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	Mirza Aslam Beg Information
		Mirza Aslam Beg or Mirza Aslam Baig (Urdu: مرزا اسلم بیگ) was Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan, succeeding General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.General Mirza Aslam Beg was vice chief of army staff in General Zia ul-Haq's military administration, and after Zia's death in a plane crash he was immediately made chief in August 1988.
		Beg remained a powerful chief of army staff until 1991, a period in which Pakistan developed nuclear weapons.
		Beg raised a storm in 1991 when he publicly refused to send troops to the Persian Gulf (troops were sent later, but only to be deployed for the safeguard of holy places in Saudi Arabia) to take part in the action against Iraq.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mirza_Aslam_Beg (346 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		Former chief of army staff General Aslam Beg [1], who held the position from 1988 to 1991, is frequently mentioned as being pivotal in the network, and in aiming to build an Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan nexus to challenge US influence in the region.
		Zia's son and the incumbent federal minister of religious affairs have blamed Beg in the press for being behind the crash, the cause of which was never officially established.
		In the meantime, Beg's then director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul, and Beg were accused of gathering all right-wing parties under the umbrella of the Islamic Democratic Alliance against the PPP.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FL17Df05.html (1151 words)

	Commentary
		The Iraq war had begun and General Aslam Beg playing on the anti-American public sentiments to become a national hero, had come up with his theory of strategic defiance of an alliance between Pakistan, Syria, Iran and Iraq to defend the Islamic world.
		And we used to discuss that if General Beg has decided to take over, who would guarantee that there would be general elections in three months and the country will not end up with yet another general in power for ten years.
		I remember the day when one of Beg’s emissaries told her on the issue of Jam Sadiq Ali that it shall be ensured that he calls on her on his knees, seeks her forgiveness and that everything will be telecast on PTV.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Commentary/2006/Dec06/22/03.HTM (1660 words)

	Former Pakistani Army Chief Beg to Launch Political Party
		According to General Beg, peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute is vital to regional peace and security because "it is a flash point that has the potential to trigger a major conflagration between India and Pakistan.
		Mirza Aslam Beg, who has announced the establishment of his own political party called the Awami Qiadat Party (People's Leadership Party), says present leaders in Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif included, have lost touch with the masses.
		Beg described the "negotiations" that started between Bhutto's ruling People's Party and the MQM when violence became too pronounced in July and August as "an unproductive exercise" because the demands placed on the table by the two sides were no more than charge-sheets against each other.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/0995/9509013.htm (1758 words)

	Iran sought advice in Pakistan on attack - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Retired Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg said he suggested their government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if anyone attacks it -- it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked -- that Iran's answer will be to hit Israel; the only target will be Israel."
		In the AP interview that took place several weeks before these threats were exchanged, Beg said a delegation from the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan had come to his office in January, seeking advice as Western pressure mounted on Iran to abandon its nuclear effort.
		Beg became army chief of staff in 1988, a year after Pakistan confirmed CIA estimates that it had nuclear weapons capability.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/05/12/iran_sought_pakistan_advice_on_attack (1080 words)

	Pakistan Had A Nuclear Arsenal In 1989
		Mirza Aslam Beg, who now heads an independent think tank, said Pakistan had concluded by 1989 it had an adequate nuclear deterrent and did not need to increase it.
		Beg said Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is completely safe both because the National Command Authority was set up a year ago to control nuclear weapons and because there is nothing comparable to the warheads sitting atop U.S. and Russian missiles.
		Beg said he learned the details of Pakistan's nuclear research in 1987 when he was deputy chief of staff and when he took the top position a year later the program, launched in 1975, was nearly complete.
	www.rense.com /general11/pak.htm (601 words)

	Pak army never controlled nuclear programme: Beg
		Former Pakistani army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg on Tuesday said the army has 'never been in control' of the country's nuclear programme, except in times of military rule.
		Participating in BBC World's Hardtalk Pakistan programme, Gen Beg insisted that he knew nothing of the leaking of nuclear secrets by Abdul Qadeer Khan but has conceded that information was being passed on to other nations while he was in charge of the army between 1988 and 1991.
		Beg said the current international anti-proliferation measures were unfair to Muslim countries.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/feb/10pak2.htm (528 words)

	Gen Beg sees general polls in November next year -DAWN - National; 13 December, 2004
		KARACHI, Dec 12: Gen (Retd) Mirza Aslam Beg has stated that the next general elections could be held in November 2005 in the country, as neither the United States nor Gen Musharraf himself appeared satisfied with the present political setup despite a large cabinet of 70 to 72 ministers.
		Gen Beg said that PPP despite defection from its rank had remained intact due to political strategy of Benazir Bhutto, who had been in touch with the US, army, opposition parties and people as well and prepared to go into election.
		In response to a question, Gen Beg said that Kashmir issue was not going to resolve in 2005, as Indian government was not only stubborn on the issue but also attempting to deprive Pakistan from its due share of water under Indus Treaty.
	www.dawn.com /2004/12/13/nat5.htm (589 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Beg cited the incident of incursion by Pakistani troops into Jammu and Kashmir to claim that Sharif should have taken decision like him with grace and propriety to ensure that no ripples were created in the Army.
		Beg said it was in 1990, when a corps commander entered his office in utter desperation and anxiety, and to my query, he replied that he had come to seek removal from command of one of his divisional commanders.
		Beg said when he asked the corps commander whether the action by one of his GOCs had caused any loss of life or setback, he replied in the negative even claiming that intruding Pakistani forces had resisted a brigade-size counter attack by Indian Army.
	dailyexcelsior.com /98oct21/inter.htm (2387 words)

