Changing strategy of anti-India forces
Saturday July 30, 05:34 PM
By Pankaj Choudhary
Srinagar, July 30 (ANI): The suicide attack by militant outfits on Friday at Badshah Chowk after Jumma Prayer hints at a change in the strategy of anti-India forces.
At least two people were killed and 20 others were injured. At around 5.00 pm, militants hurled one hand grenade on a police Gypsy. Immediately after that fierce gun battle between security forces and militants ensued. In the cross-fire at least 20 people were injured which also included seven photo journalists. Among others, condition of two CRPF personnel is said to be critical.
Such attack has become a regular feature of terrorists who are fast losing their ground and are being cornered by people as well as security forces.
But the most intriguing aspect of this particular attack is that three militant outfits claimed responsibility. They are --- Al Masoorain, Jamiatul Mujaheedin and Islamic Front. This is in sharp contrast to earlier strategy.
Earlier, there used to be only one organisation which used to boast of having engineered such attack. But, now media offices in Srinagar would receive three - four calls from various organisations. These phone calls would pressurize media offices to tomtom their organisations' name.
Intelligence officials say that this strategy is only to please their " bosses" across the border. Not only this, these organisations claim money from their mentors across the border by assuring them that it is their outfit which has executed such dastardly acts. At the same time, these outfits also try to confuse the intelligence sleuths. However, intelligence officials say that the modus-operandi indicates the handi-work of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the parent organisation of almost all outfits. After the US administration put LeT on terrorist list, LeT decided to change its strategy. Now, it has various organistaions working with different names.
Al Masoorain, Jamiatul Mujaheedin and Islamic Front are the same organisations with different names working under the guidance of Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership and ISI .
Intelligence officials also notice one marked difference from these outfits' earlier strategy. Earlier , whenever there used to be any militant strike, then Pakistan-based militant organisation used to take responsibility.
It used to be the practice of Pakistan-based militant outfits to call Indian media agencies and claim responsibility. Most of the time they used to fax press-note on their letter -pad. But now, under the guidance of ISI a tacit agreement has been formalised between various militant organisations. No Pakistan based militant organisation has claimed the responsibility for any attack in Kashmir for last 6 months.
Strict instructions has been issued by army establishment to Pakistan - based outfits to keep silence whenever there is any major terrorist strike. According to sources, ISI has instructed that outfits operating on Indian soil should claim responsibility.
Undoubtedly , Pakistan is still working on the same thesis of inflicting "thousand cuts" to India. So much so, that Amanullah Khan , chairman of Jammu kashmir Liberation Front , has said that for all the deaths and destructions that has happened in Valley only ISI has to be blamed.
"The unending struggle"-the book authored by Amanullah Khan and recently released has revealed all these facts. Amanullah Khan has also said that Sheikh rashid Ahmed, the information and broadcasting minister in General Pervez's cabinet, used to provide all logistic assistance to militants. Khan has also said in his book that with the help of ISI and army establishment , Sheikh was running a militant camp which was equipped with all latest
technology. It may be worthmentioning here that earlier Yasin Mallik , chairperson of Indian chapter of JKLF, has also accused Sheikh rashid Ahmed of running one militant camp near Muzaffarabad , the capital of Pak Occupied Kashmir.
Despite all these revealtions Sheikh Rashid still adorns the General Pervez's cabinet.And his continuation in Gen. Pervez cabinet raises some genuine questions about the intention of Gen. Pervez who claims to be fighting tooth and nail against the terrorist outfits.Yesterday , he had a telephonic talk with our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to PMO, he expressed his grief over the natural calamity that has struck Mumbai.
But , he didn't say anything about the man-made calamity that has struck the valley in recent past with quick succession.
Yesterday Gen. Pervez also invited all foreign correspondent working in Pakistan and sermonised them about the role of Pakistan in " War against Terrorism" . In fact this was an image build-up exercise. Recently , the two major terrorist attack --- one in London and another in Egypt --- had once again put the Pakistan government in dock.The two terror strikes have raised serious doubts that whether Pakistani government is sincerely working against terrorists outfits or not.
