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Every inquiry must start somewhere. We have chosen this inquiry to start in
the late eighties when two junior intelligence officers one Pakistani other
Indian faced each other on opposite sides of the law. The Pakistani
intelligence officer had caught the Indian agent on Pakistani soil with
incriminating evidence. Indian agent knew his life had come to an end.
However, everything has a price. And his freedom was worth a little less
than half a million rupees. A few days later the Indian agent was sitting
back at home, free as a bird. And life went on for several more years until
the fateful year of 1994 when the two old “chaps” met again. This time
officially. The Indian agent had climbed the ladder to an important post in
the government. At this side of the border the junior Pakistani agent,
against all odds had become one of the top bosses at Federal Investigation
Agency <http://www.wikimir.com/federal-investigation-agency> . Of course,
this was the infamous Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> .
The Indian side wanted Pakistani Government’s help in reducing cross-border
terrorism. But Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> offered a
lot more than mere reduction in “cross-border”. He had been appointed as
Additional Director FIA <http://www.wikimir.com/fia> and yielded immense
power through the country. Additionally he had become the right-hand-man of
Asif Ali Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> , stashing his
looted money all over the world. He offered them direct access to the
jihadists which he would capture. Somewhere along the line Israel
<http://www.wikimir.com/israel> also became a party to the deal and soon
Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> agents were carrying out
investigations of the captured (ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi> backed)
jihadists on Pakistani soil. There were millions to be made from the deal
and of course Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> was
working in tandem with this immediate boss Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> , head of the FIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/fia> and under the auspices of Asif Ali Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> . ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi>
, Pakistan Military <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan-military> and top
brass quietly kept a close watch. Although painful but capture of a few foot
soldiers was bearable in the bigger national interest.
By 1995 in a little over a year the Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> government had expelled 2000 Arab
mujahidin of the Afghan-Soviet War
<http://www.wikimir.com/afghan-soviet-war> and imprisoned number of
Pakistani mujahidin. Secondly and more significantly, Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> on her official visit to US in
April 1995 met in secret with an Israeli delegation. On her return she faced
stiff resistance from a block of military and civilian bureaucracy which had
generated great suspicions of her dealings with India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel> .
Just four months later she thwarted a coup attempt against her headed by
Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi
<http://www.wikimir.com/zahirul-islam-abbasi> . Director General of Military
Intelligence Major General Ali Kuli Khan
<http://www.wikimir.com/ali-kuli-khan> tipped-off General Abdul Waheed
Kakar <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-waheed-kakar> who immediately ordered
Chief of General Staff Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> to suppress the coup. A total of
36 army officers and 20 civilians were arrested from Islamabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/islamabad> and Rawalpindi
<http://www.wikimir.com/rawalpindi> .
Then in November 1995 Egyptian Embassy blast occurred. Al-Qaeda was quick to
claim it. Although the real reasons of the handlers of bombers remain hidden
to this day, but in the next few days a silent but significant event
happened. General Abdul Waheed Kakar
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-waheed-kakar> who was given an extension in
his tenure he refused it and Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> was appointed as the Army Chief
by the then President Farooq Leghari <http://www.wikimir.com/farooq-leghari>
on 18 December, 1995. Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> was the senior most general at
the time, therefore the least controversial within the military – something
which the military desperately needed at the time. The other three generals
who were in the position to become COAS were Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi
<http://www.wikimir.com/javed-ashraf-qazi> , Lt Gen Naseer Akhtar
<http://www.wikimir.com/naseer-akhtar> , and Lt Gen Mohammad Tariq
<http://www.wikimir.com/mohammad-tariq> . Lt. Gen. Ghulam Muhammad Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-muhammad-malik> had already retired in
October 1995. Maj Gen Naseem Rana <http://www.wikimir.com/naseem-rana> was
heading the ISI at the time, taken his charge in October 1995. Lt Gen Shujat
Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/shujat-ali-khan> was heading the ISI’s
Internal Wing.
In the backdrop of these events in Pakistan, in March 1995 Israel’s Air
Force chief had visited India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> with an
entourage that included key Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
officials. It was at this point that in a meeting Pakistan’s nuclear program
was discussed. A year later Indian nuclear and missile program head, Abdul
Kalam <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> had a “top secret” visit of
Israel in June 1996. It was “top secret” because no one knew about it. As it
turned out, everyone knew about it even before he left India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> . All the much publicized secrecy and visit
of such a top level official achieved the aim and nearly nobody bothered
with the entourage which included a manager from the Defence Research and
Development Organisation
<http://www.wikimir.com/defence-research-and-development-organisation>
(DRDO) - Alok Tiwari. The “top secret” meetings between Abdul Kalam
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> and his Israeli counterparts were
related to purchase of UAVs. However, in every single one of those “top
secret” meetings Alok Tiwari <http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> was
missing. With all the attention was focused on Abdul Kalam
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> and his “top secret” meetings no one
noticed the odd thing.
Just a few days later, after coming back to India Tiwari accompanied Air
Chief Marshal S. K. Sareen <http://www.wikimir.com/s-k-sareen> to Israel
<http://www.wikimir.com/israel> in Israel in July 1996. In fact this was
his third trip. He had also visited Israel in April 1996 along with India’s
first Defence Attaché to Israel.
First Wave
The effect was immediate. In late July 1996 MQM <http://www.wikimir.com/mqm>
organized a province wide strike. Simultaneously a large bomb exploded at
Lahore <http://www.wikimir.com/lahore> airport and a second at Faisalabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/faisalabad> railway station. On 14th August 1996 12
SSP activists were gunned down during an Independence Rally by unidentified
gunmen. By end August Punjab <http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> had been
engulfed in sectarian violence, Shias and Sunnis were being gunned down in
broad daylight. The political and security situation worsened by the murder
of Murtaza Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/murtaza-bhutto> and reinstatement
of Manzoor Wattoo <http://www.wikimir.com/manzoor-wattoo> as Chief Minister
of Punjab <http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> . The country seemed in a
political and economic turmoil with violence erupting throughout the
country. At the same time, out of blue Ataullah Mengal
<http://www.wikimir.com/ataullah-mengal> returned from his self-imposed
exile.
While everyone was busy with the current crisis a team of agents working
directly under Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> were
gathering information on Kahuta <http://www.wikimir.com/kahuta> and A.Q.
Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/a-q-khan> . Beginning November 1996 ISI
<http://www.wikimir.com/isi> saw an increase in Indian troops movement,
which finally sent alarm bells ringing through the echelons of Rawalpindi
<http://www.wikimir.com/rawalpindi> and Islamabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/islamabad> .
Suddenly, all the pieces fell in place and Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ’s shenanigans seemed a lot deeper
than mere money grabbing tactics. By fourth of November a thick load of
evidence had been gathered on Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> working with the consent of Asif Ali
Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> towards gathering
information on the progress of Pakistan’s nuclear program.
On 5th November 1996, Farooq Leghari <http://www.wikimir.com/farooq-leghari>
dissolved Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s
government. At the other side of the border, this caused the immediate visit
of Israeli naval chief Vice-Admiral Alex Tal
<http://www.wikimir.com/alex-tal> to India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> .
Back at home, Ghulam Asghar <http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and
Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> were imprisoned on
undisclosed charges. Pakistan had narrowly escaped the storm that was
brewing in its mists.
Second Wave
In February 1997, Indian Defence Secretary T. K. Banerji
<http://www.wikimir.com/t-k-banerji> led a high level defence delegation to
Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel> to discuss the "exchange of
technology" between two countries. Other than the official purpose the most
important topic was Pakistan’s nuclear program. By the end of the visit the
two countries had decided to do “whatever” it takes to neutralize the
threat.
In March next year the BJP won Indian elections and one of the immediate
policies adopted was to tackle Pakistan’s nuclear issue by any means
possible. With such enthusiastic approach the government even decided to
take the most extreme measures if needed. In the next two months the
official and diplomatic delegations between India and Israel came to a halt,
however, there was a sudden rise in non-diplomatic delegations between the
two countries. The last official visit was of Gen. Prakash Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/prakash-malik> to Israel in March 1998, who was
also the first serving Indian Chief of Army Staff
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-chief-of-army-staff> to visit Israel since
normalization. In April 1998 two out-of-the ordinary incidents happened. Air
India announced its discontinuation of Tel Aviv flight on 1 April 1998 and
early April the Confederation of Indian Industry announced an unplanned
“Study Mission” to Israel. This was the prelude to the second wave which
officially started on 11th May 1998 when India exploded its nuclear bombs.
Night of 27-28 May
Pakistan resisted testing its nuclear bombs for nearly two weeks until 27th
May 1998. On 27 May 1998 in a top level meeting Lt. Gen. [[[Naseem Rana]]
(DG ISIP briefed the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
<http://www.wikimir.com/nawaz-sharif> and army chief of the increasing
intelligence reports of possible Indian attack on Pakistan’s nuclear
installations. However, the panic this created was nothing compared to the
next two meetings. The first report pertained to the sighting of an
unidentified F-16 aircraft at the periphery of Pakistan’s airspace on 27th
May. Knowing India did not have F-16, the obvious suggestion was presence of
Israeli Air Force <http://www.wikimir.com/israeli-air-force> in the area
(especially with the reports of Indian COAS visiting Israel just a month
ago). And the second report coming just before 1am on 28th May recorded
unusual movements of Indian aircrafts just across the border which suggested
India was preparing for preventive airstrikes against Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> . The obvious response of nuclear tests on
28th May.
The tests confirmed once and for all that Pakistan has nuclear capability.
Deduction
It seemed probable that BJP Government had decided to fire its nuclear bombs
to force Pakistan into test firing its – if it has any. After a delay of two
weeks, doubts had started rising in nearly every analytical discourse that
Pakistan did not have the nuclear capability otherwise it would have
responded. This was the golden opportunity to take out Pakistan/Pakistan’s
nuclear installations before that Pakistan got the capability. The important
visit of Indian COAS to Israel in March – in the light of proceeding events
– could only be regarding Israel’s support for the planned attack. Whatever,
the reasons and aims, the end result was establishment of Pakistan as a
nuclear state, which completely changed the Great Nuclear Game.
Third Wave
Pakistan’s test firing of nuclear bombs was a shock for the rest of the
world. No one expected, in the first place for Pakistan to have the
capability and secondly to fire them if it had. For India and Israel, who
were two top most interested parties in destroying Pakistan’s nuclear
assets, this meant a complete overhaul of their strategy.
A year later Indian National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra
<http://www.wikimir.com/brajesh-mishra> came to meet Barak in September
1999 and this time he was accompanied with a familiar face – Alok Tiwari
<http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> . Within a year, Alok Tiwari and
another security analyst finalized a document based on their discussion the
preceding year.
In June 2000 L. K. Advani <http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> visited
Israel in which new deals related to Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
and Shabak <http://www.wikimir.com/shabak> espionage and cooperation with
R&AW <http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> are finalized and as a result
<http://www.wikimir.com/result> Israel was allowed to establish its own
network to operate from India. Also, L.K. Advani discussed Pakistan’s
nuclear program and coordination between the two countries on an operation
for disarming Pakistan. During the visit, Alok Tiwari’s report was also
discussed.
By July 2000 a heavy deployment of Israeli agents in Indian Occupied Kashmir
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-occupied-kashmir> was reported. Near the end
of 2000 Israel’s top intelligence officers were reported to have visited
India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> and discussed amongst other issues,
Kashmir and Pakistan’s nuclear assets. One of the meetings on the agenda was
regarding the report Alok Tilwar had prepared which had gone through
considerable changes in Israel. By the end of the visit the top spies of the
two country had agreed to cooperate on the operation detailed inside the
thick volume titled: “Operation Blue Tulsi”.
Operation Blue Tulsi: Preparation
We do not know what is written inside the report Operation BlueTulsi. But we
can ascertain some of it by the events it had led to beginning 2001.
Preparation for the mega Operation Blue Tulsi began fervently in early 2001.
By mid 2001 eyebrows were being raised over R&AW
<http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> and Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> ’s
cooperation and in July 2001 Janes Information Group
<http://www.wikimir.com/janes-information-group> reported that RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> and Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
are cooperating to infiltrate Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> to
target important religious and military personalities, journalists, judges,
lawyers and bureaucrats. In addition, bombs would be exploded in trains,
railway stations, bridges, bus stations, cinemas, hotels and mosques of
rival Islamic sects to incite sectarianism. At the same time the
Balouchistan Liberation Army
<http://www.wikimir.com/balouchistan-liberation-army> rose out of dead like
a second incarnation and Balach Marri <http://www.wikimir.com/balach-marri>
a Moscow graduate declares himself as the leader of BLA. Within weeks in
Balochistan numerous training camps sprouted with each camp reported to be
training up to a 100 militants. Intelligence of RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> , Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and
CIA <http://www.wikimir.com/cia> agents operating in Balochistan started
coming in.
