Nawaz Sharif, who just returned to Pakistan after years of cowering like a scared puppy in Saudi Arabia, used to be the Prime Minister of Pakistand and guess what? Sharif apparently was very quick to take payoffs back then from Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden!
I'm still trying to get my arms around this. This guy wants to lead Pakistan again, has ties to Al Qaeda and could very easily end up deciding whether to fire off Paki nuclear weapons.
Can we just trade the continent of Asia with another planet's spare continent?
Here's the full story.
Musharraf Rival Linked to Bin Laden
The former prime minister of Pakistan, now one of President Pervez Musharraf's chief political rivals, once received a million-dollar payoff from Osama Bin Laden as a thanks for not cracking down on the militant tribal areas in Pakistan's northwest border province, according to a former member of bin Laden's inner circle.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted by Musharraf in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan earlier this week after spending seven years in exile living in Saudi Arabia.
When in power, Sharif aggravated the United States by detonating Pakistan's first nuclear weapon and turning a blind eye to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now a former member of bin Laden's inner circle is saying that Sharif was handsomely rewarded by bin Laden for his policies.
Cloonan says that back in 1999 Mohamed told the FBI he arranged for a meeting between bin Laden and Sharif's representatives. Following that meeting, Mohamed told Cloonan he delivered $1 million to Sharif's representatives. Mohamed said the payoff was a tribute to Sharif for not cracking down on the Taliban as it flourished in Afghanistan and influenced the Northwest Frontier Province in Pakistan, according to Cloonan.
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