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Dire need to counter RAW’s terrorism
By Asif Haroon Raja
It is now an established fact that no South Asian state has ever indulged in covert operations or cross border terrorism against its neighbors. The only culprit is India which resorts to this evil practice against all its neighbors, be it Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Nepal , Maldives , Bhutan , China and Myanmar.
It has dovetailed clandestine operations into its war strategy to apply it against its foes during peace time for harassment, intimidation and blackmailing purposes and for weakening them from within. Afghanistan has been used by Russia and India to raise the bogey of Pashtunistan, render support to Pakistani runaways and rebels and to launch covert operations against Pakistan. Karzai has belatedly assured Pakistan that it would not allow its soil against Pakistan. Hopefully he sticks to his commitment. Marching orders given by Karzai to his intelligence chief and interior minister, both venomously anti-Pakistan and favorites of Washington are positive signs though some more steps are needed to scatter away clouds of distrust built over nine years.
The US military has starting packing its bags to wind up its business in Afghanistan and go home starting July 2011. The US and Karzai’s tilt towards Islamabad are ominous developments for India vying to have complete sway over Afghan affairs after the departure of coalition forces. The entire Indian leadership is in a state of depression. Its spin doctors are at a loss but are still scratching their heads how to retrieve the situation. Indians are feeling out of place since they are akin to traits of a scorpion which stings compulsively.
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Home Minister Chidambaram were here in Islamabad to renew talks. An Indo-Pak talk is a drama staged by India at the behest of USA . India loses all and gains nothing out of composite dialogue, which she had purposely stalled after Mumbai attacks. She stubbornly clung to her one-point agenda of no talks without Pakistan tackling India ’s concerns about terrorism. After intense pressure from USA , stuck in Afghanistan and urgently requiring Pakistan ’s services for a bailout, India has reluctantly relented and agreed to resume talks. However, the entire focus of talks was on terrorism. Chronic issues such as Kashmir dispute, Siachin and Sir Creek problems, water problem, RAW’s [Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency's] support to terrorists in Balochistan and in FATA were skipped. India wants solution to Kashmir as suggested by former President Gen Musharraf. It had been mutually decided to sideline UN resolutions on Kashmir , convert Line of Control (LoC) into soft border and to put the dispute in cold freezer as had been done during Simla Agreement in 1973.
But for lawyers movement which weakened Musharraf, the sellout plan would have been implemented in 2008. It is for this reason that Indian leaders fondly remember Musharraf and pray for his return. President Zardari was also in favor of this plan as was evident from several statements he had made on Kashmir and the so-called ‘good news’ he wanted to give to the nation. Had the Army under Gen Kayani not taken a firm stand and had Zardari not lost his reputation and credibility, he would have given a go ahead signal to the plan. Zardari’s inability to open up nuclear program for US and IAEA inspection, bring ISI under Interior Ministry and to implement Indian dictated Kashmir solution has disappointed USA and India . To twist his arm, he is off and on subjected to barrage of vilification campaign, most of which is based on facts.
Pakistan had been led up the garden path by India through much hyped composite dialogue in early 2004. It was pledged that all issues including Kashmir would be resolved through dialogue. Four rounds of talks were held but nothing concrete came out of the meetings. While Pakistan lost a lot, India gained a lot. Under the garb of friendship, India successfully completed fencing of LoC, defanged armed resistance in Held Kashmir, redirected all Jihadi outfits towards Pakistan, made Balochistan, FATA and large parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa restive, lowered the image of Pak Army and other institutions through propaganda campaign, consolidated tentacles of RAW within Pakistan, disturbed law and order situation, built several dams over rivers Chenab, Jhelum and Indus and reduced flow of water into Pakistan. India not only enhanced its presence in Afghanistan significantly but also spread hatred amongst Afghans against Pakistan to keep the two neighbors perpetually hostile to each other. Through these acts, it impoverished the economy of Pakistan.
