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| India-Pakistan |
| Terrorists came in 2 groups |
| 2016-01-05 |
| [Daily Excelsior] The gunnies who attacked the IAF base in Pathankot came in groups of four and two and the bigger group was ticked off by their Pak handler as to why they have fallen behind in reaching the target when their accomplices had already entered the complex. Official sources while giving this information today said two gunnies from the group of six Pak gunnies might have entered Pathankot air base in Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... before a State Police SP was kidnapped by them and much before an alert was sounded about their presence in the area. There is "high probability" that at least two gunnies have entered the Indian Air Force base before Punjab Police SP Salwinder Singh, his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and Singh's cook was kidnapped along with an SUV on December 31, the sources said. Verma, whose throat was slit but survived, told his interrogators that he had heard the four terrorists, who boarded the vehicle after hijacking it, talking to their handlers, believed to be in Pakistain. The handler apparently ticked off the four gunnies saying why they could not enter the air base as two other gunnies have already reached the target to carry out the attack last Saturday. The four gunnies told their handlers that they were on their way but could not reach the base as there were several police pickets on the way, according to details of investigations. There is also possibility of these four gunnies entered the Pathankot air base in the morning of January 1, much before an alarm was sounded in the area to secure all vital installations later in the evening of that day, sources said. The hijacked vehicle was also found near the air base. Crucial hours were lost in verifying the Punjab Police SP's claims that he was kidnapped along with two others by the terrorists. Sources said that coppers whom the SP had informed about the gunnies initially did not take him seriously due to his "dubious past", thus leading to some crucial hours being lost. Sources said that immediately after the alarm was sounded, security at all vital installations, including the Pathankot air base, was enhanced to the highest level to make it difficult for the gunnies to mount an attack. Security agencies believe there were six gunnies and they were divided into two groups -- one of 4 and the other with 2 members. The top security brass of the Government knew by January 1 that Pathankot air base would be the target of the terrorists, who were still on the lam and steps were taken immediately to beef up security. First priority for the Government was to secure the assets parked in the technical area and a NSG team comprising about 160 commandos was dispatched and they were deployed along with other special forces to guard the assets in the inner periphery. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Iff true, wouldn't it technically be qualified as an attack on India by Pakistan??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-01-05 22:07 |
| #1 Live, and Dead? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-05 08:49 |