Pakistan has "created terrorist groups to be a tool" against India: Ex-CIA acting director
   04-May-2019

 
 
 
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell said that Pakistan is the most dangerous country across the globe and supports terrorist groups as a tool. While speaking in a podcast discussion with Kurt Campbell and Rich Verma, Morell made this startling revelation. Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs and Verma, former US Ambassador to India, have regularly been hosting ‘The Tealeaves’ Podcast of the Asia Group. Morell played a key role in the elimination of Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Laden was responsible for the deadliest attack in the US on September 11, 2011, and was listed on the most wanted terrorist list of US. The attacks on the US had that left as many as 2,296 people dead and injured over 6,000 others.
 

 
 
 
Pakistan turning into ‘Atankistan’
 
Morell added, “What they don’t realize is that it’s impossible to keep those terrorist groups under control. And that eventually comes back to bite you. You know, I believe that Pakistan, at the end of the day, maybe the most dangerous country in the world”. He emphasized on the fact that population explosion and consequent awful demographic changes in Pakistan is the matter of grave concern. He said, “The economy is going nowhere. It simply can’t provide the jobs that need to be provided for the young people who are entering the labor force. The education system is literally broken. I went to Pakistan more often than I went to any other country when I was deputy director.”
 

 
 
 
Terrorists may control nuclear weapons in Pakistan
 
Divulging further, he said that extremism in Pakistan was growing from a societal perspective and had found a footing within the military too. He also expressed his apprehensions about a color revolution much like Arab-spring style movement that could hit the streets of Islamabad within a few years (possibly 10 years) from now. He hinted that such an agitation could end up with an extremist government in control of nuclear weapons and that is scary.
 
 
Pakistan envy against India
 
He revealed that Pakistan sees India as an existential threat. Hence, they have given more power to the military instead of civilian government. He said Pakistan has spent more money on nuclear weapons than they do in education. And they use terrorism as a tool against Indians and then in Afghanistan because they fear Indian influence in Afghanistan."
 
 
Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist by UN
 
On Wednesday, the proscribed terror organization Jaish-e-Mohammad Chief Masood Azhar, who was responsible for carrying out drastic Pulwama attack, was designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations. In the wake of recent Pulwama attack, The United States of America had issued a stern warning to Pakistan urging it to take concrete actions against Islamic terror groups including the Jaish-e-Mohammad and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.