For days nay weeks I have been thinking to write something on this. However my preoccupation with my television job has kept me from it. However not any more. Tonight when I logged on to the CNN site I saw CNN IBN’s breaking news pointer on Mumbai terror attacks. Horrified I am still watching sufferings of the citizens of Mumbai on NDTV and CNN IBN. One remarkable thing that I have noticed is that quite unlike the past the Indian media has been very restrained and careful in blaming the names which India has been obssessed with like Pakistan’s ISI or international priah Al Qaeda. India and Pakistan traditionally have been in the habit of blaming each other whenever anything dramatic happens. And as far as Al Qaeda is concerned it has been a huge grudge of the Pakistani radicals, against Osama bin Laden that he has seldom shown antipathy towards the Indian state. Yet ever since the war on terror started Indian government has been acting like a Don Quixote. Consider this. When Tsunami hit Asia, Indian Ambassador to the US was found preaching the US President and former Presidents, visiting the embassy in order to condole with the Indian people, how big was India and how it was appropriate to consider it the master of the regional oceans. Recently when a Saudi Oil Tanker was hijacked by the pirates, Indian news sources claimed that Indian ship had destroyed the pirate mother ship. Some sections of the Indian press considered this as a sign of Indian ascendency as global power. Yet shortly later the hijacked ship could only rescued by paying ransom. How very interesting. If the pirates were destroyed the ship would have sailed back without any trouble but that clearly was not the case.Let me please put here that I am not a traditional India basher. Far from it I believe that India deserves to become a world leader. And it will become a power in due course. But what disturbs me is this premature hubris and desperation to be recognized a power over night. Why? Because it makes the country prone to exploitation by imperial agenda. Indians are a conscientious people but they after all are human beings like you and us. Need an example of this exploitation? Here it is:Sometime back a serving Lt Col Purohit was apprehended with his involvement in Malegaon bomb blast which had earlier been blamed on Islamic terrorists. Later it was found out by the Anti Terrorism Squad that a terror assault on Samjhota Express was also made possible due to Purohit’s involvement. Why would he do that? I believe to give the Indian establishment an opportunity to draw international attention to India’s desire to participate in the war on terror or then give Indian right wing extremists an opportunity to terrorize India’s loyal Muslim citizens. Just see the current situation in that context.But I do not essentially imply that the current situation is a conspiracy by such elements. There could be real terrorists doing and it is a condemnable crime against humanity. But just see the symbolism of the entire episode. It was ATS which apprehended Purohit and now among others the ATS chief Hemant Karkare is also dead. At a time when the change of guards in Washington is in order and unlike anywhere else in the conservative segments of India, Bush and his regime have been quite popular. Indian establishment has been petrified by the election of Obama, the fact that he talked of resolving the Kashmir issue and that Obama took time in calling the Indian Prime Minister. So miraculously such an incident can provide India’s stand on various matters a new lease on life. Believe me had I written this article a couple of weeks ago as I actually intended I would have expressed absolutely similar fears. India is a great country and like the people of the United States it also has to make a clear choice between retrogression and progress, reductionism or holism. Of course Pakistani ISI could have been blamed for such a crime had we not known that owing to the country’s vulnerable situation the directorate and the government are under severe pressure and in its current condition it is in no position to mount such attacks on India. Again since the start of the war on terror, the agency has been repeatedly cleansed of the fundamentalist elements and whatever remains is considerably different in nature. I know this situation is considerably volatile and hence can be easily manipulated to suit the radicalist agenda, I know that the Indian media and the Indian people are very decent and conscientious. Decency hence will prevail and all the negative conservative elements will be finally defeated. If there was one way to become world power exploiting this sorry tragedy is not the one. Meanwhile our hearts go out to the Indian people who are going through this living hell. Let us pray for their safety and the immediate resolution of this crisis.(The author is a Pakistani television journalist, columnist and commentator on security, political and media affairs. He can be reached through his website www.pitafi.com)













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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIt’s India’s fault? Give me a break.
