Inter-Services Intelligence

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Inter-Services Intelligence
2. Global Research: The Role of...ISI in the September 11 Attacks (2001)
3. The New York Times: Inter-Services Intelligence News
4. Council on Foreign Relations: The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations (2007)
5. Jane's: Vital intelligence on the Taliban may rest with its prime sponsor (2007)
6. Guardian Unlimited: The Pakistan connection (2004)
7. Guardian Unlimited: 'Betrayal' of confused jihadis (June 9, 2002)

Inter-Services Intelligence Recent News

• Google News Search: Inter-Services Intelligence
• The New York Times: "Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say" (January 15, 2008)
• Reuters: "Bhutto Slaying Spawns Conspiracy Theories Galore" (Jamuary 1, 2008)
• The Guardian Unlimited: "News Media feels Force of Musharraf Crackdown" (2007)
• Al Jazeera English: "Pakistan Intelligence Staff Killed" (2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: Musharraf denies security agencies involved in Bhutto assassination (January 4, 2008)

Inter-Services Intelligence Background

• South Asia Analysis Group: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI)
• Cooperative Research History Commons: Pakistan Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
• Wikipedia: Inter-Services Intelligence Public Relations
• FAS: Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
• Fredom Files: Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence Agency - A State within a State  
• ICDC: Pakistan: Partition and Military Succession  

Inter-Services Intelligence and September 11

• Global Research: The Role of...ISI in the September 11 Attacks (2001)
• Jane's: Vital intelligence on the Taliban may rest with its prime sponsor (2001)
• Guardian Unlimited: The Pakistan connection (2004)
• The Telegraph: Intelligence team defied Musharraf to help Taliban (2001)
• BBC News: Pakistan spy service 'aiding Bin Laden' (2001)

Inter-Services Intelligence - Bhutto Assassination

• The Raw Story: Intelligence officials question al Qaeda role in Bhutto killing (January 18, 2008)
• Times Online: Main suspects are warlords and security forces (December 28, 2008)
• Times Online: Q&A: the murder of Benazir Bhutto (January 2, 2008)
• The Telegraph: Benazir Bhutto takes on a powerful enemy (October 21, 2008)
• Guardian Unlimited: Musharraf denies security agencies involved in Bhutto assassination (January 4, 2008)

Inter-Services Intelligence - Blowback

• The Telegraph: "The Assassins and Drug Dealers now Helping US" (2001)
• International Herald Tribune: "Pakistani Intelligence Agency Is Fueling the Fire of Conflict" (1999)
• Council on Foreign Relations: The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations (2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: 'Betrayal' of confused jihadis (June 9, 2002)

Inter-Services Intelligence Articles

• ArabNews: "Early Deportation of Spy Unlikely" (January 13, 2008)
• SiberNews: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (2006)

Inter-Services Intelligence Videos and Media

• Google Image: Inter-Services Intelligence Search
• YouTube & Google Video Search: Inter-Services Intelligence
• YouTube: Musharraf, ISI Planned to Rig Election (Time: 2:57)
• YouTube: Police Humiliating Families of Missing People, Victims of ISI (Time: 2:07)

Inter-Services Intelligence Blogs and Message Boards

• Google Blog Search: Inter-Services Intelligence
• JPMiginiac.com: L'Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Pakistanais dans... (January 17, 2008)  
• Thinking Out Loud: The Power of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (January 2, 2008)

Inter-Services Intelligence Timeline

• 1948: Established
• 1950-1959: CIA and ISI worked in tandem during the Nixon in assisting the Khalistan movement in Punjab.
• 1969: Ayub Khan gives the responsibility of collecting of internal political intelligence to the ISI.
• 1970: ISI loses its importance during the regime of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who is critical of the role the ISI played during the 1970 general elections, which triggers the events partitioning of Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh.
• 1977-1979: The ISI becomes responsible for collecting intelligence from the Sindh, Shia, and the Pakistan Peoples Party
• 1984: Bin Laden Develops Ties with Pakistani ISI and Afghan Warlord Maktab al-Khidamat
• 1996: ISI Returns Afghanistan Training Camps to Bin Laden and Subsidizes Their Costs
• 1999-2001: Mahmoud Ahmad is Leiutenant General
• 2004: Prominent Figures See Ties Between the ISI, 9/11, and the CIA
• 2004-2007: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is Lieutenant General
• 2007-?: Nadeem Taj is Leiutenant General

Inter-Services Intelligence Criticism

• Wikipedia: Inter-Services Intelligence Controversies
• ICSSA: ISI Victims
• Global Health Nexus: The Bhutto Assassination Revisited and the Fragmentation of ISI (January 16, 2008)
• IntelliBriefs: Pakistan: Headache for the United States (January 17, 2008)
• The New York Times: "New Questions Arise in Killing of Ex-Premier" (2007)
• Christian Science Monitor: Pakistan said to Play both Sides on Terror War (2006)
• Times Online: Angry Musharraf to raise ISI collusion claims with Blair (2006)

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