In a Corner of Pakistan a Debate Rages: Are Terrorist Camps Still Function

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In a Corner of Pakistan a Debate Rages: Are Terrorist Camps Still Functioning?
By DAVID ROHDE and CARLOTTA GALL
Published: August 28, 2005
MANSEHRA DISTRICT, Pakistan - Mujahid Mohiyuddin insists that he and his district are innocent.

Speaking in his religious seminary, or madrassa, in the Mansehra district of northern Pakistan, the young cleric admitted receiving military training in 1996 from Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or Movement for Holy Warriors, a Pakistani group linked to Al Qaeda and the killing of the American journalist Daniel Pearl.


But he insisted that the group had disbanded and that training camps no longer operated in the district. "The government has imposed restrictions on the holy war," he said. "There are not any training camps in the country, especially Mansehra."

This picturesque area of rolling Himalayan foothills, thick forests and isolated farms is the focus of bitter charges that Pakistan continues to allow terrorist training camps to operate on its soil.

During the past year, Taliban prisoners captured in Afghanistan, opposition politicians in Pakistan and Afghan and Indian government officials have said repeatedly that training camps are active in the Mansehra district and other parts of Pakistan, while Pakistani officials vehemently deny they exist.

more:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/international/asia/28naradoga.html

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1. Perfect line - "There are not any training camps in the country.....

especially Mansehra" - none means none, what's with this especially bullshit....meaning, of course it's bullshit!