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| India-Pakistan |
| India confronts Bangladesh with terror ties |
| 2006-03-14 |
| Ayodhya, Delhi and now the twin Varanasi blasts. All three terror attacks had one thing in common. They were plotted and executed by the modules of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) based in Bangladesh. Armed with irrefutable evidence about the involvement of these terrorist groups in fomenting trouble on its soil, the Indian Government will inform Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia about the export of terror from her country when she visits New Delhi on March 20. India will also provide evidence to Begum Khaleda to back its oft-repeated demand seeking the closure of all Bangladesh-based terror camps, being used by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to carry out subversive activities on Indian soil. Sources said India will specifically convey its displeasure to Begum Khaleda on the continued presence of over 150 terrorist training camps engaged in supporting terrorist activities in the North Eastern region. India has already provided evidence to the Americans of the scores of terrorist camps being run in Bangladesh by al Qaeda with the connivance of fundamentalist forces and certain sections of the Bangladesh Government during the recent visit of US President George Bush. The US administration was also informed about the clandestine help being provided to these terrorist groups by Pakistan. After the disclosures of the Indian Government, the US administration is believed to have applied pressure on Bangladesh leading to the arrest of Siddiq-ul-Islam alias Bangla Bhai of the Jagrata Muslim Janata of Bangladesh (JMJB) by Bangladesh Police. Some time back, Assam Rifles had made a presentation to Home Minister Shivraj Patil about the subversive activities of ISI and Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI). Indian intelligence agencies have evidence to support their contention that the ISI and DGFI had closed ranks after the decimation of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and since then were trying to alter the demography of over a dozen districts of Assam and West Bengal sharing borders with Bangladesh by facilitating migration. The ISI and DGFI nexus has helped HuJI to grow and it has mainly been involved in anti-India activities. Launched with al Qaeda assistance in 1992, HuJI is mainly active in the southeastern coastal belt stretching from Chittagong through Cox Bazar to the Myanmar border. Its cadres allegedly infiltrate frequently into the bordering eastern region of India to co-ordinate with local terrorist outfits. Another terrorist outfit named Shahadat Al Hiqma is linked with LeT and Nepal-based Maoist organisations. Its leader, Shamim Uddin had once claimed that India's Most Wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim was among those who provided him funds. Intelligence sources say this too could not have happened without the approval of ISI. Islami Biplobi Paarishad, a radical outfit that was launched by Jammat-e-Islami leader Moulana Abdul Jabbar in June 2001, continues to fan anti-India sentiments. Islami Oikya Jote headed by Fazlul Haq Amini, a hardcore follower of Osama Bin Laden and currently a member of Parliament in Bangladesh is reportedly involved in provided logistics and moral support to those who indulge into anti-India activities. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 India needs to look at irritating Bangla and Paki at the same time. Don't want to get caught in a crossfire. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-14 14:46 |