Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz engage in an online war – Part 1

The memo-gate scandal is becoming increasingly fiery and so are the two figures at the centre of storm, Mansoor Ijaz and Hussain Haqqani. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States and his accuser in chief have been all over the internet giving their version
of the story to whomever would listen.

His accuser, Mansoor Ijaz, has not been silent either. He too has been appearing on TV shows, sending email messages and talking to journalists, telling them how he was interviewed by DG ISI Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha two days after he had written his now much-publicised
article in the Financial Times.

In that article, which appeared on Oct 20, Mr Ijaz alleged receiving a message from President Asif Ali Zardari, through Amb Haqqani, seeking US support for reining in the Pakistani military.

In his last Twitter message sent at 6:45 P.M. on Sunday, Mr Haqqani quoted Faiz`s couplet which translated into English says: “All I did in madness was useful, although it caused great pains to my heart.”

In an earlier message, he quotes a verse from a Ghazal by Iftikhar Arif saying: “In our love for this land, we the defiant had to pay the debts that we never owed.”

“Is it true that Husain Haqqani wrote an article in 2000 asking Lashkar-e-Taiba to attack Bangalore IT Sector?” asked a Twitter follower.

“I only asked what might be the consequences if they did,” Mr Haqqani responded, with a smiling face attached to the response.

One admirer wrote that he did not believe the allegations against Mr Haqqani, and finished his message with a prayer: “May God help you.”

“All support and prayers for you — you`re our pride!” wrote a third admirer.

Mr Haqqani`s responses clearly showed his unhappiness with being called to Islamabad to explain his position.

In a number of messages, he urges his admirers to watch the TV shows that had interviewed him to know his views.

“Memo from Mansoor Ijaz that he claims (& I deny) came from me,” he wrote.

“Do you think (the media) verified authenticity of BBM transcripts with their usual zeal for accuracy?” he asked in another message. “How can anyone prove that they are real?”

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Posted by Ali Ahmed on Nov 22 2011. Filed under Pakistan, USA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry