Shortly after taking over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and after the customary courtesy call on Gen.Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's self-reinstated Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), self-styled Chief Executive and self-promoted President, Gen.Mohammad Aziz, the clandestine Chief of Staff of the Army of Islam, reportedly met at Islamabad the leaders of the various jehadi organisations constituting the Army of Islam on October 10,2001.