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2011-07-19 21:08:48 UTC
Government flounders as terrorists strike
It does not augur well for national security that our Home Minister
insisted that there was no intelligence input about the Mumbai blasts
even though the Intelligence Bureau had alerted all States that the
LeT's parent wing would be sending a fresh batch of militants to the
country, say Ajit Kumar Singh and Srideep Biswas
Op-Ed
The Pioneer
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
At least 18 people were killed and 131 others injured as three
simultaneous blasts rocked India's financial Capital Mumbai on July
13. The first of these explosions took place at Zaveri Bazaar in
south Mumbai at 6.54 pm, followed by the second explosion at
Kabutarkhana near the Dadar suburban railway station in Central
Mumbai at 6.55 pm and the third explosion at Opera House, also in
south Mumbai, at around 7.05 pm. Significantly, Zaveri Bazaar was
first targeted in August 1993 and then again in August 2003. In fact,
the city of Mumbai has been targeted on at least 13 occasions since
March 12, 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people and injured 713
others.
Though no outfit has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far,
the modus operandi points finger towards the Pakistan based Lashkar-
e-Tayyeba-backed Indian Mujahideen. It is no coincidence that most of
the earlier attacks in which IM has been involved took place on
either 13th or 26th day of the month. For instance, while the serials
blasts in Jaipur (Rajasthan, May 13, 2008) and Delhi (September 13,
2008) and the German Bakery attack (Pune, Maharashtra, February 13,
2010) were carried out on 13th day of the month, the blasts in
Ahmadabad (Gujarat) took place on July 26, 2008. Giving further
credence to the argument is the use of ammonium nitrate in 13/7.
Notably, ammonium nitrate was used in the attacks in Jaipur, Delhi
and Ahmadabad as well. The only notable departure was that no e-mail
was sent to media, either before or after the attack, owning up the
responsibility of the attacks.
The involvement of IM is strengthened by another fact that shortly
before 13/7, precisely on July 6, two IM cadres, Mohammed Mobin (32)
and his cousin Ayub Raja (28), were arrested along with arms. An
unnamed Police official had then noted, "Their arrival and presence
in Mumbai city with weapons speak volumes, since both were experts in
arranging local logistics to the terror modules and were involved in
providing cars for Gujarat blasts on July 26, 2008."
Moreover, the attacks seems to be the part of the "Karachi Project"
the details of which were revealed by the Pakistani-American LeT
operative, David Coleman Headley aka Dawood Geelani, in the Federal
court in Chicago Illinois during the trial of his friend Tahawwur
Hussain Rana (another LeT operative). According to details furnished
by Headley, this project was set up by the Pakistan's external
intelligence agency, ISI, in collaboration with the LeT and Harkat-
ul-Jihad-al-Islami to ‘utilise' Pakistani-trained Indian-operatives
(IM cadres) to carry out attacks in selected cities in the Indian
heartland. The plan simply seems to divide the communal harmony of
the country as well as to target the flourishing economy.
Also, the Intelligence Bureau had alerted all States that the
Jama'at-ud-Da'awa, the parent wing of the LeT, and the IM were
planning to send in fresh batches of militants in the country.
According to the input, IB agents had intercepted telephonic
conversations from within Pakistan occupied Kashmir indicating fresh
infiltration plans.
Yet, the shocking revelation made by Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram, that "there was no intelligence input about this
(particular) attack" doesn't augur well for the security scenario of
the country. Moreover, his insistence that "I will not call it an
intelligence failure because it seems this attack was carried out by
probably a small group that was not detected" shows the failure on
the part of Mr Chidambaram to assess the gravity of the attack and
lacunae in his department.
His explanation, rather bizarre, that "the intelligence agencies
detect an activity through informants or by detecting communication
devices like phones or mail and in this case, this particular group
did not use any of these means of communication, so agencies could
not detect it" demarcates that the Home Minister has forgotten about
something called Human Intelligence.
