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| Kabul blast: Holbrooke's comments surprise India |
| 2010-03-03 |
| NEW DELHI: The contention by US Special Envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that Indians were not the target of the latest Kabul attack has come as a surprise to the government here. Sources said the comments were surprising considering the fact that the Afghan government has clearly stated that attack was against Indians and carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), whose sworn agenda is to target Indian interests. Holbrooke had told reporters in Washington yesterday that he did not "accept the fact that this was an attack on an Indian facility like the (Indian) embassy. They were foreigners, non-Indian foreigners hurt. It was a soft target. Let's not jump to conclusions." The Taliban might have been aiming the blast at the Paks. Or the Bilderburgers. Or the Ruritanians. You never know. The sources here wondered on what basis Holbrooke made the statement. Seven Indians, including three Major-rank army officers, associated with developmental projects were killed and nine others, including four army officers, were injured in the assault that was reminiscent of 26/11. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has termed it as an attack on Indians. He's just the president of Afghanistan. What would he know? Afghanistan's intelligence service has said that the attack was directed against Indians and gunmen had detailed knowledge, including names, of Indian guests at the two hotels -- Park Residency and Noor Guest House, which were targeted in Kabul on Friday last. "We are very close to the exact proof and evidence that the attack on the Indian guest house ... is not the work of the Afghan Taliban but this attack was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba network, who are dependent on the Pakistan military," the Afghan intelligence agency's spokesman Saeed Ansari said in an interview. According to sources, the attackers, after detonating an explosion, stormed the two hotels and hunted for Indians staying there. One of the attackers, speaking in Urdu, even was calling his targets by name, according a report in Washington Post. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 One more time, Joe. Maybe we'll get a handle on it yet... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-03-03 21:28 |
| #4 OOOOOPPPSIES, SKYNET-MATRIX' BAD, that should be 36,000, NOT 36,0000 or 360,000. POTUS BAMMER hasn't bailed out our PROTO/FUTURE OWG SKYNET-MATRIX = STARFLEET COMMAND yet as per operating bytespace. D *** NG IT, AND CAPT KIRK'S IN CANADA FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-03 19:59 |
| #3 OOOOOPPPSIES, SKYNET-MATRIX' BAD, that should be 36,000, NOT 36,0000 or 360,000. POTUS BAMMER hasn't bailed out our PROTO/FUTURE OWG SKYNET-MATRIX = STARFLEET COMMAND yet as per operating bytespace. D *** NG IT, AND CAPT KIRK'S IN CANADA FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-03 19:59 |
| #2 ION NEWS KERALA > ARTIC claims that PAK GOVT-ARMY continues to openly urge, call for Talib participation in peace talks includ POWER-SHARING, BUT AT SAME TIME CONTINS TO DROP PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS IN OUTLYING TRIBAL REGIONS PROCLAIMING THE TALIBAS LINK, COLLUSION WID INDIA'S GOVT + RAW INTEL AGENCY. And yet anuther Barbecue bites the dust. * SAME > US GENERAL BARRONS: UP TO 36,OOOO TALIBAN "FIGHTERS" IN AFGHANISTAN, exlusive of roughly 900 considered as in top leadership. HOWEVER, NOT ALL TALIB "FIGHTERS" [NON-TOP LEADERSHIP FIELD FORCES = ARMED INDIVIDUALS] FIGHT OR WAGE JIHAD-INSURGENCY FOR THE SAME PERSONAL, IDEO REASONS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-03-03 19:54 |
| #1 The sources here wondered on what basis Holbrooke made the statement. Simple India was a friend of Bush. Bush is the enemy. Therefore, India is our enemy. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-03-03 18:16 |