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| ISI chief to visit India to coordinate in investigation |
| 2008-11-28 |
| The unthinkable has begun to happen in India-Pakistan relations. And Mumbai 26/11 is responsible. Reversing decades of policy, Pakistan agreed on Friday to send Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief, Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, to India to help with the investigations into Wednesday’s terrorist strikes in Mumbai. It’s a major change for India as well given that New Delhi over many decades has consistently blamed the ISI for spawning terrorism in the country. “He (Pasha) will be travelling to India soon. The decision to send him was taken following a request made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to PM Yusuf Raza Gilani,” a Pakistani official said by telephone from Islamabad. Zahid Bashir, Gilani’s spokesman, stressed, “This is a very positive development. My PM has directed me to make this statement to the press.” A South Block official, who chose anonymity, concurred: “This is a very big development. Whether he is coming in response to an invitation or a summons is not important.” In Mumbai, investigating agencies have extracted considerable information from one of the detained terrorists, Ajmad Mohammad, said to be a Pakistani national from Faridkot. Singh informed Gilani that preliminary reports in the Mumbai probe “point towards Karachi” and called for “increased intelligence sharing and cooperation” in order to jointly counter terrorism. “The Prime Minister also extended his government’s full support for jointly combating extremism and terrorism and also offered help in investigating this incident,” the statement added. Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, citing preliminary information, suggested that “some elements” in Pakistan were responsible for the terror strikes in Mumbai. Speaking in Jodhpur, Mukherjee said that Pakistan had to live up to its promises made to India in 2004 and 2008 that it would not allow terrorists to use its soil for terrorist activities. “Jo vada kiya, us ko pura kijiye”. The Minister also called on Pakistan to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Link - He chickened out! Pak to send representative instead of ISI chief to India Pakistan on Friday did an about turn on sending the Inter-Services Intelligence chief to India in connection with the probe into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, saying a representative of the spy agency would be sent instead of him. The decision was made at a late night meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the chief of the powerful army. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani also joined the meeting, which was held at the presidency and continued past 130am (local time). "A representative of the ISI will visit India, instead of its Director General Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, to help in investigating the Mumbai terrorism incident," a spokesman for the Prime Minister's House said. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-11-28 21:18 |
| #8 sometimes aircraft just crash, ask Zia Ul-Haq. Oh wait, you can't |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-28 17:56 |
| #7 Kinda like the ISI chief being in Washington DC to gauge reactions during the 911 attacks. That is, after wiring $100,000 to the attackers. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-28 17:50 |
| #6 I'm sure the ISI is quite interested in Indian intelligence sources and methods, in their forensics etc... the better to plan the next terror operation |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-11-28 16:38 |
| #5 I recall reading some discussions recently on the Indian Air Force joint training exercises - generally quite favorable (though not perfect): if true then I think the Pakistani AF would be in serious trouble in a war with India; if not, then we may have been doing some unusually competent propaganda work. Well, Pakistan, do you feel lucky? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-28 15:24 |
| #4 Dealing with Pakistan is like making deals with someone with multiple personality disorder. You can make a deal with Ahmed, but Omar sez over my dead body. The problem is that Pakistan cannot control their vast network of Jihadi nutcases. They have nukes, so you just cannot deal with them in a normal kinetic basis. I would recommend that India again reread Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and with good intelligence, formulate a plan to neutralize this POS country. Who knows? The Big O may want to joint venture this one. That's a long shot, though. Don't count on it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-11-28 14:58 |
| #3 Per another post. Going sterile is a basic action for an operation like this and it was not done. The ISI is really incompetent if they were involved and left a trail like this. To Be Determined. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-11-28 14:16 |
| #2 Hello, Hen House? Fox here ... |
| Posted by: WilliamMarcyTweed 2008-11-28 13:16 |
| #1 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer' |
| Posted by: Paul2 2008-11-28 12:16 |