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The last interview with Syed Saleem Shahzad

The Real News Network airs the last interview conducted with Asia Times reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad before his death last week. It is widely speculated that Shahzad was assassinated by elements within the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate, after he was threatened by ISI officials to stop his reporting on ties between the Pakistani military and al Qaeda and the Taliban. Shahzad outlines this relationship in the above interview.

For additional detail and perspective on Shahzad's death, see Threat Matrix post Pakistani journalist executed by ISI: report.

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