In fact , British Prime Minister Tony Blair had a detailed telephonic talk with Gen. Pervez. And after that telephonic talk Gen. Pervez arrested 200 people who have links with militants outfits. Experts say this is mere eye-wash. Earlier in May 2002, Gen. Pervez has shown similar zeal and put more than 2000 people behind bar. But reports suggested that many innocent were arrested and all these fake arrest were made only to please the American bosses.
Yesterday , Gen. Pervez once again flogged his favourite " whipping -boy" ---that is Madarssa. He daclared that all 1400 foreign nationals studying in Madarassa will have to leave the country. But sources say that the number is much more than what Gen. Pervez is stating.
According to reports , about 5000 Afghani youths, with Talibani mindset , are residing in different hostels of Madarassa spread across the country. " The so-called crackdown on Madarassa is only a lip-service .... if Gen. Pervez is really sincere in his fight against terrorism then he should nail down "fundamentalist element" within ISI," say one intelligence official.
Intelligence sources also have informations that more than 2000 trained militants are waiting across the border to sneak into the Indian territories. Infiltration is still going on .... the Gurez fighting is an ample proof of Pakistani intention. Moreover, according to the Government statistics this year alone from January till 25th July altogether 518
militants were gunned down whereas the civilian casualty is 240 and the number of martyred security personnel during this period is only 100. The higher number of militants killed during the period indicates the preparedness of terrorist outfits.
Be it Ayodhya or London , be it Kashmir or Egypt.... everywhere the footprints of terrorist activities indicate the presence of Pakistani element.
Even Gen. Pervez recently admitted in his address to the nation that whenever there is any terrorist strike anywhere in the world...the foremost thing is that the name of Pakistan props up. He seemed to be annoyed because his country is earning bad name. ut then he is doing nothing.
Personal image build-up would do nothing. Either he is helpless or working according to a hatched conspiracy. On TV screen he would chide terrorist outfits but on the other hand he would have secret parleys with them.
This double standard would not last long. And gradually the international community has come to know that it is only Pakistan where breeding grounds for militant outfits are available easily. (ANI)
By Pankaj Choudhary
Srinagar, July 30 (ANI): The suicide attack by militant outfits on Friday at Badshah Chowk after Jumma Prayer hints at a change in the strategy of anti-India forces.
At least two people were killed and 20 others were injured. At around 5.00 pm, militants hurled one hand grenade on a police Gypsy. Immediately after that fierce gun battle between security forces and militants ensued. In the cross-fire at least 20 people were injured which also included seven photo journalists. Among others, condition of two CRPF personnel is said to be critical.
Such attack has become a regular feature of terrorists who are fast losing their ground and are being cornered by people as well as security forces.
But the most intriguing aspect of this particular attack is that three militant outfits claimed responsibility. They are --- Al Masoorain, Jamiatul Mujaheedin and Islamic Front. This is in sharp contrast to earlier strategy.
Earlier, there used to be only one organisation which used to boast of having engineered such attack. But, now media offices in Srinagar would receive three - four calls from various organisations. These phone calls would pressurize media offices to tomtom their organisations' name.
Intelligence officials say that this strategy is only to please their " bosses" across the border. Not only this, these organisations claim money from their mentors across the border by assuring them that it is their outfit which has executed such dastardly acts. At the same time, these outfits also try to confuse the intelligence sleuths. However, intelligence officials say that the modus-operandi indicates the handi-work of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the parent organisation of almost all outfits. After the US administration put LeT on terrorist list, LeT decided to change its strategy. Now, it has various organistaions working with different names.
Al Masoorain, Jamiatul Mujaheedin and Islamic Front are the same organisations with different names working under the guidance of Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership and ISI .
Intelligence officials also notice one marked difference from these outfits' earlier strategy. Earlier , whenever there used to be any militant strike, then Pakistan-based militant organisation used to take responsibility.
It used to be the practice of Pakistan-based militant outfits to call Indian media agencies and claim responsibility. Most of the time they used to fax press-note on their letter -pad. But now, under the guidance of ISI a tacit agreement has been formalised between various militant organisations. No Pakistan based militant organisation has claimed the responsibility for any attack in Kashmir for last 6 months.
