Trump's recent statement about the arrest of Pakistani militant Hafiz Muhammad Saeed flew in the face of the facts, write AounSahi and SBengali.
Yet President Trump immediately sought to claim credit for Saeed’s latest arrest, tweeting that it was the result of a “ten year search” and that “great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him.”After a ten year search, the so-called “mastermind” of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan.
“Not that anyone believes Saeed will be detained for long, let alone ever brought to justice for the Mumbai attacks.”Trump’s praise for the arrest was at odds with his sharp criticism of Pakistan’s selective approach to tackling terror groups that use the country as a base to attack U.S. forces. Last year, after a series of angry exchanges, Trumpfrom Pakistan, which once received more than $3 billion in U.S. aid annually for its support in counterterrorism.
“Finding [Saeed] was never an issue,” tweeted Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to Washington, adding that Trump should “immediately fire whoever gave him the wrong information.” In recent months, Saeed had been living in his house in the Johar Town section of Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest cities, guarded by private security personnel with “no bar on his movements,” said Mubashir Bukhari, a Lahore-based journalist. During last year’s elections, Saeed held several rallies to support candidates in Lahore and other cities.
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