RAWALPINDI: In a dramatic operation this morning [Feb 10], a party of Pakistan Government of ficials, accompanied by men of the Security Police, raided the Iraqi Embassy in Islamabad, and recovered a large stock of arms and ammunition and guerrilla -warfare equipment believed to be for distribution to `subversive elements` in Pakistan.
Following the extra-ordinary step, taken `in the over-riding interests of State security`, the Government of Pakistan declared the Iraqi Ambassador and the Attache as persona nongrata. They also announced their decision to recall the Pakistan Ambassador in Iraq immediately, while preparing to lodge a strong protest with the Iraqi Government. In a statement in the evening, the Government of Pakistan expressed shock over the whole thing, and accused the Government of Iraq of being `a party in a conspiracy with elements within and outside the country which seek to subvert the security and tranquillity of Pakistan`.
While the crates of arms and ammunition recovered from the Embassy in the presence of over 20 foreign and Pakistani newsmen were still being opened and searched, another consignment arrived by the evening flight of the PIA from Karachi.