In mid 2001 reports appeared that Special Operations Division of Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> , also known as Metsada
<http://www.wikimir.com/metsada> , specializing in assassinations and
sabotage have been based in India since May 2001 to train RAW operatives and
Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and Shin Bet
<http://www.wikimir.com/shin-bet> or Shabak <http://www.wikimir.com/shabak>
were operating a number of teams in Indian Held Kashmir
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-held-kashmir> and were also operating a
delicate spy network from Indian soil. In July 2001 RAW increased its budget
for Indian consulates in Afghanistan by nearly 10 times.
Within days after Sep 11, a story was leaked into press that Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> is dismantling and spreading its nuclear
assets to safer places implying that it would be much more difficult to
pinpoint them and much more easier for extremists to get hold of. These news
stories were shortly followed by another piece on 28 October 2001 which
stated that Pentagon <http://www.wikimir.com/pentagon> was looking into
plans to dispatch an elite unit into the Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> to disarm its nuclear arsenal. The
special unit which was trained to slip into foreign countries to ferret out
and disarm nuclear weapons and operated under Pentagon
<http://www.wikimir.com/pentagon> control with CIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/cia> assistance and would be getting special help
from Israel's Sayeret Matkal <http://www.wikimir.com/sayeret-matkal> also
known as Unit 262 <http://www.wikimir.com/unit-262> .
On 22 December 2001 C. Raja Mohan <http://www.wikimir.com/c-raja-mohan>
wrote, "There is a growing belief in New Delhi
<http://www.wikimir.com/new-delhi> that the time has come to call
Pakistan's nuclear bluff. If it does not, India places itself in permanent
vulnerability to cross-border terrorism from Pakistan… India is now
confronted with the possibility that its restraint in the face of nuclear
escalation is taken as a fundamental weakness. India must deal with the
possible assessment in Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> that its
nuclear capability has foreclosed all conventional military options." Same
time at the other side of the globe Prof. Stephen P Cohen
<http://www.wikimir.com/stephen-p-cohen> was saying, "South Asia
<http://www.wikimir.com/south-asia> may have reached a point where the two
countries (India and Pakistan) are really bent on hurting each other one way
or another and it may be time to consider more unilateral, more forceful
American steps - diplomatically and economically forceful - to get
compliance from India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> separately on some vital concerns.
Clearly, we may have reached a point where the peace process is simply too
little, too late, and we may have to turn to other forms of diplomacy."
These two writers one from US and other from India very implicitly had
voiced their respective governments’ policies towards Pakistan’s nuclear
assets.
In December 2001 Indian PM, Atal Bihari <http://www.wikimir.com/atal-bihari>
Vajpayee, while addressing the parliament said, “the question was not
whether there should be or should not be a war, [the question was] under
what circumstances there will be war … and whether there will be a war."
Of course the underlying message was, whether India should attack a nuclear
armed country or a country which has lost its nuclear capabilities.
In December 2001 Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto>
while visiting India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> said in her interviews,
“President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf>
, as an army general, had planned the Kargil <http://www.wikimir.com/kargil>
invasion in Jammu and Kashmir <http://www.wikimir.com/jammu-and-kashmir>
while I was the Prime Minister.” Later she also said, “Pakistan army as an
institution had brought back Osama bin Laden
<http://www.wikimir.com/osama-bin-laden> ”.
This rhetoric of Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> was
perfectly in line with the agreement signed by US and India in 2002. Late in
2002 US and India signed an agreement on cooperation in disarming Pakistan’s
nuclear assets and the two player offensive team of OperationBlueTulsi found
a third partner in the form of CIA <http://www.wikimir.com/cia> . As a
result of this deal Abdullah Mehsud <http://www.wikimir.com/abdullah-mehsud>
was freed from Guantanamo Bay <http://www.wikimir.com/guantanamo-bay> and
returned to Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> with millions in
cash.
Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s statements in
India were the major reason Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> ’s declaration of Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> as a “security risk” during a chat
with Pakistan’s leading editors and correspondents in April 2002. Pakistani
security agencies already had a great deal of intelligence regarding Benazir
Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , Asif Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-zardari> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ’s involvement with Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and India <http://www.wikimir.com/india>
in 1995-96 and their collaboration against Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
In January 2002 under orders from L. K. Advani
<http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> R&AW <http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> and
other intelligence agencies submited a detailed report on military options
for solving Kashmir <http://www.wikimir.com/kashmir> issue and in case of a
full-fledged war, for neutralizing Pakistan’s nuclear assets. One major
outcome of the report was creation of Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in
March 2002 with the authority to conduct external operations supported by a
huge budget.
Also, a Lawyers’ Struggle
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> surfaced in October 2003 under the leadership of Hamid Ali
Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> (now drowned under the
infamous Lawyers’ Movement
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> ). The first prominent protest of the “struggle” was held on 15
October 2003 in which the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association
(SCBA) Hamid Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> said,
“Musharraf’s very presence within the army and holding of other important
offices and Shaikh Riaz Ahmad <http://www.wikimir.com/shaikh-riaz-ahmad> ’s
continuation as chief justice after his retirement are undoubtedly illegal
and unconstitutional… Let’s think collectively, move forward collectively
and act collectively to outs usurper generals and judges (who had
collaborated with Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf>
including Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-muhammad-chaudhry> ). However, like a
B-grade movie twist, four years later Iftikhar Chaudry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-chaudry> becomes the hero to these same
lawyers who wanted to oust him. Like a script from past, this protest had
followed a “Long March”. And the “struggle” then moved to other cities one
by one asking Musharraf, Riaz Ahamad <http://www.wikimir.com/riaz-ahamad>
and among others Iftikhar Chaudhry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-chaudhry> ’s removal from office. At this
point along with Hamid Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> ,
Kazim Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/kazim-khan> was at the forefront.
