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Indian air and missile forces on war footing, Pakistani armored units diverted from Afghan border
DEBKAfile
Monday, Dec 01, 2008
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that on Sunday, Nov. 30, Asia’s two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, took their first steps towards a conventional war. India, claiming evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the Islamist terrorist assault on Mumbai, placed its air and missile units on war preparedness, while Pakistan, disclaiming the charge, diverted its armed divisions from the Afghan border to its frontier with India.
Military experts fear a full-blown war could spill over into combat with tactical nuclear weapons.
For the Indian government, the last straw was the admission by Azam Amir Kasab, aged 21, the only terrorist known to have been captured by Indian forces, that Lashkar e-Taiba was behind the assault which claimed 174 lives, injured hundreds and devastated India’s financial capital.
This Kashmiri group has links to both al Qaeda and the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
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From its outset on Wednesday, Nov. 26, the scale, coordination and clockwork targeting of the assault clearly betrayed the hand of a major national intelligence agency. Evidence also mounted that the attackers had reached Mumbai by boat from Karachi.
Five months ago, Taliban suicide killers attacked the Indian embassy in Kabul, claiming 60 lives including that of the Indian military attaché. The New Delhi government then found leads to Pakistan’s clandestine service as the prime mover behind the outrage. Washington came up with the same proofs.
The Manmohan Singh government sees the Mumbai assault as a second, escalated Pakistani act of war-by-terror and cannot afford to avoid a strong, immediate response – particularly with a general election around the corner next May. If Singh braves the media and public howls for Pakistani blood and shows the same restraint as he did after the Kabul attack, he will lose his seat.
Domestic opinion is goading the New Delhi to act tough after what is perceived as the poor, slow and unprofessional performance of the police and special forces in quelling the terrorists. Indian commandoes were brought in 10 hours after the terrorists took over and it took them 60 hours to finally gain control of the three hostage sites Saturday, Nov. 29. Sunday, home minister Shivraj Patil resigned in response to the clamor followed by national security advisor MK Narayanan.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars and barely avoided a fourth in 2001.
President George Bush and his successor Barack Obama cannot hope for much headway in defusing Indian-Pakistan tension. With only a few weeks left in the White House, Bush does not have much leverage and Obama even less for pulling the two adversaries apart. While campaigning, the president-elect pledged to work to mend the fences between India and Pakistan and broker their Kashmir conflict. In the present climate, neither is looking for a mediator.
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December 1st, 2008 at 5:36 am
see, now it makes sense. the attack in india was a diversion to get pakistans military away from the afghan border. now american soldiers will have unfettered access to that region.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:25 am
A big war for depopulation and geopolitical strategy. Just what the NWO is lusting for. “Bloooddd!!! Mooore Blooood for Molech!!!!”.
I can’t believe how stupid the Indians and Pakis are to step into that trap. They swallowed the last false-flag hook line and sinker just like the US and world did with 9/11.
WAKE UP!!!
December 1st, 2008 at 9:28 am
The so-called Aryan invasion never happened. Find out the truth: http://patriotscave.blogspot.com/
December 1st, 2008 at 9:30 am
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December 1st, 2008 at 9:58 am
I never met an Indian I liked or a Pakistani for that matter. In Fact most Brown Skin Strait Hair people are Uncle Tom White ass licking bastards so Let them Kill one another off and if they detonate just one nuke it will contaminate the entire earth so that would be reason to raze both countries. Anyway there is no way back now.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:36 am
Although Pakistan is smaller, India has a much longer border to defend (like from China) and a longer coastline. So I believe that it is fairly equal in terms of military power that each side can put forth.
I know some Indians and they are certainly motivated to action when it comes to Pakistan. I think that part of what motivates them is the issue of Jammu & Kashmir where Pakistan occupies part of India:
http://meaindia.nic.in/jk/kashmirissue.htm
I do hope that maybe someone like the Aga Khan can step in to negotiate between the two sides.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:19 am
How dare Pakistan kill a bunch of brown people and try to get away with it. Only the USA is allowed to murder brown people and get away with it.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:27 am
This is just craziness. Starting a war that will kill many thousands (or more) and maim thousands more because a politician doesn’t want to lose his office is abhorrent. :-/
December 1st, 2008 at 11:34 am
I don’t think war will break out between India and Pakistan anytime soon…
December 1st, 2008 at 11:48 am
It is amazing how stupid some people can be and how ignorant. Insulting brown skin people only shows that this is a country of racist and ignorant people.
Some people should reserve their ignarance and stupidity for themselfs.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
It seems to me the attack in India was created to start a new phase of the war in the middle east, ask yourself who would benifit by creating a war between India and Pakistan, use effect to cause reasoning you will have your answer.