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How CIA Agent, Raymond Davis, Revealed Pakistan’s Slavery to America
- Raymond Allen Davis is a former United States Army soldier, private security firm employee, and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
- On January 27, 2011, Davis killed two men in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Slide 3 – A car coming to aid Davis killed a third Pakistani man, Ibadur Rahman, in a “hit and run” while speeding on the wrong side of the road.
- Davis was jailed and criminally charged by Pakistani authorities with double murder and the illegal possession of a firearm.
- The incident led to a diplomatic furor and a supposedly deterioration in Pakistan–United States relations.
- President Barack Obama asked Pakistan not to prosecute Davis and recognize him as a diplomat, stating, “There’s a broader principle at stake that I think we have to uphold.”
- Some Pakistani officials disputed the claim of immunity from a murder charge, asserting that Davis was involved in clandestine operations, and questioned the scope of his activities in Pakistan.
- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated that, according to official records and experts in the Foreign Office, Davis was “not a diplomat and cannot be given blanket diplomatic immunity
- The incident led to widespread protests in Pakistan demanding action against Davis. Slide 10 – Almost a month after the incident, U.S. officials revealed Davis was a contractor for the CIA
- Davis was checkmated. He had neither qualified for immunity nor his team had any diplomatic option left for the acquittal.
- So to fulfil American demands the Pakistani Courts fuliflled American interests in the name of Islam by putting him through a “Shariah” Court
- Davis was pardoned in exchange for $2.4 million blood money. “
- The Pakistani Government was heavily criticised for releasing Raymond Davis.
- The Davis debacle is a disaster for the Pakistan government, whose handling has been characterised by bungling and division, and highlights the country’s pathological relationship with America
- He recently released a book in which he said ““I don’t regret shooting those two men in Lahore. I believe it was an appropriate response to a life-threatening situation. But I do regret the turmoil it created.”