Lacking the charisma and cunning of their successors, assassination of a
leader, and shortage of “unlimited” billions of rupees their names and their
Lawyers’ Struggles <http://www.wikimir.com/lawyers-struggles> has been
confined to the dusty pages of history with their names ascribed against the
words, “traitors”. Also, there is no evidence to support that assassination
attempts on Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> were
somehow related to the timing of the Lawyers’ Struggle
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> .
By mid 2004 the government had ample evidence that BLA and some Baloch
leaders were conspiring against the government, aided by foreign countries.
On 13th August 2004 the Chief Minister of Baluchistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/chief-minister-of-baluchistan> , Jam Muhammad Yousaf
<http://www.wikimir.com/jam-muhammad-yousaf> is quoted by The Herald (Sep
2004-Karachi): “Indian secret services (RAW) are maintaining 40 terrorist
camps all over the Baluch <http://www.wikimir.com/baluch> territory”. While
this was happening on ground, there was talk of “Peace Talks” everywhere in
the air. And Jan Muhammad Jamali
<http://www.wikimir.com/jan-muhammad-jamali> had become a laughing stock of
the media for his suggestion of foreign agents operating in Balochistan,
which despite the ground facts forcefully opposed such thoughts.
However, he was already too late. The preparation for the Operation Blue
Tulsi were nearly complete and the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> had wasted all
opportunities for stopping the inevitable.
Operation Blue Tulsi: Start
1st January 2005 was the starting date. The local agents got the signal and
the operation started with the ominous rape of a female doctor in Sui
<http://www.wikimir.com/sui> on 2nd January 2005. As expected the incident
created headlines all round and culprits not being found created a much
supported backlash. This was shortly followed by rocketing of gas
installation at Sui <http://www.wikimir.com/sui> on 7th January which put a
hole in Pakistan’s gas supply for nearly a week.
2005 was a busy year with Baloch terrorists continuously creating havoc in
Balochistan and adjacent areas and ended with assassination attempts on
Musharraf in December. After President Gen Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> escapes a rocket attack on his
life in December 2005 and the Inspector General Frontier Corps survives an
assassination attempt, Navtej Sarna <http://www.wikimir.com/navtej-sarna> ,
the Indian External Affairs Ministry’s spokesman said, "The Government of
India <http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-india> has been watching with
concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> and the heavy military action,
including use of helicopter gun-ships and jet fighters by the Government of
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> to quell it… We
hope the Government of Pakistan will exercise restraint and take recourse to
peaceful discussions to address the grievances of the people of
Balochistan”.
The Indian Government had realized that the two assassination attempts would
surely result in backfire on the Indian assets in Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> , which it needed to safeguard for its
final aim, especially Akbar Bugti <http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> .
Just as suspected, the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> intensifies its operation
against Baloch militants.
And in April 2006 Government of Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-balochistan> is setup with its
offices in Jerusalem <http://www.wikimir.com/jerusalem> under Azaad Khan
Baloch <http://www.wikimir.com/azaad-khan-baloch> . In a laughingly stupid
mistake, Azaad Khan Baloch who is representing Balochis of Pakistan decided
to spell his name according to Hindi <http://www.wikimir.com/hindi>
transliteration with double “a” in Az”aa”d, rather than a single “a” as used
in Pakistan, i.e. Azad. Or more probable, “Azad Khan Baloch” is not a
Pakistani.
Meanwhile in Balochistan the government operation against Akbar Bugti
<http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> intensified who took shelter in the
rugged mountain range and coordinated the activities of his militants from
there. Ultimately the military found him and during the process of capture
Akbar Bugti <http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> died because of cave-roof
collapse on 26 August 2006.
This proved a minor setback in the overall plans. However, beginning 2007
events in the country took a completely different turn. Starting March 2007,
every incident occurring in the country was tied to the aim of ousting
Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> , including the
much profitable Lawyers’ Movement
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> . Intelligence agencies were having a field-day bringing in
pile after pile of reports proving involvement of CIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/cia> , RAW <http://www.wikimir.com/raw> , Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and MI6 <http://www.wikimir.com/mi6>
towards Musharraf’s ouster. True to some extent but unlike analyzed, ouster
of Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> was just one
milestone towards the main goal, which every agency completely missed. Thus,
all their efforts went into controlling the situation to secure Musharraf,
while in the backdrop, silently the wheels kept turning. While Punjab
<http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> , Sindh <http://www.wikimir.com/sindh> ,
Balochistan <http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> were burning Swat was
sitting quietly, unnoticed and out of radar. Within a period of few months,
the numbers of “Pakistani Taliban” in Swat surged and just as well their
ammunition, latest military equipment a country like Pakistan would dream
of. A portion of this ended up in the ill-fated Lal Masjid
<http://www.wikimir.com/lal-masjid> . While intelligence and military were
busy keeping Musharraf’s seat safe in Pakistan, a new political game started
in UAE. Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> enthusiastically
started pursuing the goal of National Reconciliation Ordinance
<http://www.wikimir.com/national-reconciliation-ordinance> . He became
instrumental in the final deal between Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , US <http://www.wikimir.com/us>
and Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> and NRO.
Since Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> did not have
much to lose without NRO she was never very interested in it. That was the
reason two options were thrown at Musharraf, i.e. either eliminating the two
term condition or NRO. Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik>
on the other hand was vehemently pursuing NRO, as of the three (Asif Ali
Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> , Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ) the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> only had clear evidence
against Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> and it was
enough to put him in jail for life (i.e. involvement in espionage and
working with Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> ). However, at that point no one knew the real
motivations of Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> other
than that he was working to get the path clear for Benazir’s return.
Amazingly, FBI <http://www.wikimir.com/fbi> also was putting its weight
behind NRO rather than eliminating the two term condition. While, if US had
really wanted Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> as
Prime Minister of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/prime-minister-of-pakistan> , logic dictates that
they would want the two term condition eliminated to assure her easy
succession to the premiership. It needs to be noted here that Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> had also tried to do a similar deal
in 2005, which never materialized. This time it did.