	Firing blanks : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Beg’s strategy comes apart as Saddam collapses, but that hasn’t since stopped the Azamgarh-born general from forecasting perdition for the US (routinely in Afghanistan since 2001, and then again in Iraq beginning in 2003).
		Beg’s strategic defiance led him to conspire with his ISI chief Hamid Gul to send Pakistani jehadis into Kashmir and exploit the opening made by the JKLF.
		Beg denies this, but according to Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s minister of finance in the Nawaz Sharif government, he had suggested a $ 12 billion price for nuclear assistance to Iran.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1621718,00120001.htm (1271 words)

	Pak nukes meant only for India -The United States-World-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		General Mirza Aslam Beg, Pakistan's former army chief, recalled Islamabad's India-centric nuclear policy to the Associated Press' Kathy Gannon while relating how he had given similar advice to Iran in dealing with US pressure on its nuclear programme no matter who attacks, aim for Israel.
		Beg said he suggested the Iranian government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if anyone attacks it it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked that Iran's answer will be to hit Israel, the only target will be Israel".
		Beg, however, denied to her that Pakistan had helped Iran with its nuclear programme although he said former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto once told him the Iranians offered more than $4 billion for the technology.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1528897.cms (784 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Retired General Mirza Aslam Beg said he suggested their government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if anyone attacks it -- it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked -- that Iran's answer will be to hit Israel; the only target will be Israel."
		Since Beg spoke of the encounter, echoes of his thinking have been heard in Iran, though whether they result directly from his advice isn't known.
		In the interview that took place several weeks before these threats were exchanged, Beg said a delegation from the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan had come to his office in January, seeking advice as Western pressure mounted on Iran to abandon its nuclear effort.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2006/05/14/2003308113/print (904 words)

	'Pak Army never controlled nukes'-Pakistan-World-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LONDON: Former Chief of the Pakistani army, General Mirza Aslam Beg, said the army has "never been in control" of Pakistan's nuclear programme, except in times of military rule.
		Participating in BBC World's Hardtalk Pakistan programme, Gen Beg insisted that he knew nothing of the leaking of nuclear secrets by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, despite conceding that information was being passed to other nations while he was in charge of the army between 1988 and 1991.
		Beg said that the current international anti- proliferation measures were unfair to Muslim countries.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/488670.cms (368 words)

	PAKISTAN.htm in Business Recorder on April 03, 1996
		LAHORE: Former Chief of Army Staff General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Beg on Wednesday affirmed that Pakistan never capped its nuke plan and, if Benazir Bhutto and Ghulam Ishaq Khan admitted somewhere in the past of doing so, that was their own misconceptions.
		Beg said: "Being a former chief of the army and a member of Nuclear Control Authority (NCA), knew much about the development of nuclear capability that Pakistan had.
		To another query about the repeal of 8th amendment, Aslam Beg stressed for maintaining balance between the powers of the President and the Prime Minister.
	www.paksearch.com /br96/Apr/3/PAKISTAN.htm (606 words)

	'Take Israel hostage if attacked' \| Jerusalem Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Retired Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg said he suggested their government "make it clear that if anything happens to Iran, if anyone attacks it - it doesn't matter who it is or how it is attacked - that Iran's answer will be to hit Israel; the only target will be Israel."
		In the AP interview that took place several weeks before these threats were exchanged, General Beg said a delegation from the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan had come to his office in January, seeking advice as Western pressure mounted on Iran to abandon its nuclear effort.
		Beg also detailed nearly 20 years of Iranian approaches to obtain conventional arms and then technology for nuclear weapons.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961335508&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer (699 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Pakistan - On a Razor's Edge . VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament - General ...
		VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament - General Mirza Aslam Beg: Former Army Foe of Musharraf
		General Mirza Aslam Beg: Former Army Foe of Musharraf
		General Mirza Aslam Beg, former chief of staff of the Pakistani army, discusses Pakistan's growing nuclear scandal and his own alleged involvement.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/pakistan/e.html (1208 words)

