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Indian footprints emerging
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Indian footprints emerging
Shakeel Anjum
Wednesday,May 25, 2011
ISLAMABAD: The footprints of circumstantial evidence regarding the terrorist attack on the Mehran base clearly show the
involvement of Indian
intelligence agency, Research
and Analysis Wing (RAW). Senior
intelligence sources told The
News that this was a joint
venture, accomplished by RAW
certainly with the consent of CIA
and a group of al-Qaeda who
are being used by the anti-
Pakistan lobby.
"Even at this very initial stage,
the agencies engaged in the
investigation of the attack have
got hold of some concrete
indications to prove the
involvement of foreign hand in
the debacle," one source said.
He said that it could easily be
calculated who was the prime
beneficiary of the shattering
strike.
"The militants attacked the base
and mainly targeted the P-3C
Orion aircraft as they had
instructions to destroy them," he
said, adding that it was on
record that India had opposed
the US provision of these aircraft
to Pakistan.
Another source said that the
only major beneficiary of the
annihilation of these planes was
India as Pakistan has been
deprived of one of its major
assets."It cannot be ascertained
yet at this early stage whether
Indian commandos were
included in the attack squad or
the terrorists were Chechens or
Afghan activists of al-Qaeda,"
the source said. "However,
intelligence agencies have
enough information that a group
of al-Qaeda and Taliban got
training in a base camp of RAW
in Afghanistan from the Indian
forces."
The source said that the agencies
had informed the government
about the joint activities of al-
Qaeda and Indian forces in the
base camp. It will be established
soon that the plan of the attack
was prepared in the RAW base
camp in Afghanistan, he said.
Dr Usman, one of the GHQ
attackers, who was arrested
during the counter operation,
had disclosed during the
investigation about his links with
the Indian camp, the source said.
On October 10, 2009, terrorists
had attacked the Pakistan Army's
General Headquarters in
Rawalpindi in a similar fashion,
taking 42 people hostage,
including several military officers.
By the end of the day-long
ordeal, nine gunmen, 11 soldiers
and three hostages were dead.
The attackers had their own
communication system with
separate frequency through
which they were interlinked with
each other, the source said.
Why the attack group fought a
pitched battle for 16 hours
against the commandos and
Rangers, the source said there
were standing instructions for
the personnel engaged in the
operation to arrest at least one
of the attackers alive. However,
as the Pakistani forces trapped
the attackers, they blew
themselves up or shot
themselves." "They attackers
were four in number, not six,"
the source said and added that it
was a wrong perception that two militants managed to escape
from the airbase compound. He said that the compound was
securely cordoned off.
.
.
Indian footprints emerging
Shakeel Anjum
Wednesday,May 25, 2011
ISLAMABAD: The footprints of circumstantial evidence regarding the terrorist attack on the Mehran base clearly show the
involvement of Indian
intelligence agency, Research
and Analysis Wing (RAW). Senior
intelligence sources told The
News that this was a joint
venture, accomplished by RAW
certainly with the consent of CIA
and a group of al-Qaeda who
are being used by the anti-
Pakistan lobby.
"Even at this very initial stage,
the agencies engaged in the
investigation of the attack have
got hold of some concrete
indications to prove the
involvement of foreign hand in
the debacle," one source said.
He said that it could easily be
calculated who was the prime
beneficiary of the shattering
strike.
"The militants attacked the base
and mainly targeted the P-3C
Orion aircraft as they had
instructions to destroy them," he
said, adding that it was on
record that India had opposed
the US provision of these aircraft
to Pakistan.
Another source said that the
only major beneficiary of the
annihilation of these planes was
India as Pakistan has been
deprived of one of its major
assets."It cannot be ascertained
yet at this early stage whether
Indian commandos were
included in the attack squad or
the terrorists were Chechens or
Afghan activists of al-Qaeda,"
the source said. "However,
intelligence agencies have
enough information that a group
of al-Qaeda and Taliban got
training in a base camp of RAW
in Afghanistan from the Indian
forces."
The source said that the agencies
had informed the government
about the joint activities of al-
Qaeda and Indian forces in the
base camp. It will be established
soon that the plan of the attack
was prepared in the RAW base
camp in Afghanistan, he said.
Dr Usman, one of the GHQ
attackers, who was arrested
during the counter operation,
had disclosed during the
investigation about his links with
the Indian camp, the source said.
On October 10, 2009, terrorists
had attacked the Pakistan Army's
General Headquarters in
Rawalpindi in a similar fashion,
taking 42 people hostage,
including several military officers.
By the end of the day-long
ordeal, nine gunmen, 11 soldiers
and three hostages were dead.
The attackers had their own
communication system with
separate frequency through
which they were interlinked with
each other, the source said.
Why the attack group fought a
pitched battle for 16 hours
against the commandos and
Rangers, the source said there
were standing instructions for
the personnel engaged in the
operation to arrest at least one
of the attackers alive. However,
as the Pakistani forces trapped
the attackers, they blew
themselves up or shot
themselves." "They attackers
were four in number, not six,"
the source said and added that it
was a wrong perception that two militants managed to escape
from the airbase compound. He said that the compound was
securely cordoned off.