Your paranoid analyses ignore one small thing; That most people are decent, and that the intricate government conspiracy would involve thousands, and in countries with a free press and active internet, you couldn’t keep such a secret for long.
The targets (European Union members) are not ones that would be targeted for a “show” attack by any Indian government group…
Now, if you want to blame it on the anti modernist Communists seeking justice for rural poor people, go ahead. But my bet is Alqaeda trying to start a religious war: They did the same thing in Iraq by attacking Shiite holy places…
Interception of conversations of the terrorists and the arrested person’s identity have confirmed the Pakistan involvement in the attack/war.
The attack is said to be from the Marine Wing of the LeT.
Just as in the Kargil, this is a war which has originated in Pakistan though it is not clear is the current Pakistan Prime Minister may or may not be aware of the attack just as what happenned to Nawaz Sheriff during Kargil.
Bloggers from Mumbai speak out against the attacks.
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I have one word for you: Paragraphs.
Nancy, I am sorry I didn’t get you. At a time when this is happening and no one has a clue you have already started incriminating people? Give me a break. I was pointing out some salient facts. Did you notice Karkare is dead and nobody not even your enlightened media in the west even mentioned Col Purohit. Why? Is good and objective analysis bad for health? Excuse me. I certainly see how war on terror should be fought. You know what, this is the problem of the old elite that they mount conspiracies. It happens everywhere, India, Pakistan, Israel, USA and Europe. Whatever you say does not deny the facts I have mentioned in my article above. Okay don’t believe it? Attack Pakistan or another third country, once the bloodlust is over you’ll see facts emerging to bolster my point.
Naavi, Pakistan is broke and it does not have resources to even kill a sparrow, LeT is your paranoia. Ask your government. There is no proof yet.
And rajesh I am not a religious man and no need to thank anyone. But just for the record read again what you wrote:
Thank your God that you are at a safe distance from me.Otherwise it is my bare hands & your neck…..
Now who is terrorizing others? You or me.
And you don’t have any right to use such crude language against me. (Admin in protest to such hate speech if this comment is not removed I am stopping to contribute to the site).
Bonilogue, point taken. Will be more careful in future.
A clarification.
We know that in Pakistan there may be a Government in power and some other group in control of terrorist activities. It could even be the supporters of Al Qaeda who may be running the terror show with or without ISI help and with or without Pak Govt’s knowledge.
In the Mumbai attacks, as per reports already available, one Pakistani national has been arrested from the group and their conversation intercepts have been identified with Punjabi and POK accent.
It will not be long before more information will be available on the involvement of Pak groups.. LeT or some other in this attack.
Naavi, I will only beg everyone not to jump the gun. Let us condemn this heinous act and wait for more evidence to emerge. If you remember in Samjhota blast LeT and other groups were blamed. Much later the story of Col Purohit emerged. I have no sympathy for LeT or such groups. I also regret loss of conscientious people like Karkare. But mate its very sensitive situation. While we can see what is happening in Mumbai nobody sees the havoc wreaked by both Taliban and the US drone attacks in Pakistani tribal areas. Just do me a favor and google the body count there. I have condemned the Mumbai attacks on my website and my television show. When will the Indian people condole with the people killed in the name of collateral damage in our areas too. We all are human beings after all and your loss is our loss. Terrorism and excessive state aggression pose huge threat to both our peoples. Let us unite and be rational.
India had to tighten its security .Its the price to repeal POTA.When will India awake from its deep slumber?
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Come on guys who think that you are Muslim.You are not a human being coz look at Pakistan few yr back I was there visiting Karachi I seen thing are going worse no Roti for every poor people where as you say Who give birth will feed us In the name of Allah you are kidding your self look at your Country how devastating it is.You live out side country just to destroy other country other then why.Look at india growing everyday you people just can not see that.Instead of you support india at this time you start pointing each other that all your Father teach you.
I like to say Pakistani peoples are shit on this Earth
Go live at your country where you can not even talk that is they pl for you.
