Joanne herring and zia ul haq biography
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Joanne Herring
American businesswoman, activist and diplomat
Joanne King Herring (born July 3, 1929) is an American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and former television talk show host.[1]
Originally from Houston, Texas, she is best known for influencing policy through her long association and political relationship with President of PakistanZia-ul-Haq (1977–88). Herring also served as the honorary consul at the Consulate-General of Pakistan based in Houston; on special request and favor of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq she is also the recipient of the Jinnah Medal, one of Pakistan's highest honors.[2][3]
Throughout the 1980s, Herring lobbied for United States support for the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in collaboration with U.S. RepresentativeCharlie Wilson.[4] These events inspired the book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History; Herring is portrayed by
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Those craving simplicity should forego the irrepressible Joanne King Herring’s vastly pleasurable new memoir, Diplomacy and Diamonds: My Wars from the Ballroom to the Battlefield, which numbers among the year’s most fascinating—if ethically challenging—reads.
Herring is most famous for having been portrayed by Julia Roberts in the Mike Nichols film Charlie Wilson’s War and her depiction in George Crile’s astounding book by the same name. Herring was, as Crile accurately relates, a right-wing, big-money bombshell who helped coordinate one of the largest covert ops in CIA history from the parlor of her River Oaks mansion in Houston. Due in no small part to her efforts, Afghanistan’s mujahedeen received the billions that eventually enabled them to drive out the Soviets, an event that helped end the Cold War. That many of these “freedom fighters” eventually joined the Taliban is one of the terrible ironies of history, as well as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of American impe
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Most of the Afghan war against the Soviet Union was fought by Mujahideen and Pakistani soldiers using Israeli arms supplied after General Zia ul Haq entered into secret deals with the Israelis, a book published here has revealed.
The revelation, coming at a time when the Pakistani Army Chief fryst vatten campaigning for recognition of Israel, throws hitherto concealed light on secret Army-Israeli deals and their cooperation through the CIA. It reveals that the Army was not averse to secret defence cooperation, although publicly it did not acknowledge any contact with the Israelis.
Congressman Charles efternamn from Texas, a great pro-Pakistan activist who hated the Indians, was the central figure to get these CIA-funded weapons for Pakistan and is credited in the book as the man who broke up the Soviet Union with the help of a 48-year old Houston woman with whom General Zia ul Haq also had an affair.
The book, “Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest hemlig Operatio