No guarantee against repeat of Mumbai-like attacks

The government of Pakistan has said on Thursday that it could not guarantee against repeat of 26/11 like attacks in India and the best safeguard against such strikes was de-linking the peace process from action against terrorism and the resolution of Kashmir and water disputes.

“Pakistan is itself facing Mumbai-like attacks almost every other day and when we cannot protect our own citizens, how can we guarantee that there wouldn’t be any more terrorist hits in India,” Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was quoted by a source as having told the visiting US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, who called on him. Pakistan suffered its worst year of terrorist violence last year, with more than 3,000 people killed.

Mr. Secretary Gates had in India warned that Pakistani based militant groups who had link with Al-Qaeda, were planning strikes in India with the hope that retaliation would need to a new conflict.

Prime Minister Gilani recalled the steps taken against militant groups saying they had been outlawed and their network was disrupted. In an apparent reference to Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attack but has been released on court orders, the prime minister said his government could not prosecute anyone without evidence.

“Pakistan is committed to peace in the region and in this context has been making sincere efforts to resume Composite Dialogue with India, but the response from the other side has not been encouraging. Relations between India and Pakistan should not become hostage to the activities of terrorists

Three killed, 22 hurt in Bajaur blast

A roadside bomb apparently targeting anti-Taliban elders killed three people and injured 22 others on Thursday in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said.

The explosion hit their bus in Salarzai district in the tribal region of Bajaur, a day after a similar bomb planted in the road injured a provincial parliamentarian in the northwest capital Peshawar.

“It was an improvised explosive device which exploded as the bus headed to the region's main town of Khar,” local government official Mazhar Ali said.

“One woman was killed while 22 other passengers were wounded.”

Senior administration official Abdul Kabir later said that “two others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.”

The vehicle was carrying some tribal elders who had formed a militia to fight militants in the region. A number of local leaders have been killed in similar attacks in Bajaur in recent months.

Al-Qaeda may provoke new Indo-Pak war: Gates

Al-Qaeda is seeking to de-stabilize the entire South Asia region and could trigger a war between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters on Wednesday. Groups under Al-Qaeda's "syndicate" in Afghanistan and Pakistan are trying "to destabilize not just Afghanistan, not just Pakistan, but potentially the whole region by provoking a conflict perhaps between India and Pakistan through some provocative act," Gates said during a visit to New Delhi.

"It's important to recognize the magnitude of the threat that the entire region faces," he said following talks with his Indian counterpart, A.K. Antony.

Gates cited three main groups operating under Al-Qaeda's "umbrella," the Taliban forces fighting in Afghanistan, Taliban elements targeting Pakistan's government and the Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan focused on India.

Although he praised India for exercising restraint after the 2008 Mumbai attacks -- which Delhi blamed on LeT -- Gates suggested India could not be expected to remain restrained if it was attacked again.

"I think it's not unreasonable to assume India patience would be limited were there to be further attacks," he said.

The Mumbai assault left 166 dead and India has demanded Pakistan come under more international pressure to rein in militant groups on its soil. Gates described India as a vital partner in the struggle against extremist threats, expressed appreciation for its economic aid to Afghanistan and said that he discussed how to bolster US-India military cooperation.

Expose Hijacking Plan of PIA

Intelligence agencies on Saturday exposed a hijacking plan which what they said was being sponsored and supported by Indian and Afghan secret agencies. According to the Interior Ministry sources intelligence agencies informed the ministry that terrorists had planned to hijack Pakistan International Airlines plane.

After receiving the information, the ministry announced red alert on all the airports, sources said. They said that Airport Security Force and other law enforcement agencies have been asked to enhance vigilance to frustrate the evil designs of terrorists.

Sources revealed that terrorists had planned to hijack PIA airliner and take it to Kandahar. According to the intelligence report terrorists have links with separatist elements of Balochistan. No Interior Ministry official could be reached for comments

Militants in Mohmand Agency

In Peshawar at least eight militants including a key commander were killed as gunship helicopters pounded a militant hideout in Shandara village of Baizai Tehsil in Mohmand Agency on Thursday. Official sources said the strike was carried out when an important meeting of the militants was underway in the area. A key militant commander was killed in the strike but his name could not be confirmed.

 The remote village of Shandara is still shadowed by the militants.

 Also, sporadic incidents of violence have been reported in the last three months in Baizai as security forces continue search and clearance operation in the area. The rest of Mohmand has been cleared of militants and only Baizai and some areas are occupied by militants.

Gates warns of militant havens ahead of Pakistan visit

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday. This is his 1^st visit after US president Barack Obama has took office last year. Mr. Gates has told reporters that he will raise thorny issues on the two-day trip, including manifestations of anti-Americanism that include “problems with our visas and harassment of our people”.

Gates earlier on Thursday warned that Taliban safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be tackled or both nations would suffer “more lethal and more brazen” attacks.

Ahead of his visit to Islamabad, in India he praises Pakistan’s military attack on South Waziristan and other part of the country in recent months. But US officials have made clear that Washington is anxious to see Islamabad also target the Afghan Taliban operating within its borders and Al-Qaeda-linked militants holed up in the lawless northwest tribal region.

“It is important to remember that the Pakistani Taliban operates in collusion with both the Taliban in Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda, so it is impossible to separate those groups,” Gates wrote in Pakistan's The News.

“If history is any indication, safe havens for either Taliban, on either side of the border, will in the long run lead to more lethal and more brazen attacks in both nations,” he added in the editorial.

The Pentagon chief's visit comes at a time of diplomatic tension as a volley of US drone missile strikes hit the tribal belt and Washington presses Pakistan to crack down harder on Islamist extremists.

According to officials, Pakistan’s defense requirements, India’s role in Afghanistan, the new US policy on Afghanistan and ongoing operations against militants are some of the issues on the agenda for talks.

Real truth about Mumbai Attacks

December 15, 2009, was the saddest day for Indian authorities, especially the Intelligence Bureau, Indian Military Intelligence, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and a some other agencies who play a part in Mumbai attacks drama to make it look like real.
Whatever the case may be, one thing is obvious that it was a plan against Muslims by foreign intelligence agencies in which RAW was also a party. Police logbooks of wireless messages and documents related to the 26/11 attack also proved that there was intentional delays and lack of coordination by the senior officers that led to the death of several policemen. Wireless logs indicated that there were repeated requests of reinforcement by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) whose squad was fighting militants at Hospital in the very beginning of the episode but the authorities put a deaf ear to all requests.
One fails to recognize why Indian government is still hiding the home grown terrorism. If Indian authorities is not party with militants involved in Mumbai attacks, why bullet proof jacket of Kakare disappeared, why confession of Indian origin by militants before the media channels was ignored and selected witnesses were entertained while witnesses, including Anamika and her friends, were overlooked for over one year.
In the past, India had been blaming Pakistan for the Mumbai attacks. The cock and bull story that Ajmal Amir Kasab, assisted by Pakistani authorities, started from Karachi and reached Mumbai coast on November 26, to carry out attacks, proved to be a big lie.

It is very clear to the world that the Mumbai attacks were basically launched by trio CIA-RAW-Mossad agents to target Muslims living in India and Pakistan. However, the latest revelation by Anamika Gupta and CIA’s secret moves against Jews and Hindu fundamentalists are forecasting a much bigger conspiracy than Mumbai attacks that are going to be hatched up in future.