Near the end of 2007, intelligence and military were convinced that a
conspiracy had been hatched in the country with the sole aim of removing
Musharraf from power. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , simultaneous rioting throughout
the country, terrorist activities occurring in every province had
considerable similarities to the Bush Administration
<http://www.wikimir.com/bush-administration> backed Color Revolutions
<http://www.wikimir.com/color-revolutions> . In order to keep Musharraf in
power the government kept giving into one demand after the other. As a
result Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> becomes head of
Interior Ministry, Yusuf Raza Gilani
<http://www.wikimir.com/yusuf-raza-gilani> becomes the Prime Minister of
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/prime-minister-of-pakistan> and sweeping
changes are made in the security and intelligence community. Still, the
government saw the war finally over when in one move Gilani puts ISI under
Interior Minister on 27 July 2008. Until that time ISI
<http://www.wikimir.com/isi> and top brass had thought all Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> wanted was to get-rid of extremist
elements from ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi> and Pakistan’s
establishment.
It was the end of July 2008 when the alarm bells started ringing again in
the high echelons. Intelligence machinery went into extra high gear and
millions later it came back with the name: Operation Blue Tulsi.
Operation Blue Tulsi: the Revelation
The Establishment, only now realized the full extent of the operation which
they had been witnessing since the beginning of 2000. More worryingly, the
current operation had eerily similar modus operandi to the 1995-96 debacle –
which left the country tethering onto its nuclear assets – just that this
time it was vastly more sophisticated and greater in size. In matter of
hours the priorities changed. Keeping Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> in power suddenly paled in
comparison to the real threat. As the agencies reopened recent reports,
reading them in the light of newest finding all the pieces fell in place. It
was a disastrous lapse on behalf of the multibillion dollar strong
organizations. Overnight the report was prepared and the summary was sent to
President Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> next
morning.
In 1995-96 India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> came up with a plan to
destroy Pakistan’s nuclear facilities before that Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> developed a nuclear capability. The plan
was prepared by a RAW <http://www.wikimir.com/raw> agent Alok Tiwari
<http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> (who has recently been compromised).
At that time Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> was already active in
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> and once it heard about the
project for elimination of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities jumped in by first
streamlining the project further and then using its assets in Pakistan.
Somewhere in early 1996 the operation was given go-ahead. At that point FIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/fia> Director General Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and his ADG Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> in a deal with India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel>
were hunting down Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> based Kashmiri
and Arab militants. These two proved to be the front line in the operation
and when contacted by Indian agents fully agreed to supply all the necessary
information regarding Kahuta <http://www.wikimir.com/kahuta> and A. Q. Khan
<http://www.wikimir.com/a-q-khan> ’s operations. Towards mid 96
demonstrations and chaos erupted throughout the country. The aim was to
destabilize the country enough that when the two confirmed Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> did not have any nuclear capabilities
India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> would go-ahead with all out assault.
General Jehangir Karamat <http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> who was
already weary of the two chaps and Asif Ali Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> ’s complicity took immediate
action and Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s
government was dissolved. The duo of Asghar and Malik and Zardari had
already come into military’s radar the year before when they tried to lure
General Abdul Wahed Kakar <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-wahed-kakar> .
Then five years later, Alok Tiwari <http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari>
submited an updated version of his older report. Israel was again consulted
and this time L. K. Advani <http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> vehemently
pursued it. Towards the end of 2000 a delegation of top Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> brass visited India and the combined
operation titled: Operation Blue Tulsi was finalized and put into operation
which had only one aim:
Destroy Pakistan’s nuclear assets followed by its Balkanization.
Approach:
1. Resurrect Baloch insurgency. Pakistan was fine with it, as it had
thirty years of experience with it, starting with the Afghan-Soviet War
<http://www.wikimir.com/afghan-soviet-war> .
2. Buy officials in military, bureaucracy, politics and law. ISI was
fine with it, as it had sixty years of experience in dealing with traitors.
3. Plant agents in top positions in Taliban, FATA and NWFP. A shocker
for everyone.
Taliban were the foster child of ISI and the agency had no contingency for
enemy agents in top positions. The best option they came up with was to buy
back the agents with more money and as a result they were deceived time and
again and again. Top on the list, Baitullah Mehsud
<http://www.wikimir.com/baitullah-mehsud> . The twenty million dollars he
got in suitcases was one of the stupidest moves in the world espionage
history and ISI top brass to this day are vengefully pursuing him.
the late eighties when two junior intelligence officers one Pakistani other
Indian faced each other on opposite sides of the law. The Pakistani
intelligence officer had caught the Indian agent on Pakistani soil with
incriminating evidence. Indian agent knew his life had come to an end.
However, everything has a price. And his freedom was worth a little less
than half a million rupees. A few days later the Indian agent was sitting
back at home, free as a bird. And life went on for several more years until
the fateful year of 1994 when the two old “chaps” met again. This time
officially. The Indian agent had climbed the ladder to an important post in
the government. At this side of the border the junior Pakistani agent,
against all odds had become one of the top bosses at Federal Investigation
Agency <http://www.wikimir.com/federal-investigation-agency> . Of course,
this was the infamous Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> .
The Indian side wanted Pakistani Government’s help in reducing cross-border
terrorism. But Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> offered a
lot more than mere reduction in “cross-border”. He had been appointed as
Additional Director FIA <http://www.wikimir.com/fia> and yielded immense
power through the country. Additionally he had become the right-hand-man of
Asif Ali Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> , stashing his
looted money all over the world. He offered them direct access to the
jihadists which he would capture. Somewhere along the line Israel
<http://www.wikimir.com/israel> also became a party to the deal and soon
Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> agents were carrying out
investigations of the captured (ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi> backed)
jihadists on Pakistani soil. There were millions to be made from the deal
and of course Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> was
working in tandem with this immediate boss Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> , head of the FIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/fia> and under the auspices of Asif Ali Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> . ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi>
, Pakistan Military <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan-military> and top
brass quietly kept a close watch. Although painful but capture of a few foot
soldiers was bearable in the bigger national interest.
By 1995 in a little over a year the Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> government had expelled 2000 Arab
mujahidin of the Afghan-Soviet War
<http://www.wikimir.com/afghan-soviet-war> and imprisoned number of
Pakistani mujahidin. Secondly and more significantly, Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> on her official visit to US in
April 1995 met in secret with an Israeli delegation. On her return she faced
stiff resistance from a block of military and civilian bureaucracy which had
generated great suspicions of her dealings with India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel> .
Just four months later she thwarted a coup attempt against her headed by
Major General Zahirul Islam Abbasi
<http://www.wikimir.com/zahirul-islam-abbasi> . Director General of Military
Intelligence Major General Ali Kuli Khan
<http://www.wikimir.com/ali-kuli-khan> tipped-off General Abdul Waheed
Kakar <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-waheed-kakar> who immediately ordered
Chief of General Staff Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> to suppress the coup. A total of
36 army officers and 20 civilians were arrested from Islamabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/islamabad> and Rawalpindi
<http://www.wikimir.com/rawalpindi> .
