Mohammed Yusuf person
also: Brigadier General Mohammed Yusuf, Yusuf, Brigadier General Yusof, Yusof, Brigadier Yusuf, Pakistani Brigadier Mohammad Yusuf
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who saw military raids on Soviet territory as an escalation. And then, of course, they pretend like they don't know anything about it. Thus, it was, according to Pakistani Brigadier Mohammad Yusuf, the, quote, the U.S. that put in train a m…
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the Mujahideen intelligence to use inside of Afghanistan. The data came partly from the ISI and from the CIA and from the British intelligence. Under its most active director, Brigadier General Mohammed Yusuf, who served from 83 to 87, the …
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Almost 40% of the shipments crossed the border in the vicinity of Peshawar and another 20% near Qaeda. But far from the huge underground base, the rebels established in the caves. The sole alternative would have been to parachute supplies i…
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for the station in Islamabad. Pickney pulled off some coups, notably the recovery of an intact Soviet gunship helicopter downed by rebels, but his support at Langley wavered. Brigadier General Mohammed Yusuf of the Afghan Bureau continued a…
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On only a handful of occasions was he ever permitted into CIA safe houses in Peshawar. One irked him greatly. An urgent summons in the middle of the night when Yusof could not get his driver. Got lost driving himself, then was told the Russ…
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These were the visits of someone who knew what he wanted, not one who wanted to learn the truth of the matter. Brigadier Yusuf first met Casey in the spring of 84 when he and General Akhtar awaited his plane, a midnight black painted C-141 …
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by sending missiles to Pakistan. Through much of this debate, General Zia himself opposed U.S. weapons for the rebels to avoid provoking Moscow. When Brigadier Yusuf told visiting American Afghan activists in 1984 that stingers were needed,…
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Nudged by Zia, within a month, Reagan approved an immediate shipment of 100 of them. While the joint staff, Pentagon and State Department opposition melted away. Brigadier Yusuf began to organize and train the rebels to use them. In October…