Radicals infiltrating US Army, intelligence: Benazir

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that Washington should be watchful of radicals who are trying to infiltrate the US Army and intelligence establishment in pursuit of their objectives.

Washington, Oct 4 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that Washington should be watchful of radicals who are trying to infiltrate the US Army and intelligence establishment in pursuit of their objectives.

"They are infiltrating (the US and England). What I am hearing is that they now want to buy people off (and) plant people in intelligence and the military, Cal Thomas quoted Bhutto in a column published by the Washington Times.

Bhutto described the radicalisation of Islam, which she said is virtually unchallenged in the Islamic world: "When I was a young girl, my Islamic teachers said everybody can have their own religion. Now they say you cannot (even) talk to others about their religion. You used to be able to marry anyone who is from the Abrahamic tradition, but (Muslims) are now taught you can't marry anyone (who doesn't have your) interpretation (of Islam)."

Bhutto said that the West is losing the war against the radicals.

She plans to return to Pakistan from exile on October 18 in order to fight them and wants to see a debate within Islam.

Bhutto wants more support for building mosques and publishing books based on moderate interpretations of Islam to counter the radicals.

ANI