Then in November 1995 Egyptian Embassy blast occurred. Al-Qaeda was quick to
claim it. Although the real reasons of the handlers of bombers remain hidden
to this day, but in the next few days a silent but significant event
happened. General Abdul Waheed Kakar
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-waheed-kakar> who was given an extension in
his tenure he refused it and Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> was appointed as the Army Chief
by the then President Farooq Leghari <http://www.wikimir.com/farooq-leghari>
on 18 December, 1995. Lt. General Jehangir Karamat
<http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> was the senior most general at
the time, therefore the least controversial within the military – something
which the military desperately needed at the time. The other three generals
who were in the position to become COAS were Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi
<http://www.wikimir.com/javed-ashraf-qazi> , Lt Gen Naseer Akhtar
<http://www.wikimir.com/naseer-akhtar> , and Lt Gen Mohammad Tariq
<http://www.wikimir.com/mohammad-tariq> . Lt. Gen. Ghulam Muhammad Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-muhammad-malik> had already retired in
October 1995. Maj Gen Naseem Rana <http://www.wikimir.com/naseem-rana> was
heading the ISI at the time, taken his charge in October 1995. Lt Gen Shujat
Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/shujat-ali-khan> was heading the ISI’s
Internal Wing.
In the backdrop of these events in Pakistan, in March 1995 Israel’s Air
Force chief had visited India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> with an
entourage that included key Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
officials. It was at this point that in a meeting Pakistan’s nuclear program
was discussed. A year later Indian nuclear and missile program head, Abdul
Kalam <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> had a “top secret” visit of
Israel in June 1996. It was “top secret” because no one knew about it. As it
turned out, everyone knew about it even before he left India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> . All the much publicized secrecy and visit
of such a top level official achieved the aim and nearly nobody bothered
with the entourage which included a manager from the Defence Research and
Development Organisation
<http://www.wikimir.com/defence-research-and-development-organisation>
(DRDO) - Alok Tiwari. The “top secret” meetings between Abdul Kalam
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> and his Israeli counterparts were
related to purchase of UAVs. However, in every single one of those “top
secret” meetings Alok Tiwari <http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> was
missing. With all the attention was focused on Abdul Kalam
<http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-kalam> and his “top secret” meetings no one
noticed the odd thing.
Just a few days later, after coming back to India Tiwari accompanied Air
Chief Marshal S. K. Sareen <http://www.wikimir.com/s-k-sareen> to Israel
<http://www.wikimir.com/israel> in Israel in July 1996. In fact this was
his third trip. He had also visited Israel in April 1996 along with India’s
first Defence Attaché to Israel.
First Wave
The effect was immediate. In late July 1996 MQM <http://www.wikimir.com/mqm>
organized a province wide strike. Simultaneously a large bomb exploded at
Lahore <http://www.wikimir.com/lahore> airport and a second at Faisalabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/faisalabad> railway station. On 14th August 1996 12
SSP activists were gunned down during an Independence Rally by unidentified
gunmen. By end August Punjab <http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> had been
engulfed in sectarian violence, Shias and Sunnis were being gunned down in
broad daylight. The political and security situation worsened by the murder
of Murtaza Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/murtaza-bhutto> and reinstatement
of Manzoor Wattoo <http://www.wikimir.com/manzoor-wattoo> as Chief Minister
of Punjab <http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> . The country seemed in a
political and economic turmoil with violence erupting throughout the
country. At the same time, out of blue Ataullah Mengal
<http://www.wikimir.com/ataullah-mengal> returned from his self-imposed
exile.
While everyone was busy with the current crisis a team of agents working
directly under Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> were
gathering information on Kahuta <http://www.wikimir.com/kahuta> and A.Q.
Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/a-q-khan> . Beginning November 1996 ISI
<http://www.wikimir.com/isi> saw an increase in Indian troops movement,
which finally sent alarm bells ringing through the echelons of Rawalpindi
<http://www.wikimir.com/rawalpindi> and Islamabad
<http://www.wikimir.com/islamabad> .
Suddenly, all the pieces fell in place and Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ’s shenanigans seemed a lot deeper
than mere money grabbing tactics. By fourth of November a thick load of
evidence had been gathered on Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> working with the consent of Asif Ali
Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> towards gathering
information on the progress of Pakistan’s nuclear program.
On 5th November 1996, Farooq Leghari <http://www.wikimir.com/farooq-leghari>
dissolved Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s
government. At the other side of the border, this caused the immediate visit
of Israeli naval chief Vice-Admiral Alex Tal
<http://www.wikimir.com/alex-tal> to India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> .
Back at home, Ghulam Asghar <http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and
Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> were imprisoned on
undisclosed charges. Pakistan had narrowly escaped the storm that was
brewing in its mists.
Second Wave
In February 1997, Indian Defence Secretary T. K. Banerji
<http://www.wikimir.com/t-k-banerji> led a high level defence delegation to
Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel> to discuss the "exchange of
technology" between two countries. Other than the official purpose the most
important topic was Pakistan’s nuclear program. By the end of the visit the
two countries had decided to do “whatever” it takes to neutralize the
threat.
In March next year the BJP won Indian elections and one of the immediate
policies adopted was to tackle Pakistan’s nuclear issue by any means
possible. With such enthusiastic approach the government even decided to
take the most extreme measures if needed. In the next two months the
official and diplomatic delegations between India and Israel came to a halt,
however, there was a sudden rise in non-diplomatic delegations between the
two countries. The last official visit was of Gen. Prakash Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/prakash-malik> to Israel in March 1998, who was
also the first serving Indian Chief of Army Staff
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-chief-of-army-staff> to visit Israel since
normalization. In April 1998 two out-of-the ordinary incidents happened. Air
India announced its discontinuation of Tel Aviv flight on 1 April 1998 and
early April the Confederation of Indian Industry announced an unplanned
“Study Mission” to Israel. This was the prelude to the second wave which
officially started on 11th May 1998 when India exploded its nuclear bombs.
