity with the Haqqanis or of proxy war. It
will only benefit the enemies of peace. Only terrorists and militants
will gain from any fissures and divisions. Pakistan's credentials and
sacrifices in the counter-terrorism campaign are impeccable and
unquestionable."



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