	RESHAPING STRATEGIC THINKING FOR SOUTH ASIA
		Nevertheless, the proceedings of the case during last one year has amply proved, beyond reasonable doubt, that politics in Pakistan continues to be plagued by capital investments by the under-cover intelligence agencies.
		Even Gen (Retd) Aslam Beg who denied his personal involvement in the transaction of Rs 140 million, secretly deposited and withdrawn from various branches of Habib Bank to finance leading politicians of the country, admitted to ISI's funding of various political forces.
		Explaining his role as the COAS in the ISI's funding of IJI, earlier in June this year, Beg maintained before the Supreme Court: "In 1990 when the money was donated by Younas Habib, ISI was acting under the directions of higher authorities.
	www.karachipage.com /news/finance.htm (1194 words)

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	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ISLAMABAD : Former Chief of the Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Beg has said that Pakistanis have themselves provided all the information to the United States about Pakistan’s nuclear programme.
		General Mirza Aslam Beg said that the Pakistan’s nuclear programme has been under the eyes of the United States for the past 20 years and the United States appointed several spies for this purpose who have provided all information to the United States.
		General Mirza Aslam Beg told Radio Tehran Pushto service that United States wants to deprive all the Islamic countries from nuclear weapons.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/May04/29/06.html (123 words)

	Father of Pakistan’s Green Atomic bomb and his military aid in political hot water by Jaffor Ullah
		Aslam Beg are about to be prosecuted under Pakistan’s ‘Official Secrets Act’ when that nation’s investigators unearthed some very damaging evidences that point out the duo’s involvement in selling nuclear secrets to Iran during 1980s.
		What will happen to the retired Army General Aslam Beg, who was one of the associates of Dr. Khan, is an open question.
		General Aslam Beg then proposed that the money received from Iran could underwrite Pakistan’s defense-budget for the next 10 years.
	www.mukto-mona.com /Articles/jaffor/Quader_khan.htm (1580 words)

	'Pakistan has a definite defence edge over India'
		According to a report in the 'Daily Times', Beg said that in conventional terms there was a balance between the two countries.
		About the continuing insurgency in Kashmir, Beg rejected the view that it was being carried out by non- Kashmiris.
		The Kashmir issue could not be resolved without the active involvement of Kashmiris, he said, while parrying a question on whether it was in the Pakistan Army's interest to keep the Kashmir problem unresolved.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/08/02/02pak.html (456 words)

	Chughtai at AllExperts
		This is a family/clan name in portions of Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the associated diaspora) that claims descent from Chagatai Khan, and thus status as Chagatai Turks.
		The names of members of the clan (especially males) often carry the prefix Mirza and the suffix Beg, and are thus usually of the form Mirza [given name] Beg.
		For example, Mirza Aslam Beg was a recent Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ch/chughtai.htm (204 words)

	Nawaz, Benazir should launch movement: Beg -DAWN - National; May 17, 2006
		LAHORE, May 16: Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg says Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif should launch a popular movement against what he calls the ‘military regime’ in the country, instead of seeking ‘concessions’ for themselves.
		He told Dawn on Tuesday that in case a movement was launched, the US would fully back it, as could be inferred from what President Bush had said during his visit to Islamabad in March.
		Gen Beg, who is also the chairman of the Pakistan Awami Tehrik, said in the movement both the leaders should call for the formation of a caretaker government at least six months before the polls.
	www.dawn.com /2006/05/17/nat6.htm (519 words)

	South Asian Report: Pakistan's Three Principal Problems
		On the heels of the Pakistani government's decision, however, came the statement of General Mirza Aslam Beg, commander-in-chief of the Pakistan army, praising Saddam Hussain.
		Major General Iskander Mirza, General Mohammed Ayub Khan, General Agha Yahya Khan, and General Zia Ul Haq, all have interrupted the democratic process in Pakistan to run the government with loyal soldiers.
		Until the democracy that has returned to the country takes root, General Mirza Aslam Beg and his ilk will march to their own drummers, or, perhaps, speak what they believe to be the popular sentiment in the country.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/0391/9103017.htm (1319 words)

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		Beg, who retired in August 1991, denied Sharif's allegation, saying, `We have never been so irresponsible at any stage.
		In the interview, Sharif, claimed that the meeting between him and the generals occurred at the prime minister's official residence in Islamabad after Beg called one morning and asked to brief him personally on a sensitive matter.
		Embittered that his political enemies cut short his term as prime minister last year and helped engineer the return of Bhutto, Sharif has gone on an intense political offensive to destabilize her 10-month-old government.
	www.fas.org /irp/congress/1993_cr/h930923-terror-pak.htm (1421 words)

	Asia Times Online Community and News Discussion - Lies and Deceit of General Gul.
		To crown it all, General Mirza Aslam Baig also gave this good news to the nation and to the world at large that as Chief of Army Staff he had also made his contribution to further corrupting the ISI by contributing Rupees 140 Million to their secret funds to influence the national elections of 1988.
		On the ground General Beg's pilot was preparing to take off; at Sargodha PAK 2 was airborne, as was the Cessna.
		Beg accepted immediate promotion to Zia's old post of Army Chief of Staff, while the civilian chairman of the Senate, the 73-year-old Ghulam Ishaq Khan, took over as head of the interim government.
	forum.atimes.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5700 (10736 words)

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