Regrettably, the Government has been sitting on a proposal by its own
task force on intelligence to create a Citizen Intelligence Network
meant to make ordinary citizens part of the intelligence gathering
mechanism and in turn making HUMINT paramount.
Meanwhile, it is not surprising for Mr Chidambaram to say all this,
when his superior, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has this to say,
"Terrorists had the advantage of surprise". To remind, the Prime
Minister, the terrorists do not have the "advantage of surprise", but
they are benefited by the "lackluster lame duck attitude of the
authorities at the helm".
Nevertheless, 13/7 is a reminder of the fact that the authorities at
the helm have failed to deliver again. Notably, soon after the
November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) multiple terror attacks that
rocked the nation, both the Central and State Government made tall
promises to secure the city, State as well as the rest of the country
by strengthening the security establishments. However, the much
talked about National Counter-Terrorism Centre proposal is yet to be
tabled for approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security. The
National Intelligence Grid, which is to bring 21 databases into a
seamless network for intelligence and investigation agencies,
received approval for its first phase only on June 6, 2011. Even, the
National Technical Research Organisation, formed in 2004 and whose
functions include telephone surveillance, is yet to be notified as a
"monitoring" agency.
More shockingly, Maharashtra Government which had promised to
modernise its Police, according to the National Crime Records Bureau
data, spent less money on the Police Force after 26/11. According to
the data, the total Police Expenditure in the State was 3237.79 crore
during 2008. The amount spent in the same category came down to
2727.49 crore in 2009. The data for the year 2011 has not been
published yet.
Moreover, despite the Government announcing its new arms policy,
according to which the Police Force was to be equipped with
sophisticated weapons, including imported firearms, on June 4, 2010,
necessary acquisitions still mired in bureaucratic red tape.
- Ajit Kumar Singh is a Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict
Management and Srideep Biswas is a Research Assistant, Institute for
Conflict Management.
To be concluded
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Om Shanti
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It does not augur well for national security that our Home Minister
insisted that there was no intelligence input about the Mumbai blasts
even though the Intelligence Bureau had alerted all States that the
LeT's parent wing would be sending a fresh batch of militants to the
country, say Ajit Kumar Singh and Srideep Biswas
Op-Ed
The Pioneer
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
At least 18 people were killed and 131 others injured as three
simultaneous blasts rocked India's financial Capital Mumbai on July
13. The first of these explosions took place at Zaveri Bazaar in
south Mumbai at 6.54 pm, followed by the second explosion at
Kabutarkhana near the Dadar suburban railway station in Central
Mumbai at 6.55 pm and the third explosion at Opera House, also in
south Mumbai, at around 7.05 pm. Significantly, Zaveri Bazaar was
first targeted in August 1993 and then again in August 2003. In fact,
the city of Mumbai has been targeted on at least 13 occasions since
March 12, 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people and injured 713
others.
Though no outfit has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far,
the modus operandi points finger towards the Pakistan based Lashkar-
e-Tayyeba-backed Indian Mujahideen. It is no coincidence that most of
the earlier attacks in which IM has been involved took place on
either 13th or 26th day of the month. For instance, while the serials
blasts in Jaipur (Rajasthan, May 13, 2008) and Delhi (September 13,
2008) and the German Bakery attack (Pune, Maharashtra, February 13,
2010) were carried out on 13th day of the month, the blasts in
Ahmadabad (Gujarat) took place on July 26, 2008. Giving further
credence to the argument is the use of ammonium nitrate in 13/7.
Notably, ammonium nitrate was used in the attacks in Jaipur, Delhi
and Ahmadabad as well. The only notable departure was that no e-mail
was sent to media, either before or after the attack, owning up the
responsibility of the attacks.