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We must never fear, resist or mock the precious and ever peaceful Islam. Who are we to say that raping 6 year-olds is immoral? Who are we to say that stoning gays and rape victims to death is evil? Who are we to say that killing hundreds of people every week in the name of Allah is the height of evil? That is just their culture and it MUST be respected. Morality is all relative, we must remember that.
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Islam is not a peaceful religion at all where Quran say that if someone cut your one hand cut his both hand instead of forgiveness.Look at all over the world where you have muslim there is unrest.Look at right now what is going on in Pakistan Karachi.There is kind of Civil war going on where people fight for power now a days 2 people are fighting each they are Mahager (MQM)and pathan (mostly People party people) a place where pathan live they are killing Mahager even on the road they stops the bus and raping woman and then pour alfi (a liquid to joint the part)in there bottom so that she could not tell what happen and die.Same is happening in the other side so in this religion there is no peace.
They are not even sympathies with there on people who are muslim as well so what you.
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yeah, man its really sad to see all this happening in INDIA. But its the time to change yaar. let us (youth of india) stand unite and save our motherland from those who dislikes its progress. This particular episode had so much of change within me that being a BBA student i am just waiting that how soon could be graduate and join the IPS.iT IS REALLY HIGH TIME.let us learn how to manage our country before our business.
let the world know thatif they try to break uswe will be more united….let us step in guys and change the system within it because if we do not change it nothing will…….i am ready to spend my life for the nation and you…………….COME UP LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. and just not leave up to the political leaders.
Look guys this is called inhaling one’s own propaganda. You people just do not want to believe that you can also possess terrorists who are not Muslims. Thats all.
How stupidly you talk! All the news channels were continuously questioning whether with Karkare’s death, the Malegaon blasts probe might be in trouble. And yes, we in India are more sensible than you Pakistanis. That is why Col.Purohit is being interrogated. We recognize the fact that we might have Hindu terrorists as well as Muslim ones. And you call yourself an ANALYST? What are you analyzing here? You did not even watch the News! Else you would have known what you are talking about.
We are proud to be Indians. Look at how much solidarity we have in this moment of need. You are a Muslim Nation and yet keep killing each other all the time. What are you so confused about? You wanted Pakistan, you got it. Keep your propagandist mouth shut now and tackle your own country’s problems. And let us handle our problems.
And yes, we are not saying that the Pak govt has sponsored LeT led terror. But keeping quiet about terror is the same thing as not fighting it. Also, even if your govt is broke, there are enough people to support LeT.
Stop your Pakistani propaganda.
pure spite! again
Pakistani Muslim do not want to see Indian grows everyday.India is growing nation everyone admit this go ask any one in the world.Where as you Pakistani(shit on this Earth)you kill you on people coz your religion teaches you.This happen coz you seen in the Cricket matches india even made bikes and everyone like to play there with liberty these Paki can not see that they just terror westerns that india is also not a safe country that is why they were there just to terror the people for 3 days there mission was to kill and kill they were not there to hijack anyone there mission was to spread terror these paki can not see india growing everyday.
Look at there on country people killing each other coz they belong to one party.They are raping woman on the road.Did you ever seen this in any part of the world in this day and age where people kill them self.This is what islam is all about my suggestion to all indian is not hire them,Do not buy any thing from there shop.This message to those ICL team and chricket lover do not hire them to play for you coz the money the earn paki is gona spend that toward terrerrism.This message goes to those TV program where you bring singer,(SA RA GOO MAA 2009 do not favour those PAKI they won and made money and spread hate do not hire ),comedian
to India they earn and then kill you coz they have hate for India.Look at Pakistan going down every day.Where as india is growing big.
I wish west where I live there is not paki but lucky these bastard coz in the Ambasy they have there on people hired and give VISA to go in the west and spread terror look at London,England.
Same going every part of the world where they are more unrest coz they are there to spread terror inthe name is islam and if you open islam history this is how the spread islam with the help of sword.
They are doing all this coz these muslim thing by doing (killing themself in the name of jihad)so they given tons of woman and boy once they die so that they could have sex with both day and night.Look at them shame on these Muslim only to get these woman and boys they are doing all this jihad.
