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India-Pakistan
Islamabad: terror epicentre?
2009-10-26
Why yes. Why do you ask?
Examining the spoor of terrorists closely, security agencies are increasingly worried about Islamabad being the epicentre of terrorism. Acting on the basis of this pointer, there was a dragnet taken across the numerous madrassas in the capital city, only to find that all was fine with them. It is not known if the mosques -- where sermons laced with politics are routinely given -- were also under observation. But an outfit named Ghazi Force is being mentioned, named after the deceased leader of Islamabad's Lal Masjid.

The nation is aware that terrorism in the country touched its first peak after the military operation against Islamabad's Lal Masjid in 2007. Even Al Qaeda in its message on Al Jazeera TV condemned the operation and swore vengeance. No sociological study has been carried out in Islamabad. The intelligence agencies lack the scientific know-how and the students in the various high-profile educational institutions are ideologically too indoctrinated to undertake a dispassionate project like that.

It would be wrong to designate certain cities or regions as "homes of terrorism". After the GHQ attack, we have discovered that the masterminds had come from Faisalabad, a city not too often mentioned in connection with terrorism. It would not be surprising if in the coming days female suicide-bombers come on the scene and are discovered to have emerged from a mushroom growth of female madrassas in Rawalpindi. What is needed is sound intelligence.

If intelligence is not forthcoming then anti-terrorism campaigns will seem like wild goose chases, now suspecting one city now another. And Islamabad, traditionally "in focus" more than other cities, should be the most scrutinised place in Pakistan, down to secret recordings of Friday sermons in the city's myriad mosques. *
Posted by:Fred

#1  Compare wid PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > INDIAN HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM: MAOISTS GETTING ARMS FROM BANGLADESH [ + Myanmar + possib NEPAL due to POROUS STATE BORDERS]

SAME > SAME = INTELLECTUALS MUST STOP ROMANTICIZING THE NAXALS [Maoists-Commies].

* COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG > BANLADESH PROSCRIBES HIZB-UT-TAHRIR.
Posted by: Josephmendiola   2009-10-26 01:14  

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