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| India: Intelligence agencies blame 'incompetent' Pak govt |
| 2009-03-05 |
| (AKI/Asian Age) - Indian intelligence agencies termed Tuesday's terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team as "complete incompetency of the Pakistani government" and said it is the military-intelligence complex (or the Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters) which is calling the shots in Islamabad. Senior officials of the Indian Central intelligence agencies believe that neither the Inter-Services Intelligence nor the terror outfits are under the control of the civilian government of Pakistan. "It's quite clear that the ISI is in touch with terror outfits. The civilian government is incompetent and helpless," said a high-ranking Indian official of the Intelligence Bureau in an interview with Indian daily The Asian Age. The official also blasted Pakistan's inadequate security arrangements, after the attack, which killed six policemen and a driver during the ambush. "There was no adequate security arrangements. It was an international match not a district-level cricket match. Security arrangements which were made outside and inside the stadium were not up to the mark. The official also claims that it is highly unlikely that the ISI did not have any information previous to the attack. "It's difficult to believe that terrorists were planning such a massive attack and the Inter-Services Intelligence did not have any information in a country like Pakistan. Was there an intelligence failure or was there suppression of intelligence?," he said. He also made a comparison between the cricket team attack and the Mumbai bombings last November. "Islamabad cannot even think about questioning ISI officials. Even after repeated denial by the civilian government, the ISI is providing all support to the militant outfits operating from Pakistan. Terror attack on the cricket team was similar to the 26/11 attack. Initial reports indicate that militants wanted to take players hostage," said the official. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION INDIA, CHINESE MIL FORUM > BLOOMBERG - INDIA FAILURE TO CONTROL OPEN DEFECATION [approxi 100,000 tonnes per annum] BLUNTS ECONOMIC GROWTH. WAFF > POSTER - INDIAN CANNIBALISM, besides defecation??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-05 23:02 |