Night of 27-28 May
Pakistan resisted testing its nuclear bombs for nearly two weeks until 27th
May 1998. On 27 May 1998 in a top level meeting Lt. Gen. [[[Naseem Rana]]
(DG ISIP briefed the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
<http://www.wikimir.com/nawaz-sharif> and army chief of the increasing
intelligence reports of possible Indian attack on Pakistan’s nuclear
installations. However, the panic this created was nothing compared to the
next two meetings. The first report pertained to the sighting of an
unidentified F-16 aircraft at the periphery of Pakistan’s airspace on 27th
May. Knowing India did not have F-16, the obvious suggestion was presence of
Israeli Air Force <http://www.wikimir.com/israeli-air-force> in the area
(especially with the reports of Indian COAS visiting Israel just a month
ago). And the second report coming just before 1am on 28th May recorded
unusual movements of Indian aircrafts just across the border which suggested
India was preparing for preventive airstrikes against Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> . The obvious response of nuclear tests on
28th May.
The tests confirmed once and for all that Pakistan has nuclear capability.
Deduction
It seemed probable that BJP Government had decided to fire its nuclear bombs
to force Pakistan into test firing its – if it has any. After a delay of two
weeks, doubts had started rising in nearly every analytical discourse that
Pakistan did not have the nuclear capability otherwise it would have
responded. This was the golden opportunity to take out Pakistan/Pakistan’s
nuclear installations before that Pakistan got the capability. The important
visit of Indian COAS to Israel in March – in the light of proceeding events
– could only be regarding Israel’s support for the planned attack. Whatever,
the reasons and aims, the end result was establishment of Pakistan as a
nuclear state, which completely changed the Great Nuclear Game.
Third Wave
Pakistan’s test firing of nuclear bombs was a shock for the rest of the
world. No one expected, in the first place for Pakistan to have the
capability and secondly to fire them if it had. For India and Israel, who
were two top most interested parties in destroying Pakistan’s nuclear
assets, this meant a complete overhaul of their strategy.
A year later Indian National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra
<http://www.wikimir.com/brajesh-mishra> came to meet Barak in September
1999 and this time he was accompanied with a familiar face – Alok Tiwari
<http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> . Within a year, Alok Tiwari and
another security analyst finalized a document based on their discussion the
preceding year.
In June 2000 L. K. Advani <http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> visited
Israel in which new deals related to Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
and Shabak <http://www.wikimir.com/shabak> espionage and cooperation with
R&AW <http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> are finalized and as a result
<http://www.wikimir.com/result> Israel was allowed to establish its own
network to operate from India. Also, L.K. Advani discussed Pakistan’s
nuclear program and coordination between the two countries on an operation
for disarming Pakistan. During the visit, Alok Tiwari’s report was also
discussed.
By July 2000 a heavy deployment of Israeli agents in Indian Occupied Kashmir
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-occupied-kashmir> was reported. Near the end
of 2000 Israel’s top intelligence officers were reported to have visited
India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> and discussed amongst other issues,
Kashmir and Pakistan’s nuclear assets. One of the meetings on the agenda was
regarding the report Alok Tilwar had prepared which had gone through
considerable changes in Israel. By the end of the visit the top spies of the
two country had agreed to cooperate on the operation detailed inside the
thick volume titled: “Operation Blue Tulsi”.
Operation Blue Tulsi: Preparation
We do not know what is written inside the report Operation BlueTulsi. But we
can ascertain some of it by the events it had led to beginning 2001.
Preparation for the mega Operation Blue Tulsi began fervently in early 2001.
By mid 2001 eyebrows were being raised over R&AW
<http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> and Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> ’s
cooperation and in July 2001 Janes Information Group
<http://www.wikimir.com/janes-information-group> reported that RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> and Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad>
are cooperating to infiltrate Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> to
target important religious and military personalities, journalists, judges,
lawyers and bureaucrats. In addition, bombs would be exploded in trains,
railway stations, bridges, bus stations, cinemas, hotels and mosques of
rival Islamic sects to incite sectarianism. At the same time the
Balouchistan Liberation Army
<http://www.wikimir.com/balouchistan-liberation-army> rose out of dead like
a second incarnation and Balach Marri <http://www.wikimir.com/balach-marri>
a Moscow graduate declares himself as the leader of BLA. Within weeks in
Balochistan numerous training camps sprouted with each camp reported to be
training up to a 100 militants. Intelligence of RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> , Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and
CIA <http://www.wikimir.com/cia> agents operating in Balochistan started
coming in.
In mid 2001 reports appeared that Special Operations Division of Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> , also known as Metsada
<http://www.wikimir.com/metsada> , specializing in assassinations and
sabotage have been based in India since May 2001 to train RAW operatives and
Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and Shin Bet
<http://www.wikimir.com/shin-bet> or Shabak <http://www.wikimir.com/shabak>
were operating a number of teams in Indian Held Kashmir
<http://www.wikimir.com/indian-held-kashmir> and were also operating a
delicate spy network from Indian soil. In July 2001 RAW increased its budget
for Indian consulates in Afghanistan by nearly 10 times.
Within days after Sep 11, a story was leaked into press that Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> is dismantling and spreading its nuclear
assets to safer places implying that it would be much more difficult to
pinpoint them and much more easier for extremists to get hold of. These news
stories were shortly followed by another piece on 28 October 2001 which
stated that Pentagon <http://www.wikimir.com/pentagon> was looking into
plans to dispatch an elite unit into the Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> to disarm its nuclear arsenal. The
special unit which was trained to slip into foreign countries to ferret out
and disarm nuclear weapons and operated under Pentagon
<http://www.wikimir.com/pentagon> control with CIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/cia> assistance and would be getting special help
from Israel's Sayeret Matkal <http://www.wikimir.com/sayeret-matkal> also
known as Unit 262 <http://www.wikimir.com/unit-262> .
On 22 December 2001 C. Raja Mohan <http://www.wikimir.com/c-raja-mohan>
wrote, "There is a growing belief in New Delhi
<http://www.wikimir.com/new-delhi> that the time has come to call
Pakistan's nuclear bluff. If it does not, India places itself in permanent
vulnerability to cross-border terrorism from Pakistan… India is now
confronted with the possibility that its restraint in the face of nuclear
escalation is taken as a fundamental weakness. India must deal with the
possible assessment in Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> that its
nuclear capability has foreclosed all conventional military options." Same
time at the other side of the globe Prof. Stephen P Cohen
<http://www.wikimir.com/stephen-p-cohen> was saying, "South Asia
<http://www.wikimir.com/south-asia> may have reached a point where the two
countries (India and Pakistan) are really bent on hurting each other one way
or another and it may be time to consider more unilateral, more forceful
American steps - diplomatically and economically forceful - to get
compliance from India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> separately on some vital concerns.
