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Dubai dumps Lashkar e-Taiba...
Authorities in Dubai appear to have begun an anti-terrorist, anti-gangster operation. A day after detaining five top mobsters of the D-Company [run by expatriate Indian mobster Dawood Ibrahim], authorities on Tuesday shut down the Dubai office of the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and deported some of its members to Pakistan.
No doubt they'll receive a stern talking-to before being resettled conveniently close to Kashmir...
It is believed the crackdown has been personally ordered by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al Maktoum, defence minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and crown prince of Dubai. Messages have gone out to other emirates to flush out terrorists from their areas.
That's even better...
The LeT office was the key point through which the organisation's funds were routed. The UAE is believed to have recently promised that it would help India get to the wanted criminals and terrorists hiding out in the Emirates. It is also understood to have shared with India details of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim's Pakistani passport — a change of heart that contrasts sharply with the recent stonewalling of Indian efforts to have Anees deported or extradited. Though there was no official word from Dubai on Monday's detentions, Indian officials confirmed reports of the action, and said New Delhi was now likely to make a diplomatic bid to have the five mobsters deported. The CBI is already in touch with the Interpol's Abu Dhabi office in connection with the detentions, they said.
India's wanted them for some time now...
Sources said Dubai authorities probably want no trouble during the ongoing Dubai Festival — either from terrorists or from D-Company hitmen out to avenge the January 19 murder of their comrade Sharad Shetty.
Not to mention during the upcoming Iraq festivities...
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-04
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