-Caveat Lector- http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1994_cr/pd_cong_speech.html Mr. Speaker, I have now come across a report in the Washington Post of September 12th from Karachi, Pakistan, which states that: "Pakistan's army chief and head of its intelligence agency proposed a detailed `blueprint' for selling heroin to pay for the country's covert military operations in early 1991, according to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif." The report provides considerable detail on the degree to which Pakistan's military leaders have been involved in their pursuit of an Islamic nuclear bomb and export of fundamentalism into India. It says, "It has been rumored for years that Pakistan's military has been involved in the drug trade. Pakistan's army, and particularly its intelligence agency (the equivalent of the CIA) is immensely powerful and is known for pursuing its own agenda. Over the years, civilian political leaders have accused the military (which has run Pakistan for more than half of its 47 years of independence) of developing the country's nuclear technology and arming insurgents in India and other countries without civilian knowledge or approval and sometimes in direct violation of civilian orders. Historically, the army's chief of staff has been the most powerful person in the country." The significance of these reports at a time when India's investigative agencies are discovering growing evidence of Pakistani involvement in the heinous bombings in Bombay last March can not be under estimated. A prime suspect in the bombings has recently been arrested with documents including a passport, driving license and birth certificate provided to him by the same intelligence organization. The use of drug money by the intelligence services of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for bringing the destabalizing effects of fundamentalism into Afghanistan and India can not be condoned. The Administration should investigate these reports with full vigor and share its findings with the Members of the House. PAKISTAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN NARCO-TERRORISM (Mr. FINGERHUT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. FINGERHUT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring to the attention of my colleagues a report carried by the Washington Post of September 12, 1994, reminding us once again of the real and present danger posed by the nexus between narcotics and terrorism. The Karachi datelined report headlined "Heroin Plan by Top Pakistanis Alleged" quoting Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying that "drug deals were to pay for covert operations" brings to mind other reports not so long ago of Pakistani involvement in using the Bank of Credit and Commerce Internationale [BCCI] to launder drug money that was eventually believed to have been used in financing terrorist groups involved in the New York World Trade Center bombing. It is shocking that the report cites Pakistan's army chief and head of intelligence agency proposing to then Prime Minister Sharif "a detailed blueprint for selling heroin to pay for the country's covert military operations in early 1991". The role played by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence Agency in exporting terror to Kashmir and Punjab in neighboring India was sufficiently well-documented for the previous administration to place the country on the watch list of states sponsoring terrorism. Its removal from that list is justified neither by its past track record nor by its present performance. The State Department's most recent report on Global Patterns of Terrorism talks of credible reports in 1993 of official Pakistani support to Kashmiri militants who undertook attacks of terrorism in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The administration cannot afford to ignore the Washington Post report. Mr. Speaker, a country that produces 70 tons of heroin annually and accounts for a significant part of the heroin consumed in the U.S. market is a matter of concern under any circumstances. That a part of the same country's intelligence establishment can conceive blueprints to use profits from smuggling these drugs for supporting insurgency in Kashmir and export of terror elsewhere is a fact that we ignore at our own peril. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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