Lakhvi affair to affect Modi visit to China, Xi visit to Pakistan

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That is what worries me. Even Sri Krishna had to advice Arjuna, Do your duty do not worry about its consequences for its not you but I who is moving things.
Is this the message in a bottle for us? We might baulk at becoming a threat to others but what do we do when we are constantly being threatened and trampled up on. Is creating a perception of being a threat stronger than being an actual threat? If yes do we not need to at least move in the direction of building this threat perception. We may not be perceived as the biggest peace loving country any more but look around us and find that no superpower is. Even with all the peace we exude we have not attracted any praise, maybe its time we changed our track.

Indic dharma has never been about being a threat to others. Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam is not merely lip service you know.

Yet, it seems our very presence is perceived as a threat by some and thus, the attempts to sabotage, derail and us from within and beyond.
 

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US warns Pakistan over release of Lakhvi

WASHINGTON: The United States has warned Pakistan that there may be consequences for freeing Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

On Friday, the Lahore High Court set aside official orders to keep Lakhvi in prison and set him free.

But on Saturday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam blamed India for the release, saying that New Delhi's "inordinate delay" in providing evidence of Lakhvi's involvement in the attack "weakened the prosecution's case".

Read: FO blames India for Lakhvi's release

At the State Department, spokesperson Jeff Rathke indicated that such explanations were not enough to satisfy the US administration.

"We are gravely concerned about the release on bail of alleged Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi," he told a news briefing in Washington.

"We have communicated that concern to senior Pakistani officials over the course of many months, and as recently as yesterday."

Also read: Lakhvi, a free man for now

He said that terrorist attacks were an assault on the collective safety and security of all countries and Pakistan had pledged its cooperation in bringing the perpetrators, financiers, and sponsors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice.

"We urge Pakistan to follow through on that commitment to ensure justice for the 166 innocent people, including six Americans, who lost their lives," the US official said.

Mr Rathke said the US Embassy in Islamabad had already conveyed Washington's concerns to Pakistani officials.

Also read: Lahore High Court orders Lakhvi's release

Asked if the United States could also take steps, such as cancelling the billion-dollar arms deal announced last week, to persuade Pakistan to re-arrest Lakhvi, the official said: "I'm not going to speculate about consequences or repercussions from the podium, but I think I've made clear that we're gravely concerned about this development."

When a journalist suggested that verbal warnings may not persuade Pakistan to go after Lakhvi, Mr Rathke said:

We're going to look at this development and decide what consequences to draw from it. But I'm not going to get ahead of that process."

The State Department officials, however, refused to say how soon the United States would take measures, if any, to bring Lakhvi back in the prison.

"I'm not going to put a timeline on it. But certainly, bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice is a key priority. And we stand by that. So we'll continue working in that direction," he said.

When another journalist asked him to identify the steps the US may take, the official said he was not going to "foreshadow any specific steps. We've got to look at this and decide what (to do.)"

Asked if there would be any step at all, Mr Rathke said:

"That's what we've got to consider. I'm not trying to say that there necessarily will be a particular step."

He agreed with a suggestion that the US administration was still trying to decide what steps to take.

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2015
US warns Pakistan over release of Lakhvi - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

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US, France, Israel Express Grave Concern Over Lakhvi Release

The US, France and Israel have expressed "grave concern" over the release of UN-designated terrorist and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

While the US said it was "gravely concern" about the release and it has communicated the concerns in this regard to Pakistan, French President Francois Hollande expressed his country's "indignation" over the development.

Israel also today termed the release as a "setback". India has already protested strongly to Pakistan against Lakhvi's release, saying, "This is an insult to the victims of 26/11 terror attack."

During a daily news conference in Washington, State Department acting spokesperson Jeff Rathke said, "We are gravely concerned about the release on bail of alleged Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. We have communicated that concern to senior Pakistani officials over the course of many months, and as recently as yesterday."

"Terrorist attacks are an assault on the collective safety and security of all countries. Pakistan has pledged its cooperation in bringing the perpetrators, financiers, and sponsors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice, and we urge Pakistan to follow through on that commitment to ensure justice for the 166 innocent people, including six Americans, who lost their lives," he said.