Shame on you muslim
FIRST TO BAN ALL SPORTS INCLUDING CRICKET FOR NEXT FEW MONTHS TILL ALL THE TERRORISTS ARE FOUND AND PRECAUTIONS TAKEN .THIS WILL INCREASE SECURITY THREAT, KILL THE COUNTRYS SPIRIT FOR THE SAKE OF SOME BCCI ,ICC & INDIVIDUALS MAKE MILLIONS.
I SINCERELY HOPE YOU DONT WANT CHEERING WHEN PEOPLE ARE DYING.
I AM SURE THE POLITICIANS WANT JUST THAT SO THAT PEOPLE FORGET THEIR ANGER AND THEY CAN GO AHEAD THEIR WILY WAYS.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR NEW INDIA?
LIMITED DEMOCRACY IS THE ANSWER – POWER TO NONE .
“ ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY”
1. FIRST WIPE OUT THE GOVERNMENTS AT THE CENTRE & STATES AS THE PEOPLE DONT WANT THEM. BRING IN EMERGENCY UNDER MILITARY RULE DURING WHICH TIME :
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE HEAD OF STATE AND ELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS BY PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY ( COMBINATION OF ALL ARMED FORCES )
• THE MILITARY & POLICE WILL PURGE OUT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY .
• THEY WILL BE PROVIDED THE WORLDS BEST EQUIPMENT LIKE GUNS,ARMOURY ,
INTELLIGENCE EQUIPMENT .
• THEY WILL SEAL THE BORDERS WITH SHOOT AT SIGHT ORDERS.
• THEY WILL PURGE OUT THE HOARDERS , BLACK MONEY & COUNTERFIET CURRENCY.
• THEY WILL ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE WITH POLICE RECORDS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS.
• ALL PEOPLE HAILING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES TO RETURN BACK TO THEIR STATE SO THAT SANCTITY OF THE STATE REMAINS. ANY PERSON LIVING ELSEWHERE IS A NON-ENTITY.
• ALL SCHOOLS ,EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ,HOSPITALS ,PLACES OF WORSHIP,COURTS,HOTELS ,BUILDINGS, PORTS,PRIVATE SECTOR ,MNC OUTFITS TO BE NATIONALISED AND PROPER PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE MINIMUM CORRUPTION AND MINDLESS PRODUCTION .
• ALL INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE DEVELOPED FROM SCRATCH WITH THE HELP ALL NATIONALISED INFRASTURCTURE ORGANISATIONS.
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO BE GIVEN TO ALL POLITICIANS AND ANY CITIZEN INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION OR GO AGAINST THE NORMS.
• SINGLE REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES ACT UNIFORM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
• SINGLE TAXATION ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
• NO OWNING OF PROPERTY OTHER IN THE STATE THEY ARE BORN IN.THEY CAN OWN ANOTHER HOUSE OTHER THAN GIVEN BY THE GOVT.
• COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING FOR EVERY CITIZEN BASED ON FIXED COMPENSATION AFTER DEGREE.
• COMPULSORY EDUCATION TILL DEGREE.
• STANDARD PRICING OF ALL COMMODITES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY .
• ALL PROCUREMENTS WILL BE BASED ON BEST TECHNOLOGY ,OPEN MARKET.NO BROKERS ,AGENTS WILL BE ALLOWED. THE COMMITTIES BELONGING TO THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO DECIDE.
• ALL AGRICULTURE WILL BE CONVERTED TO CONTRACT FARMING AND MINIMUM PROCUREMENT PRICING.
• ALL INDUSTRIES HAVE TO PRODUCE ON COST –TO COST BASIS.ALL MANPOWER AND CAPITAL WILL BE FUNDED AT 75% PRODUCTION CAPACITY. UNITS THAT CANT RUN BELOW 50% CAPACITY NEED TO CLOSE DOWN OR SHIFTED .
