US: India gearing up for Pakistan attack

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US: India gearing up for Pakistan attack

Press TV
Monday, Dec 15, 2008

The Pentagon says that India becomes ready to attack Pakistan in retaliation for the recent Mumbai attacks that killed about 200 people.

Washington has information that India’s air force began preliminary preparations for a possible attack, three Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday.

One official said that India’s air force ‘went on alert’, giving no further details.

The US concluded these preliminary preparations could put India quickly in the position to launch air strikes against suspected terrorist camps and targets inside Pakistan, a second official said.

Washington also has information that a single Indian aircraft violated Pakistani airspace twice on Saturday, according to one of the officials.

The official, however, added that the incursion was inadvertent, saying that there is no information to indicate it was planned.

Tension between New Delhi and Islamabad has intensified after Mumbai terror attacks which left more than 170 people dead and 300 others injured.

The US and Indian intelligence reports suggested the Mumbai attacks were carried out by Pakistan-based militants. Pakistan denies the allegations, saying Islamabad is waiting for evidence from New Delhi proving Pakistani nationals were involved in the attacks.

[pinkfreud]

false alarm. no news about such in the indian media.

[god bomb]

false alarm. no news about such in the indian media.
Thank god.

[wazaaap]

false alarm. no news about such in the indian media.

it will just happen, dont expect to be told untill the bombs start flying.

remember alfganistan?

[pinkfreud]

it will just happen, dont expect to be told untill the bombs start flying.

remember alfganistan?

well even if it will happen does it not make you wonder why the international press/media are jumping on the war bandwagon much before the people in the sub-continent itself? that's because they're already trying to condition people into believing a war will take place, and create fodder for the already brewing tensions between india and pakistan.

except for a few inflamed, brainwashed and dumbass maniacs on the streets, no one wants a war, not even the indian pm and the media. but of course, there is a hidden hand behind all this, so it could happen, yes.

[Anders Lindman]

The U.S. military industrial complex desperately trying to start a conflict between India and Pakistan?

If so I don't think they will succeed. The world is different today than in the 20th century.

[Anders Lindman]

India is too big and powerful to fall for simplistic war mongering propaganda. Dick Cheney and his gang can bang the war drums all they want. People will only get irritated and ask them to stop making such noise. If Joe Biden continues on the same track as Dick Cheney he will be thrown into the Atlantic Ocean.

[goldenratio]

are there plans for a single currency on the Indian subcontinent?

[pinkfreud]

are there plans for a single currency on the Indian subcontinent?

nope. not anywhere in asia. at least not right now, and i'm inclined to believe it wouldn't happen, considering it will be extremely complicated to do so... asia is huge, it's got so many diverse cultures, religions and even factions. it wouldn't be easy like it was with the EU or with what's happening in central america now.


unless there's some earth shattering declaration by the illuminati to force a world currency down people's throats.

[dangermouse]

nope. not anywhere in asia. at least not right now, and i'm inclined to believe it wouldn't happen, considering it will be extremely complicated to do so... asia is huge, it's got so many diverse cultures, religions and even factions. it wouldn't be easy like it was with the EU or with what's happening in central america now.


unless there's some earth shattering declaration by the illuminati to force a world currency down people's throats.

people would say the same about the UK joining the Euro 4 years ago

[pinkfreud]

people would say the same about the UK joining the Euro 4 years ago

dm, europe is a tiny continent compared to asia- not just geographically but also in terms of diversity. it just wouldn't be as easy to coerce asians to warm up to the idea, at least not yet.

[sloughi]

India FM: We will act on Mumbai if Pakistan won't AFP – Indian policemen look on as guests walk at the main entrance of the Trident hotel in Mumbai on December … NEW DELHI – Pakistan is shifting blame and responsibility for last month's deadly attacks in Mumbai, India's foreign minister charged Monday, adding that Delhi would take action against the perpetrators if Islamabad failed to.

India also gave Pakistan a letter written by Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the only gunman captured after the rampage. Kasab wrote that he and the nine other gunmen involved in the Nov. 26 attack all came from Pakistan, India's Foreign Ministry said. He also requested a meeting with Pakistani envoys, the ministry said.

Islamabad has not acknowledged that Kasab is Pakistani and has said it is waiting for proof of his citizenship before it will take further action.

India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that if Pakistan doesn't deal with those responsible, India was prepared to "take all measures necessary as we deem fit to deal with the situation." He did not elaborate about the measures.

"Unfortunately, Pakistan's response so far has demonstrated their earlier tendency to resort to a policy of denial and to seek to deflect and shift the blame and responsibility," he told a meeting of Indian envoys in Delhi.

The investigation into the attacks that killed 164 people has heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, longtime rivals that have fought three wars since gaining independence from Britain in 1947.

On Monday, fighter jets flew low near several of Pakistan's major cities in exercises that briefly delayed two Pakistan International Airlines flights, airline officials said.

Pakistan's air force declined to comment on the flights but issued a statement saying that "in view of the current environment, the Pakistan Air Force has enhanced its vigilance."

Now that it has Kasab's letter in hand, Pakistan faces pressure to answer to India's demands that it turn over wanted leaders of the Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, accused of plotting the attacks.

"We are examining the letter," Pakistan High Commission spokesman Abid Saeed said late Monday.

Pakistan has moved against both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawam, a charity India and the international community say is a front for Lashkar, but has refused to take further action until it has proof of Pakistani involvement. Islamabad has not acknowledged that Kasab is Pakistani, saying it has had no confirmation of his citizenship.

Kasab is the only accused gunman to survive the three-day standoff with police that followed the attack on two luxury hotels, a train station, a Jewish center and other sites in India's bustling commercial capital.

Calling Lashkar-e-Taiba an international threat, India's foreign minister again urged tough action.

"This terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan is the greatest terrorist danger to peace and security of the entire civilized world," Mukherjee told the meeting of Indian diplomats.

"We have so far acted with utmost restraint and are hopeful that (the) international community will use its influence to urge (the) Pakistani government to take effective action," he said.

Pakistan's foreign minister has said Islamabad is prepared to cooperate, but must heed its own laws.

"As far as handing over of people (to India), we have our own laws and we have to operate within the ambit of our own laws," he said Sunday in Multan, Pakistan.

He urged restraint, saying: "We should act sensibly, not emotionally. We do not want war. We want peace."
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