july 18, 2006
the smoking gun.
of course, now, teesta setalvad and kuldip nayyar will demand that the actual videotapes of the actual plotting being done be produced, or else they'll claim "misguided youths" (remember that "misguided girl-terrorist" irshat jehan?) were just doing their usual "boys-will-be-boys" stuff, which we should tolerate with a nudge and a wink.
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From: J
Date: Jul 17, 2006 1:38 PM
Subject:
Lashkar-e-Toiba carried out 7/11 blasts, two Pak
Fedayeen confess
PTI
The Times of India
Monday, July 17, 2006 at 2:12 a.mm IST
ST. PETERSBURG - Minutes after Air India One, the
special aircraft carrying the PM to St Petersburg
entered the airspace of Uzbekistan, National Security
Adviser M K Narayanan handed over to Manmohan Singh a
one-page note. It contained the confessions by two
Pakistani fidayeen who have blasted a huge hole in
Pakistan's protestations of innocence about ISI's
involvement in last week's terror assault on Mumbai.
This will give a major boost to the PM's plan to lobby
world leaders for coming down hard on the sponsors of
terrorism.
The two members of the jehadi suicide squad were
arrested by security forces from central India, most
probably from Madhya Pradesh, and have since provided
significant details about the Mumbai mayhem as well as
the larger anti-India terror campaign that ISI has
assigned to favourite jehadi gang, Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The arrests are described as "a significant catch".
Sources said the terrorists' disclosures will help the
PM secure the support of leaders of the G-8 nations,
as well as those of China, Brazil, Mexico, South
Africa, Congo and Kazakhastan who are going to be
there at St Petersburg for an "outreach session"
against Pakistan sponsored terrorism. The PM indicated
so much even before being apprised of the details of
the confessions by the two jehadis by Narayanan.
He said he'd use the interactions to sensitise the
world leaders to India's concerns about terrorism.
Describing terrorism as a scourge that afflicts
different parts of the world, Singh said: "I'd like
leaders to stand united in the war against terror."
The PM's interaction with the media brought out his
growing frustration with Pakistan as well as General
Pervez Musharraf. Stating that the terror attack in
Mumbai could not have been accomplished without
"external support", he said improvement in ties would
not be possible in the face of continued terrorism.
"India and Pakistan must find new pathways for
establishing friendly ties. Both need peace and
stability if we have to realise our immense
development potential and also potential for
cooperation that exists in our countries. But all this
cannot move forward if terrorism aided and abetted
from outside continues to take a heavy toll of lives
of innocent citizens of India on such a massive scale
as we saw in Mumbai and in J&K since April," he said.
"I have not spoken to Musharraf over telephone but
contacts have been established with the government of
Pakistan at all levels."
If it sounded similar to the line crafted under NDA,
the PM made no secret of his annoyance with President
Musharraf either. Asked whether he had revised his
assessment of Musharraf as somebody "India could do
business with, Manmohan Singh remarked: "In all these
matters, there is a learning process. Musharraf is the
President of Pakistan and we have to deal with people
who are in government. Therefore, I'd not like to
utter any harsh words."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1762193.cms
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