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Hassan Abbas has written a book that will be required reading for anyone hoping to understand the dense thicket of Pakistans jihadist organizations and the social and political milieu in which they have flourished. Abbas draws on his wide experience as a senior Pakistani police officer and government official, allied to his experience as an academic, to write a book that is nuanced, authoritative, and well written. Any student of Pakistan will find Abbass work richly rewarding.

PETER BERGEN, Terrorism Analyst, CNN, and Author of
THE HOLY WAR INC.:INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

After a long but mixed history as a sometime-ally of the United States, Pakistan itself might evolve into Washingtons worst foreign policy nightmare: a nuclear-armed state, rife with Islamic terrorists, and in direct conflict with its neighbors. No one is better prepared to explain how Pakistan arrived at this point than Hassan Abbas, who knows the country and especially its Islamic radicals from the inside. This book not only traces Pakistans trajectory over the last forty years, but it provides valuable insights into the workings of its establishment and should be required reading for anyone interested in a deep understanding of this troubled state.

STEPHEN PHILIP COHEN, Brookings Institution

Hassan Abbas is a brilliant geopolitical psychoanalyst who has put schizophrenic Pakistan on his couch and discovered the roots of the countrys permanent state of denial as it slipped into the clutches of religious extremists and condescending spooks. The remedy lies in a new America that finally learns how to conjugate soft and hard power.

ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, Editor-at-Large of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES and UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Abbas warns of a frightening futureone in which extremists gain more military support and more military might, and tensions between India and Pakistan continue to rise, partly as a result of domestic pressures on both sides. But he also offers us hope by suggesting a way out of this frightening morass, detailing a role for the United States and the international community. It is to be fervently hoped that his message will be heard worldwide, especially in Washington.

from the Foreword by JESSICA STERN, Harvard University

Pakistans Drift into Extremism

Allah, the Army, and
Americas War on Terror

Foreword by Jessica Stern

Hassan Abbas

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Abbas, Hassan.
Pakistans drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and Americas war on terror / Hassan
Abbas.
p. cm.
East gate book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7656-1496-0 (hardcover : alk. paper); ISBN 0-7656-1497-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. PakistanPolitics and government. 2. Islamic fundamentalismPakistan. 3. Islam and politicsPakistan. 4. PakistanArmed ForcesPolitical activity. 5. RadicalismPakistan. I. Title.

DS384.A27 2004
320.9549109045dc22 2004007993

ISBN 13: 9780765614971 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 9780765614964 (hbk)

Dedicated to the innocent victims
of terrorism all around the world.

Contents

Hassan Abbas contributes this important volume at a critically important juncture in Pakistans history. Will it continue on the path of Islamic extremism and sectarian strife? Or will the Pakistani people learn to value tolerance and peace more than fundamentalist certainties and divisive ethno-religious identities? Will tensions with India continue to rise, or will both parties nuclear weapons make war increasingly unthinkable?

Hassan Abbass unusually broad background enables him to address these questions at many levels. He explains the forces pushing Pakistan toward Talibanization and sectarian violence as only a police investigator canwith knowledge from the field. His experience working at high levels in the Musharraf government enables him to explain how the generals early idealism served the country well when Musharraf first came to power; but that idealism eventually gave way to more traditional power politics, including the militarys courting of the mullah for political gain. But Abbas does not rely on his own practical experience to describe these developments. He spent years studying Islamic law and South Asian politics as a fellow at Harvard Law School and as a graduate student at Tufts, and we, his readers, are the beneficiaries of his scholarship.

In Pakistans Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and Americas War on Terror, Hassan Abbas explains many mysteries. Why does Pakistan consistently lurch back and forth between democratic regimes and military dictatorships? And why do Pakistan and the United States have such a complicated relationship? Abbas explains that it has long been clear to Pakistan that despite its stated goal of promoting democracies around the world, the United States cares far more about Pakistans compliance to its wishes than the nature of its leadership. The United States is often prepared to overlook military coups, corruption, and, most recently, extraordinary nuclear crimes perpetrated by a Pakistani citizen, as long as Pakistan provides the United States what it needs.

On the one hand, Pakistan has played a crucial role in the war on terrorism, turning over hundreds of Al-Qaeda suspects to U.S. law-enforcement authorities. Without Pakistans assistance, few of the most important successes in the war on terrorism could have occurred. On the other hand, why do terrorists choose Pakistan as their refuge? And why was Dr. A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistans nuclear weapon and a self-described Islamic fundamentalist, allowed to go free after confessing to unprecedented nuclear crimes?

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