• ALL INDUSTRIES ,NEW UNITS TO COME IN SATELLITES TOWNSHIPS BUILT IN THE NON –AGIRCULTURE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY .NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE CREATED.
• ALL CEOS WHO DRIVE COMPANIES WILL BE PROVIDED 100 LACS AS ANNUAL EMOLUMENTS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT WILL BE PAID 60 LACS, MID MANAGEMENT WILL BE PAID 30 LACS, SUPERVISORY 10 LACS OTHERS ALL 5.0 LACS. ALL HAVE TO HAVE THE NCESSARY EDUCATION , AND MOVE UP THE CHAIN . ALL ACCOMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT NEAR THE PLACE OF WORK . A COUNTRY NEED TO DECREASE THE SPACE OF RICH AND POOR AND GIVE EVERY ONE A CHANCE TO EXCEL AND PROVE HIMSELF.ALL ORGANISATION WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN.ALL DAILY SUPPLIES WILL BE TOP QUALITY AND SUPPLIED BY GOVERNMENT.
• ALL NRIS TO RETURN AND WORK FOR THE COUNTRY .NON CITIZENS WILL BE TREATED AS OUTSIDERS.
• LIQUOR ,CIGERETTES ,TOBBACCO ,SOFTDRINKS AND ALL HARMFUL PRODUCTS TO BE REMOVED FROMT HE COUNTRY.ONLY HEALTHY NATURAL PRODUCTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE .
• COMPULSORY 2 CHILDREN PER FAMILY NORM.
• NO MONEY CAN BE SENT FROM ABROAD TO ANY INDIVIDUAL .
• ENSURE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES TO MAKE THESE HAPPEN AS DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN A FARCE IN THIS COUNTRY .A NEED IS SEEN FOR DISCPLINED LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COUNTRYS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ELECTED DEMOCRATICALLY BY EDUCATED AND ENABLED PEOPLE .
• THERE WILL BE NO MORE RESERVATIONS ,NO CASTE OR CREED,LANGUAGE OR RELIGIOUS LEANINGS.
• ALL RELIGIOUS CONSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PRESERVED IF FOUND WORTHY. THEY WILL BE MOVED ,DISMANTLED IF THEY ARE FOUND IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT.
• NO HEADS OF RELIGION WILL BE ALLOWED.ONLY LEARNED MEN WHO HAVE DEEP INSIGHTS INTO RELIGION WILL BE ALLOWED TO PERSUE THEIR STUDIES WHO CAN UNRAVEL THE KNOWLEDGE HIDDEN IF THERE IS ANY.
• ALL PROGRESS WILL BE BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE PARMETERS GAINED IN THE PERSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
• NO PARTY SYSTEM. ONLY INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ELECTED CENTRALLY FROM THE ARMED FORCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO COVER EVERY ASPECT OF ADMINISTRATION MAKING THEM PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE.
Are you laughing at india?, stupids, we need just 15 minutes to vanish a shit country from the map. we strongly beleiving democracy so that, the shit county is surviving.
All that is being churned out by these stupid indians is nothing more than a self-proclaimed bulshit having absoulte ignorance of the load confusing issues their country has to face. the degree of non-sense is such that they claim to be an emerging power without even realising only one factor that is very particular to their self-proclaimed land of secularism. the rate of mortality of young childern died of not any lethal epidemic but hunger is many a times greater than any poverty striken nation of africa. You had better utilise your fortunes, if any, to make sure that no more innocent soul is lost due to hunger instead of dreaming to follow the footsteps of your lords in the west. Hope it suffice.
Mr. Indian,
just get up your dream is over. let me try to describe you in somthing like this….. Indians sounds to be a lonely son of a dirtiest bitch ever found!!!
There is no agreed definition of terrorism, but, according to the CIA, terrorism is the « premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. »According to former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, his country (the USA) is « the greatest purveyor of violence in the world ».That same country finances the worse kind of terrorist acts, the extermination of a large part of the population in Palestine as well as carries out acts of barbarity against defenceless citizens in both Afghanistan and Iraq.The US officially has the greatest army of mercenaries in the world, Blackwater, with 140,000 “contractors”.