Strict instructions has been issued by army establishment to Pakistan - based outfits to keep silence whenever there is any major terrorist strike. According to sources, ISI has instructed that outfits operating on Indian soil should claim responsibility.
Undoubtedly , Pakistan is still working on the same thesis of inflicting "thousand cuts" to India. So much so, that Amanullah Khan , chairman of Jammu kashmir Liberation Front , has said that for all the deaths and destructions that has happened in Valley only ISI has to be blamed.
"The unending struggle"-the book authored by Amanullah Khan and recently released has revealed all these facts. Amanullah Khan has also said that Sheikh rashid Ahmed, the information and broadcasting minister in General Pervez's cabinet, used to provide all logistic assistance to militants. Khan has also said in his book that with the help of ISI and army establishment , Sheikh was running a militant camp which was equipped with all latest
technology. It may be worthmentioning here that earlier Yasin Mallik , chairperson of Indian chapter of JKLF, has also accused Sheikh rashid Ahmed of running one militant camp near Muzaffarabad , the capital of Pak Occupied Kashmir.
Despite all these revealtions Sheikh Rashid still adorns the General Pervez's cabinet.And his continuation in Gen. Pervez cabinet raises some genuine questions about the intention of Gen. Pervez who claims to be fighting tooth and nail against the terrorist outfits.Yesterday , he had a telephonic talk with our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to PMO, he expressed his grief over the natural calamity that has struck Mumbai.
But , he didn't say anything about the man-made calamity that has struck the valley in recent past with quick succession.
Yesterday Gen. Pervez also invited all foreign correspondent working in Pakistan and sermonised them about the role of Pakistan in " War against Terrorism" . In fact this was an image build-up exercise. Recently , the two major terrorist attack --- one in London and another in Egypt --- had once again put the Pakistan government in dock.The two terror strikes have raised serious doubts that whether Pakistani government is sincerely working against terrorists outfits or not.
In fact , British Prime Minister Tony Blair had a detailed telephonic talk with Gen. Pervez. And after that telephonic talk Gen. Pervez arrested 200 people who have links with militants outfits. Experts say this is mere eye-wash. Earlier in May 2002, Gen. Pervez has shown similar zeal and put more than 2000 people behind bar. But reports suggested that many innocent were arrested and all these fake arrest were made only to please the American bosses.
Yesterday , Gen. Pervez once again flogged his favourite " whipping -boy" ---that is Madarssa. He daclared that all 1400 foreign nationals studying in Madarassa will have to leave the country. But sources say that the number is much more than what Gen. Pervez is stating.
According to reports , about 5000 Afghani youths, with Talibani mindset , are residing in different hostels of Madarassa spread across the country. " The so-called crackdown on Madarassa is only a lip-service .... if Gen. Pervez is really sincere in his fight against terrorism then he should nail down "fundamentalist element" within ISI," say one intelligence official.
Intelligence sources also have informations that more than 2000 trained militants are waiting across the border to sneak into the Indian territories. Infiltration is still going on .... the Gurez fighting is an ample proof of Pakistani intention. Moreover, according to the Government statistics this year alone from January till 25th July altogether 518
militants were gunned down whereas the civilian casualty is 240 and the number of martyred security personnel during this period is only 100. The higher number of militants killed during the period indicates the preparedness of terrorist outfits.
Be it Ayodhya or London , be it Kashmir or Egypt.... everywhere the footprints of terrorist activities indicate the presence of Pakistani element.
Even Gen. Pervez recently admitted in his address to the nation that whenever there is any terrorist strike anywhere in the world...the foremost thing is that the name of Pakistan props up. He seemed to be annoyed because his country is earning bad name. ut then he is doing nothing.
Personal image build-up would do nothing. Either he is helpless or working according to a hatched conspiracy. On TV screen he would chide terrorist outfits but on the other hand he would have secret parleys with them.
This double standard would not last long. And gradually the international community has come to know that it is only Pakistan where breeding grounds for militant outfits are available easily. (ANI)
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