Hollande, during his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said he was deeply shocked by Lakhvi's release by Pakistan and conveyed his "indignation" over the development.

In a strong worded reaction, Israeli Ambassador here Daniel Carmon said, "Israel is surprised and disappointed by the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 26/11/08 Mumbai attacks in which as part of the horrific attack also Israeli nationals and a Jewish Center- the Nariman House- were targeted."

"This release is a setback for the international efforts in the war against terror in which India and Israel are close partners," Carmon added.

Fifty five-year-old Lakhvi, who guided 10 LeT gunmen from a control room in Pakistan during 26/11, walked free after a Pakistani court ordered his release on Thursday.

Lakhvi, a close relative of LeT founder and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the 26/11 attacks in which over 300 people were also injured. The trial has been underway since 2009.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...-Lakhvi-Release/2015/04/11/article2759550.ece
 

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Lakhvi is a pawn. He means nothing. The real target should be his ISI masters and the Pakistan Army which fosters terrorism under a nuclear umbrella. The only answer is to keep this army so busy in their own country that they won't have time to think of India. It is in India's interests that Af-Pak region becomes a hellhole.
 

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A little perspective is needed miss orange Rasna :D
If you closely look at Indian History, we have never been liked by anyone .... we can debate the reasons but frankly its the truth.
First they invade our lands, cause famine , destroy our educational system, destroy our irrigation system. Rob our temples , grow opium and kill the fertility of the land , convert people to "cults" and while leaving affect an ethnic cleansing. Here is what the US did just after independence :

Swallowing the humiliation - Indian Express

This is our battle and we have to fight it ... the US cleared $1bn aid to Pak a few days ago too.

US will never target Pakistan; just as it won't ever target Fakestine, North Korea, Chechen terrorists, ISIS or Boko Haram.

These terrorists and terror states are the best weapons that the US can have in weakening any country; by ignoring nuclear weapons of Pakistan, US has given an entire terrorist entity the power to use their nuclear threat as a means to shield non-state terrorists under their nuclear umbrella.

The point is, to avoid a strong, self reliant, India, Israel, united Korea, Japan, Russia, Nigeria and Middle East in general means no one will require American 'assistance'.

That's the reason why we should stop asking others to do our job and do it ourselves.

Ajit Doval has already warned Pakistan that another 26/11 means they lose Balochistan.

I think we must hit to kill first and make sure they never rise ever again. The benefits of a separate Balochistan are tremendous:

1- Oil and gas
2- another trade partner
3- better connection to central Asia other than Iran.
4- Another hostile country to Pakjabis.
 

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US will never target Pakistan; just as it won't ever target Fakestine, North Korea, Chechen terrorists, ISIS or Boko Haram.

These terrorists and terror states are the best weapons that the US can have in weakening any country; by ignoring nuclear weapons of Pakistan, US has given an entire terrorist entity the power to use their nuclear threat as a means to shield non-state terrorists under their nuclear umbrella.

The point is, to avoid a strong, self reliant, India, Israel, united Korea, Japan, Russia, Nigeria and Middle East in general means no one will require American 'assistance'.

That's the reason why we should stop asking others to do our job and do it ourselves.

Ajit Doval has already warned Pakistan that another 26/11 means they lose Balochistan.

I think we must hit to kill first and make sure they never rise ever again. The benefits of a separate Balochistan are tremendous:

1- Oil and gas
2- another trade partner
3- better connection to central Asia other than Iran.
4- Another hostile country to Pakjabis.
Agreed Sir.
We need to get Iran in On this. Maybe we can get the balochis on the negotiation table and get them to agree to give up the Iranian part and get Iranian help to free Baluchistan from Pak.
 

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Agreed Sir.
We need to get Iran in On this. Maybe we can get the balochis on the negotiation table and get them to agree to give up the Iranian part and get Iranian help to free Baluchistan from Pak.
I have a hunch that it is being done as a backup plan just in case Pakistan tries another 26/11 here (heavens forbid).
 

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