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The [[SIS Islamabad Station]] became the largest overseas base for the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (better known as MI6) after the 9/11 attacks.<ref>Gordon Corera, MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service, Phoenix, 2012, p.352.</ref> | The [[SIS Islamabad Station]] became the largest overseas base for the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] (better known as MI6) after the 9/11 attacks.<ref>Gordon Corera, MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service, Phoenix, 2012, p.352.</ref> | ||
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| + | MI6 officer [[Alistair Crooke]] was based in Islamabad in the 1980s, co-ordinating support for the Afghan Mujahedin.<ref>Mark Curtis, ''Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam'', Serpent's tal, 2010, p.144.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:57, 14 April 2013
The SIS Islamabad Station became the largest overseas base for the Secret Intelligence Service (better known as MI6) after the 9/11 attacks.[1]
1980s
MI6 officer Alistair Crooke was based in Islamabad in the 1980s, co-ordinating support for the Afghan Mujahedin.[2]
