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Was Keith Ryan, the US diplomat in Pakistan, murdered?

Any conjecture on Keith Ryan would be premature at this hour however his death indeed leaves behind some harrowing questions. Why would a diplomat despite having worked in uncountable stressful places all of a sudden commit suicide? Why such things are only happening in Pakistan? After all, these days you don’t even find diplomats killing themselves even in Iraq or Afghanistan. Why would the US state department keep this sorry incident so low profile and be so gullible to accept the Pakistani version? And could there be possibility of crime in it?
Ryan, 37, was an attache for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. His previous assignments included his work with the violent gang task force of the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It is difficult for a tough guy like him to crumble under the pressure of some unknown pressures. He is said to be without any history of suicidal tendencies. However the country’s secret police essentially has a long history of such crimes in which the victim is shown to have ended his own life. And then of course there is a long history of mysterious murders. From the assassination of Benazir Bhutto to that of Daniel Pearl there is an unimpeachable history and if we can predict one thing with confidence it is that like so many mysterious deaths this riddle will also never be solved.
Another important aspect of the sorry episode is the agency the young man worked for. While these things go unnoticed, his work for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency could be of great explanatory value. The country has huge trade of human smuggling with many influentials involved in it. If you have forgotten please remember that Chaudhry Shujaat’s brother Chaudhry Wajahat was detained a few days ago in London and then deported. The Chaudhries of Gujrat have huge investment in human smuggling and it is fairly well known internationally. Interestingly while Wajahat is not even an MP anymore Pakistan’s foreign office called an office bearer of the British High Commission and scolded him for the episode. This otherwise seldom happens. But you can gauge the influence of the Chaudhries by the fact that when last time Pakistan had to face international pressure instead of throwing out the Chaudhries the poor interior minister had to face the brunt. Even today they have broken all the records of negative political advertising and are found publishing crude language in their ads. In short Keith Ryan’s death could be an attempt to cover up the sad human trafficking business in Pakistan. Maybe his father who works for Boston Globe can put more pressure on the US State Department and the FBI to take the incident more seriously, through his media contacts.
PS: Musharraf has created a culture of insecurity in the country where anyone can be kidnapped by the agencies or killed and the people blamed for such incidents are none other than the terrorists. The only man who stood up against this in the judiciary has been sacked with his fellow judges already. No hope of justice in this country then.

Original Post at Tales from the crypt - Was Keith Ryan, the US diplomat in Pakistan, murdered? by Farrukh Khan Pitafi’s Official Weblog

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