Aug. 15, 2008 (LPAC)-- The process of removal of the Pakistani President Musharraf to serve the British and Saudi interests is now in full progress and news reports indicate that Musharraf will be left with no choice but to resign before this weekend is over. The removal of President Musharraf will not only endanger Pakistan's security situation further, but it will pose a serious security threat to India, Lyndon LaRouche warned today. "If Washington, under London pressure and manipulation, does go ahead and sanction the ouster of President Musharraf, this will lead to increased instability and overall disaster, that will soon spread from South Asia into Southwest and Central Asia as well," LaRouche elaborated. "I strongly urge that cooler heads prevail, and that, before President Musharraf is kicked out the door, the consequences of such an ouster be fully considered."
The presence of Mark Lyall Grant, Director-General, Political Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office of Britain and a delegation from Saudi Arabia during these talks to remove President Musharraf, indicates the long standing "Al Yamamah" covert operations, which created huge slush funds, established through the arms-for-oil barter scheme, first negotiated between the Thatcher government in Great Britain, and Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin-Sultan, is very much in play now in Pakistan. A semi-official biography of Prince Bandar openly acknowledged that the "Al Yamamah" slush fund was used to bankroll the Afghan mujahideen forces, that battled the Soviet Red Army in Afghanistan throughout the 1980s, and later evolved into the Taliban and Al Qaeda apparatus.
There are indications that the MI6-ISI-aided Pakistani terrorists, who were earlier based in Pakistan's tribal areas training the Pakistani Taliban, have been shifted steadily in recent days to the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir to commit violence. The ongoing problem in the India part of Jammu and Kashmir, already claiming as many as 40 lives, were provoked to a large extent by these terrorists.
The removal of Musharraf will strengthen the "Al Yamamah" operators in Pakistan , further weakening the US position there. At this point in time, Washington has given the green-light to remove President Musharraf, hoping it would bring about a consensus in Islamabad. Washington "hopes" such a consensus would help the United States and the NATO to maintain the valuable supply line that stretches from the Port of Karachi to Afghanistan serving the 65,000-odd foreign troops based there. However, such a hope is simply "incompetent diplomacy," LaRouche warned.
"It is precisely because of the `Al Yamamah' complication," LaRouche concluded, "that I urge a halt in the drive to remove President Musharraf from power. The Bandar crowd in Saudi Arabia should not be allowed the control the destiny of Pakistan, and that is exactly where we are headed if Musharraf's removal is allowed. There is a serious narco-terrorist factor to deal with, centered around the Taliban and Al Qaeda nexus, which enjoys continuing support from the relevant British and Saudi factions. Given half a chance, they will wreck havoc on the entire region, and that does not serve U.S. or regional interests in the least."