While preaching friendship, Indian military feverishly built up its strength and former Indian chief Gen Kapoor hurled threats of Cold Start and limited war under a nuclear overhang. Pakistan quietly digested all the insults and harms inflicted upon the body of Pakistan under the skewed policy of appeasement and under a misperception that Kashmir issue would be resolved. In return, India didn’t budge an inch over any of the disputes and continued to maintain its pre-2004 rigid stance on all issues. It showed its ugly face after Mumbai carnage and reverted to its old policy of antagonism.
Having gained on all fronts, India is unprepared to dole out any concession to Pakistan . It still wants more from Pakistan . It wants Pakistan not to oppose its key role in Afghanistan , its right for a land route to Afghanistan via Wagah, and its membership to UNSC. It also wants Punjab based banned Jihadi groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamat-ud-Dawa, Jaish Mohammad and Sipah-Sahaba to be crushed and Muredke religious centre to be dismantled. India is keen to extend physical support to help Pak security forces to tackle these outfits. Punjab being the only stable province, it has become an eyesore for India and it desperately wants its destabilization. The likes of Salman Taseer and RAW sponsored Tehrik-e-Taliban are helping India in its nefarious designs.
RAW is among the leading terrorist organization which is bleeding South Asia but surprisingly no finger has ever been raised on it. The US and western think tanks and newspapers never tire of concocting stories against ISI but see RAW, Mossad and CIA chaste and spotless. This is because they are birds of same feather and are flocking together in pursuit of common objectives.
Pakistan and other South Asian countries have remained the victims of intrigues and conspiracies of India for the last 63 years. It pretends to be well meaning and friendly but it always carries a dagger under its armpit and strikes whenever opportunity comes its way. It is principally responsible for impeding the growth of SAARC because of its habit of hegemony and selfishness. It is high time for SAARC countries minus India to get together and collectively combat the Indian menace. Awareness drive should be initiated by Pakistan to expose true face of India .
I propose immediate establishment of a joint intelligence centre at Islamabad or Colombo on the pattern of the one working in Jabal-al-Siraj, north of Kabul . Both are well trained in the art of counter terrorism and have successfully fought RAW sponsored terrorism. The new intelligence setup should have tentacles in all the affected South Asian countries to share intelligence and monitor activities of home based and foreign based terrorists, spies and double agents. Assistance of China may be sought or it may be co-opted. Intelligence Centre should maintain close liaison with intelligence agencies of selected Muslim states which follow independent foreign policies and are not close to India . Intelligence can be exchanged with CIA, FBI and MI-6 prudently and on need basis only.
Besides, a joint media and publicity cell should be opened to counter Indo-US-Israeli propaganda. In addition, each country should raise a counter terrorism force fully equipped with requisite firepower, mobility and technology superior to what the terrorists possess to be able to dismantle terrorist networks, disrupt supply routes and sources of funding. Collective efforts should be made to beat RAW in its own game.
- The writer is a security and defence analyst and author of several books. His articles are profusely commented upon in international newspapers/ websites. Email: asifharoon7751@yahoo.com -
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Sir, you do yourself no credit by publishing the most paranoid and deluded rants emanating from Pakistan.
Akram, do yourself a favour, stop smoking pot and dont be in the imaginary world that india with its terrorism will always suceed.
Great article by Asif Haroon Raza!!
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Frther to support your article, here’s some news from a weekly newspaper in India:
“In fact, India has discovered to its horror that there is a network of Hindu Taliban as well. They are connected with RSS and said to be responsible for the bomb blasts as Ajmer Dargah, Hyderabad Mecca Masjid, Malegaon, Goa and Samjhauta Express,” writes veteran journalist Kudip Nayar in his weekly column “Between the Lines” (Lokmat Times, Nagpur, May 13, 2010).
