Haqqani again denies sending memo

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Haqqani again denies sending memo

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Hussain Haqqani again denied writing any memo to Mike Mullen and termed it a conspiracy against him.

18 November,2011 09:07 pm

In a long statement given to The Cable over e-mail today, Haqqani flatly denied all of Ijazs allegations: I refuse to accept Mr Ijazs claims and assertions. I did not write or deliver the memo he describes not did I authorize anyone including Mr Ijaz to do so, he saidI was in London and stayed at the Park Lane Intercontinental on the date in May mentioned in one of the alleged conversations but I was there to meet senior British govt officials, including Sir David Richards Chief Of General Staff and Mr Tobias Ellwood then parliamentary Secretary for Defense. These officials will confirm that threat of a coup was not on my mind at the time, the state of US-Pakistan relations was.I fail to understand why Mr Ijaz claims on the one hand to have helped the civilian government by delivering his memo and on the other insists on trying to destroy democracy by driving a wedge between elected civilians and the military in Pakistan with his persistent claims. It is bizarre to say the least, he said.Haqqani told the cable that Mr Ijaz, whomhe had known and communicated with off and on for ten years, once said to him he was richer and smarter than him so I should pay attention to him. Clearly he does not think about the consequences of his actions.He may be the only so-called secret emissary in the world who likes so much publicity. He has yet to explain why, if all he says is correct, he wrote his Oct 10 oped and himself deliberately blew the cover off his own secret memo and mission, he said.