August 2, 2006

New Testimony Says Pakistan Has Terror Camps

By Tim | August 2, 2006 | Tags: South-central Asia, Terrorism |

New testimony in the trial of Hamid Hayat by defense expert Eric Benn has uncovered that fact that Pakistan may indeed have terror camps despite vigorous denials:

Hindustan Times—Knocking the bottom out of Pakistan’s contentions, a senior analyst of the US Department of Defence, told a trial court in California that there is a 70 per cent probability of the existence of a militant training camp in Balakot.

Testifying in the trial of 23-year-old Hamid Hayat, defence expert Eric Benn noted that the structures and trail in the remote Balakot terrain fit the “signature” of “militant training”. Benn initially estimated a 50 per cent possibility on terror training at Balakot, but revised it to 70 per cent after viewing Hamid’s videotaped confession. …

 

Resources:

Google Maps: Balakot, Pakistan

 

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