Top Police Officer Hemant Karkare is alleged to have been eliminated by Hindutva extremists when he had collected certain leads on the involvements of Hindutva organisations, in the attacks across the country. In an interview with Times of India, Nagpur (January 4, 2010), S.M. Mushrif, former I.G. of Maharashtra Police and author of scholarly book Who Killed Karkare, said that Ram Pradhan Committee Report was a distorted and incomplete version of facts. He demanded a high level reinvestigation into the 26/11 incidents.
http://www.radianceweekly.com/209/5604/BHOPAL-GAS-VERDICT-Carbide-Cat-Out-of-Congress-Bag/2010-06-20/Readers-Pulse/Story-Detail/real-face-of-terrorism-in-india.html
Here’s what they do in India to the Indian muslims:
After three years of the 2007 Makka Masjid blasts, the CBI has decided to reopen its investigation into the case following a link of Abhinav Bharat, a Hindutva outfit. The investigating agency has told the Hyderabad city police that it has not detected any local hand in the blast.
The CBI has claimed to join the dots between the blasts in Hyderabad and in Ajmer. The Ajmer blast also occurred the same year. “The two blasts have a similar pattern and we suspect it as a handiwork of the same outfit,” said a CBI official.
The agency disclosed that Lokesh Sharma, who is the fourth accused in the case, was the man who had conducted recce at Makka Masjid. “He visited the city three times. Once he came along with the other accused, Sandeep Dange,” the agency said, adding that they stayed in a hotel at Secunderabad where they assembled the bomb parts and fixed the timer.
Another Abhinav Bharat activist, Sunil Joshi selected the target. He was mysteriously murdered later and CBI is yet to figure it out. The CBI suspects that Sandeep Dange, Ramji Kaslnagar and Sunil Joshi may have planted the bomb in Makkah Masjid on May 18, 2007.
The investigating agency has also secured permission from a local court to bring Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma, the two accused in the Ajmer blast case, to Hyderabad to interrogate them in connection with the Makkah Masjid blast. The CBI has sent a team to Ajmer to bring the duo, currently lodged in the Ajmer jail.
http://www.radianceweekly.com/209/5616/BHOPAL-GAS-VERDICT-Carbide-Cat-Out-of-Congress-Bag/2010-06-20/Inside-India/Story-Detail/makka-masjid-blast-case-reopened-abhinav-bharat-hand-suspected.html
There are former Army people like Mr Haroon, Hamid Gul etc who who spit ant-india stuff all the time. Without even reading the entire article, we know what will be the contents. I ask one simple question to every Pakistani muslim who believed in the creation of Pakistan. How come after being part of the ruling class for 700 years, these muslims felt insecure in India and wanted a separate nation? For how long Muslims of this world will blame others for all their problems? High time they look inside their own actions and stop seeing the ghosts of RAW and Hindus.
When we blame other for our failure, your success is always dependent upon others. It is high time that Mr Haroon look inward and higlights the issues that needs to be resolved for Pakistan to be successful. At the same time, India look at their own problems and deal with it whether it is related to Hindutva outfit or anything else. When we stop blaming others for our failure then only we can start working on them. This is one of the habit of “7 habits of highly effective people”.
Hello. You’re post sounds like this:
“Pakistan is a country bent on only destroying India. All day the Pakistani’s only think about killing Indians. When they lost wars to India, Pakistani’s were worried. Because Pakistani’s are like that only. Musharraf was a back stabbing general who attacke..”
Ok, it’s hard to go on spewing such narrow minded opinions. While it is true that India is no angel, if you speak like Pakistan is an innocent victim, you are either escaping facts or intentionally hiding them.
PS – I do not believe anything in the quotes. Pakistani’s are people imprisoned by their government and lack of awareness/information just like Indian’s are.
Why change your name Mr. Brahminist terrorist???
This article is not giving 100% true story. Pakistan govt and its muslimists are the real reason for this current bad stage of our nation pakistan.