In recent history, people have witnessed terror against Native Americans, Aborigines, Maoris, Vietnamese, Indians of the sub-continent, Algerians and more.While the lands of the Aborigines, Maoris and Native Americans have been stolen, India became independent at the cost of partition giving birth to Pakistan and Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan).But the world is still witnessing European terror through invasion of sovereign countries, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the murder of hundreds of thousands of their people.The terrorist occupation of Palestine by Jewish Europeans, the killings of her people, including women, children and babies have been going on for half a century !
For her part, India is still occupying Kashmir, which was part of Moghal Hindustan, against the will of the Kashmiris, and committing unspeakable acts of terror against them.It is also a common practice for States which perpetrate and sponsor acts of terrorism to organise false flag operations against their own people and allies in order to blame the ‘enemies’ and rally support for their ’cause’.Often, they are caught but they are above the law.For example, members of the Irgun Jewish terrorist movement dressed up as Palestinian army officers attacked the British HQ at King David Hotel in 1946 Palestine.During the six-day war in 1967, the Israelis attacked USS Liberty and murdered many US non-combatants in an attempt to blame it on Egypt and suck the Americans into the war. (Ref. Phil Tourney, survivor of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty).Apart from the official conspiracy theories, it has been demonstrated that the 9/11 terror attacks against the World Trade Centre (WTC) and the Pentagon in 2001 were an inside job with Israeli involvement.In January 2000, Indian intelligence detained 11 ‘Muslim preachers’ on the ground of hijacking conspiracy, but they turned out to be Israeli nationals sent with false passports to infiltrate Muslim organisations in India and were released.Similarly, the five dancing Israelis arrested on 9/11 « as suspected conspirators » when they were celebrating the attacks against the WTC were all released.[Ref. The Record, New Jersey, 12 Sept 2001].On 13 Sept 01, The New York Times reported that the group of five men (who turned out to be MOSSAD agents) had set up video cameras aimed at the Twin Towers prior to the attack.
The recent terror attacks against the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan on 20 Sept 2008 had the hallmark of a military operation and not that of “Muslim terrorists”!Similarly, the well planned and sophisticated attacks in Mumbai on 26/11 by attackers against various targets, including the Taj Mahal and Oberoi Hotels, killing around 200 people have immediately been blamed on “Pakistan, Al-Qaeda and British Muslims”.The Indian authorities say there were 12 such attackers, but many others ‘escaped’.
There is no denying that the United States and Israel have been grooming India to become a regional superpower for their benefits.In so doing, they have to persuade India that she is a victim of terror herself, especially from her enemies in Pakistan, occupied Kashmir and Muslim extremists within India proper.
Lal Krishna Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister of India [2002-2004], former President of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), strong advocate of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) and current Leader of the Opposition, met the heads of the MOSSAD when he visited Israel in June 2000 and advocated “closer India-Israeli cooperation on all security matters”. [Note : Israelis were responsible of security during both the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks!].In the same year, The Times of India reported on the Israeli presence in India : « Israeli counter-terrorism experts are now touring Jammu and Kashmir and several other states in India at the invitation of Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani to make an assessment of New Delhi’s security needs.The Israeli team, headed by Eli Katzir of the Israel Counter-Terrorism Combat Unit, includes Israeli military intelligence officials and a senior police official. »Indiahas forged a strategic alliance with Israelto perfect India ’s methods of occupation of Kashmirwhere all Indian atrocities, mass graves of Kashmiris, shootings of civilians, rape and human rights abuses are brushed under the carpet like the atrocities perpetrated against Palestinians.
