Wikileaks and the ISI (III)
LONDON:
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been played perfectly by the western powers who wanted to dilute the effect of these leaks. After all, other than the role of the ISI these documents seem to be packed with material that showed the complicity of Nato/US forces in war crimes as well as the incompetence of the Hamid Karzai government. With 99 per cent of the western press writing about the role of ISI the mention of the more damaging material is nowhere to be found. This is perfect play by the spin masters in Washington and London. The western corporate media obviously went along as they have been since 9/11, recycling old stories about ISI involvement while completely ignoring the much more serious issues of war crimes and corruption.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 5th, 2010.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been played perfectly by the western powers who wanted to dilute the effect of these leaks. After all, other than the role of the ISI these documents seem to be packed with material that showed the complicity of Nato/US forces in war crimes as well as the incompetence of the Hamid Karzai government. With 99 per cent of the western press writing about the role of ISI the mention of the more damaging material is nowhere to be found. This is perfect play by the spin masters in Washington and London. The western corporate media obviously went along as they have been since 9/11, recycling old stories about ISI involvement while completely ignoring the much more serious issues of war crimes and corruption.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 5th, 2010.