Hate phobia apparant. The author lives in his own world of fools paradise. When he states that no South East Asian states indulged in covert oprations or cross boarder terorism against neighbours and accuses India as the only culprit, it only vidicates a paranoid mindset of some in the Pakistani security agencies. A normal tendancy to distort facts and spread false allegations against India which has become a victim of Pakistan’s neferius activities.Pakistan must confront the facts as they are without attempting to sweep them under the carpet. If Pakistan is not involved in terror activities around the globe and perticularly against India, why is the USA in Pakistan and behind her back. Why the secretary of the state, Mrs. Clinton come out with a statement that Pakistan would face dire conseqeuces if terror activities in the USA are found to be originating from Pakistan. Attack on Indian Parliamaent and the attack in Bombay are realities that will linger in the memory of those innocent victims. Targetting the innocnts, brainwashing themto wage jihad, providing them the finance and armed traing, designating them to all the nook and corner of the world are activities that Pakistan is involved. And yet the author denies the fact. If Pakistan has no links to terrorism, why do you receive the dossiers from India. it is a well known fact that there are 40 terrorist camps for various terrorists groups operating at the Pakistani boarder with India. Pakistan’s denial of each and every act of terrorism in the Indian soil is a fire that will one day engluf Pakistan, if genuine efforts are not taken for irradicatio. It will be like bitting off the very fingures that fed the hungry. One does not proclain clean by raising an accusing fingure at the other. The on-going ground realities assertain that Pakistan is reeling under violence without any concern to the innocent civilians. Yet Pakistan blames RAW for her ills. Terror has become normal and killings are grusosme and merciless. Pakistan earns her foreign currency from the USA by exporting terror to the world. The world will not become dark when an ostrich burries its head beneath the sand. It is Musharf who carried a dager under his armpit when India came with the olive branch. As a result India lost more than 500 of her jawans at Kargiland yet again emerged victorious. India. being a soverign and independant country, she has the moral obligation to contribute in the development of Afganistan and extend her influence. In fact India must double up her effort before Pakistan streatches her venomous tentecles to clutche Afganistan. India, a democratice country, struggles for 60 years to provide for her people. Pakistan’s intrcigence since partition, has added mor burden on the sholders of India. The author is blind to the facts and figures and the article merely shows nothing but sheer and meniacle hatredness and based on his own fiction that needs to be discarded in the garbage bin.
So whats your real name??? robert cannot be an Indian name, can it?? Just read the book “Who killed karkare” and it will lead to all your myths that you have manufactured in your miniscule brain!
For an author who has written several books, Asif Haroon Raja lacks literary. The article miserably failed to bring to light the real facts or his intensions. He has an idel mind that is called the a devil’s workshop. His leap from fiction to another fiction speak in vindication of his character. The article, evidently is a compilation of hateful emotion, freeked out not scribed. It points out to his substandard academic attainment.
We all know the old adage, “If you have lost wealth, you have lost nothing; if you have lost health, you have lost something; if you have lost character, you have lost everything.” This is the situation in Pakistan not only now but from the time of its existence.
What a shame on its soverignty, when USA is shooting down their people while professedly are their closest allies. This only happens to failed states like Pakistan, Somalia and Afganistan. In all these counntries, it is the lack of character of the people that has brought them to this state of ruin.
Why waste so much of time and effort in posting crap like this, as no one in this world will believe or spend time to read. Reading this is WASTE OF TIME.
I was expecting bitter responses from Indians.Truth is always bitter and it really hurts. Indian Brahman rulers believe in myths and live in the world of fancy of recapturing their imagined old grandeur of the past.It is this inbuilt desire which makes them undertake all kinds of immoral activities against neighboring countries.Had they reconciled to existence of Pakistan they would have accepted repeated overtures of peace made by all the leaders of Pakistan starting from Quaid-e-Azam. However, peaceful existence goes against their expansionist and hegemonic designs.Unless the new generation gets rid of the perverse influence of Brahmans as well as four-fold caste system, neither India will ever be able to allay the sufferings of teeming millions in India not South asia will ever live in peace and harmony. I thank Gurpreet Singh and Faiz for their comments. My regards to all.