The involvement of IM is strengthened by another fact that shortly
before 13/7, precisely on July 6, two IM cadres, Mohammed Mobin (32)
and his cousin Ayub Raja (28), were arrested along with arms. An
unnamed Police official had then noted, "Their arrival and presence
in Mumbai city with weapons speak volumes, since both were experts in
arranging local logistics to the terror modules and were involved in
providing cars for Gujarat blasts on July 26, 2008."
Moreover, the attacks seems to be the part of the "Karachi Project"
the details of which were revealed by the Pakistani-American LeT
operative, David Coleman Headley aka Dawood Geelani, in the Federal
court in Chicago Illinois during the trial of his friend Tahawwur
Hussain Rana (another LeT operative). According to details furnished
by Headley, this project was set up by the Pakistan's external
intelligence agency, ISI, in collaboration with the LeT and Harkat-
ul-Jihad-al-Islami to ‘utilise' Pakistani-trained Indian-operatives
(IM cadres) to carry out attacks in selected cities in the Indian
heartland. The plan simply seems to divide the communal harmony of
the country as well as to target the flourishing economy.
Also, the Intelligence Bureau had alerted all States that the
Jama'at-ud-Da'awa, the parent wing of the LeT, and the IM were
planning to send in fresh batches of militants in the country.
According to the input, IB agents had intercepted telephonic
conversations from within Pakistan occupied Kashmir indicating fresh
infiltration plans.
Yet, the shocking revelation made by Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram, that "there was no intelligence input about this
(particular) attack" doesn't augur well for the security scenario of
the country. Moreover, his insistence that "I will not call it an
intelligence failure because it seems this attack was carried out by
probably a small group that was not detected" shows the failure on
the part of Mr Chidambaram to assess the gravity of the attack and
lacunae in his department.
His explanation, rather bizarre, that "the intelligence agencies
detect an activity through informants or by detecting communication
devices like phones or mail and in this case, this particular group
did not use any of these means of communication, so agencies could
not detect it" demarcates that the Home Minister has forgotten about
something called Human Intelligence.
Regrettably, the Government has been sitting on a proposal by its own
task force on intelligence to create a Citizen Intelligence Network
meant to make ordinary citizens part of the intelligence gathering
mechanism and in turn making HUMINT paramount.
Meanwhile, it is not surprising for Mr Chidambaram to say all this,
when his superior, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has this to say,
"Terrorists had the advantage of surprise". To remind, the Prime
Minister, the terrorists do not have the "advantage of surprise", but
they are benefited by the "lackluster lame duck attitude of the
authorities at the helm".
Nevertheless, 13/7 is a reminder of the fact that the authorities at
the helm have failed to deliver again. Notably, soon after the
November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) multiple terror attacks that
rocked the nation, both the Central and State Government made tall
promises to secure the city, State as well as the rest of the country
by strengthening the security establishments. However, the much
talked about National Counter-Terrorism Centre proposal is yet to be
tabled for approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security. The
National Intelligence Grid, which is to bring 21 databases into a
seamless network for intelligence and investigation agencies,
received approval for its first phase only on June 6, 2011. Even, the
National Technical Research Organisation, formed in 2004 and whose
functions include telephone surveillance, is yet to be notified as a
"monitoring" agency.
More shockingly, Maharashtra Government which had promised to
modernise its Police, according to the National Crime Records Bureau
data, spent less money on the Police Force after 26/11. According to
the data, the total Police Expenditure in the State was 3237.79 crore
during 2008. The amount spent in the same category came down to
2727.49 crore in 2009. The data for the year 2011 has not been
published yet.
Moreover, despite the Government announcing its new arms policy,
according to which the Police Force was to be equipped with
sophisticated weapons, including imported firearms, on June 4, 2010,
necessary acquisitions still mired in bureaucratic red tape.
- Ajit Kumar Singh is a Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict
Management and Srideep Biswas is a Research Assistant, Institute for
Conflict Management.
To be concluded
http://dailypioneer.com/354171/Government-flounders-as-terrorists-strike.html
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed
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this post may be reposted several times.