The US have allowed India to set up military training camps in Afghanistan, and they are training, arming and financing rebels who are being sent to Pakistan to destabilise the government. The MOSSAD, Hamid Karzai and India are fuelling ethnic insurgency in South West Pakistan where China is building a strategic port. In addition, with her nuclear and military deals with the US and the launching of an Israeli satellite as the MOSSAD increases its control of India, India seems to pay lip service to her diverse peoples with a high risk of further partitions of India. Remember, it was India which financed and armed East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to breakaway from then West Pakistan.She also boasted the sinking of alleged pirate ships within Somali coastal waters (19 Nov 08) to help the US and pro-US Saudis. Given India’s behaviour, she should have been better prepared to prevent and deal with such attacks and not leave her people and visitors open to such risks.In this light, the Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan have submitted their resignations (Sunday, 30 Nov 08).
The first reaction of the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to blame Pakistan.But witnesses suggested that the attackers « are probably members of an Indian militant group rather than foreigners » (The Independent, 27 Nov 08).It is also reported that the attacks were claimed by an unknown group called « Deccan Mujahideen » and the « Indian Mujahideen » from South India and trained in Bangladesh.Other suspects are a Kashmiri freedom group called Lashkar-e-Taiba held responsible for the bomb attacks on trains in 2006 and, of course, Al-Qa’ida which, apart from being a CIA-MOSSAD database, is a non-existant organisation.The Indian government asserted that some of the attackers were British-born Pakistanis from Leeds, Bradford and Hartlepool.It was also alleged that some have Malaysian and Mauritian links.
But, in spite of pointing his finger at Pakistan, in a telephone conversation with Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani on 28 Nov 08 PM Manmohan Singh urged Gilani to send his spy chief to share intelligence over the Mumbai attack.Pakistan has agreed to send a senior official to India.It does seem very strange that, even though there may be ‘Pakistanis’ among the attackers, Pakistan would be responsible for such an attack after President Asif Ali Zardari recently told the Indian government that Pakistan would not be the one to resort to first use of nuclear weapons, an announcement welcomed by India. It seems more likely to be the work of external forces, with internal complicity, which do not want peace between those two sister countries and sister communities.The plan is clearly to provoke a war between India and Pakistan as Pakistanis want to detach themselves from US murdering ventures.
As reported by Andrew Buncombe in Delhi, The Independent Thursday, 27th November 2008, « most of the attacks have been blamed on extremist Muslim groups but, in recent weeks, police have rounded up 10 members of what they say is its first Hindu terror cell ».In early November 2008, the Mumbai Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), headed by Hemant Karkare, arrested 10 Hindutva extremists, including Dayanand Pandey (a prominent religious leader of Uttar Pradesh) belonging to Sangh Parivar, an umbrella organisation comprising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bajrang Dal, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, in connection with the 8 Sept 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts in a Muslim cemetery in Maharashtra killing dozens of Muslim pilgrims and injuring scores more.The ATS investigation has uncovered connections with the Israeli MOSSAD whose Indian home-grown agents have infiltrated many Hindu organisations in India, as well as connections between the Indian military and Hindu extremist groups.In the very early hours of the Mumbai attack on 26/11, the unknown terrorists eliminated Hemant Karare, Head of the ATS, along with Mumbai’s additional commissioner of police Ashok Kamte and high-level police officer Vijay Salaskar, The Times Of India reported.The killers must have had inside information as Indian security services have been infiltrated.One of the ‘unknown’ terrorist caught on CCTV camera at the Chattrapati Shivaji railway station wore a sacred Hindu wristband.The victims included Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Indians, Britons, Americans and a Mauritian.
India has the strength to overcome this trauma.She must and she will take all necessary measures to prevent such carnage happening again on Indian soil and make all efforts to live in peace with her neighbours and resolve the issue of Kashmir peacefully.At the same time, India must look at the underlying causes of this serious problem and review her association with the perpetrators of terror and occupation around the world as well as the infiltration of terrorists into local organisations and her security services.India must return to her non-aligned philosophy, demand the removal of all terrorist occupiers from nearby countries and the closing of the terror base at Diego Garcia Mauritius.India must understand that she does not form part of the European West which is in quest of hegemony and world domination.If India allows herself to be recruited into this Axis of Evil, the destruction and further partitions of India seem inevitable.India’s ’security’ arrangements with Israel and the US may well be the source of her problems as they do not serve Indian interests.
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