Clearly, we may have reached a point where the peace process is simply too
little, too late, and we may have to turn to other forms of diplomacy."
These two writers one from US and other from India very implicitly had
voiced their respective governments’ policies towards Pakistan’s nuclear
assets.
In December 2001 Indian PM, Atal Bihari <http://www.wikimir.com/atal-bihari>
Vajpayee, while addressing the parliament said, “the question was not
whether there should be or should not be a war, [the question was] under
what circumstances there will be war … and whether there will be a war."
Of course the underlying message was, whether India should attack a nuclear
armed country or a country which has lost its nuclear capabilities.
In December 2001 Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto>
while visiting India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> said in her interviews,
“President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf>
, as an army general, had planned the Kargil <http://www.wikimir.com/kargil>
invasion in Jammu and Kashmir <http://www.wikimir.com/jammu-and-kashmir>
while I was the Prime Minister.” Later she also said, “Pakistan army as an
institution had brought back Osama bin Laden
<http://www.wikimir.com/osama-bin-laden> ”.
This rhetoric of Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> was
perfectly in line with the agreement signed by US and India in 2002. Late in
2002 US and India signed an agreement on cooperation in disarming Pakistan’s
nuclear assets and the two player offensive team of OperationBlueTulsi found
a third partner in the form of CIA <http://www.wikimir.com/cia> . As a
result of this deal Abdullah Mehsud <http://www.wikimir.com/abdullah-mehsud>
was freed from Guantanamo Bay <http://www.wikimir.com/guantanamo-bay> and
returned to Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> with millions in
cash.
Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s statements in
India were the major reason Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> ’s declaration of Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> as a “security risk” during a chat
with Pakistan’s leading editors and correspondents in April 2002. Pakistani
security agencies already had a great deal of intelligence regarding Benazir
Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , Asif Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-zardari> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ’s involvement with Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and India <http://www.wikimir.com/india>
in 1995-96 and their collaboration against Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
In January 2002 under orders from L. K. Advani
<http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> R&AW <http://www.wikimir.com/r-aw> and
other intelligence agencies submited a detailed report on military options
for solving Kashmir <http://www.wikimir.com/kashmir> issue and in case of a
full-fledged war, for neutralizing Pakistan’s nuclear assets. One major
outcome of the report was creation of Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in
March 2002 with the authority to conduct external operations supported by a
huge budget.
Also, a Lawyers’ Struggle
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> surfaced in October 2003 under the leadership of Hamid Ali
Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> (now drowned under the
infamous Lawyers’ Movement
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> ). The first prominent protest of the “struggle” was held on 15
October 2003 in which the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association
(SCBA) Hamid Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> said,
“Musharraf’s very presence within the army and holding of other important
offices and Shaikh Riaz Ahmad <http://www.wikimir.com/shaikh-riaz-ahmad> ’s
continuation as chief justice after his retirement are undoubtedly illegal
and unconstitutional… Let’s think collectively, move forward collectively
and act collectively to outs usurper generals and judges (who had
collaborated with Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf>
including Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-muhammad-chaudhry> ). However, like a
B-grade movie twist, four years later Iftikhar Chaudry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-chaudry> becomes the hero to these same
lawyers who wanted to oust him. Like a script from past, this protest had
followed a “Long March”. And the “struggle” then moved to other cities one
by one asking Musharraf, Riaz Ahamad <http://www.wikimir.com/riaz-ahamad>
and among others Iftikhar Chaudhry
<http://www.wikimir.com/iftikhar-chaudhry> ’s removal from office. At this
point along with Hamid Ali Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/hamid-ali-khan> ,
Kazim Khan <http://www.wikimir.com/kazim-khan> was at the forefront.
Lacking the charisma and cunning of their successors, assassination of a
leader, and shortage of “unlimited” billions of rupees their names and their
Lawyers’ Struggles <http://www.wikimir.com/lawyers-struggles> has been
confined to the dusty pages of history with their names ascribed against the
words, “traitors”. Also, there is no evidence to support that assassination
attempts on Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> were
somehow related to the timing of the Lawyers’ Struggle
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> .
By mid 2004 the government had ample evidence that BLA and some Baloch
leaders were conspiring against the government, aided by foreign countries.
On 13th August 2004 the Chief Minister of Baluchistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/chief-minister-of-baluchistan> , Jam Muhammad Yousaf
<http://www.wikimir.com/jam-muhammad-yousaf> is quoted by The Herald (Sep
2004-Karachi): “Indian secret services (RAW) are maintaining 40 terrorist
camps all over the Baluch <http://www.wikimir.com/baluch> territory”. While
this was happening on ground, there was talk of “Peace Talks” everywhere in
the air. And Jan Muhammad Jamali
<http://www.wikimir.com/jan-muhammad-jamali> had become a laughing stock of
the media for his suggestion of foreign agents operating in Balochistan,
which despite the ground facts forcefully opposed such thoughts.
However, he was already too late. The preparation for the Operation Blue
Tulsi were nearly complete and the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> had wasted all
opportunities for stopping the inevitable.
Operation Blue Tulsi: Start
1st January 2005 was the starting date. The local agents got the signal and
the operation started with the ominous rape of a female doctor in Sui
<http://www.wikimir.com/sui> on 2nd January 2005. As expected the incident
created headlines all round and culprits not being found created a much
supported backlash. This was shortly followed by rocketing of gas
installation at Sui <http://www.wikimir.com/sui> on 7th January which put a
hole in Pakistan’s gas supply for nearly a week.
2005 was a busy year with Baloch terrorists continuously creating havoc in
Balochistan and adjacent areas and ended with assassination attempts on
Musharraf in December. After President Gen Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> escapes a rocket attack on his
life in December 2005 and the Inspector General Frontier Corps survives an
assassination attempt, Navtej Sarna <http://www.wikimir.com/navtej-sarna> ,
the Indian External Affairs Ministry’s spokesman said, "The Government of
India <http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-india> has been watching with
concern the spiralling violence in Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> and the heavy military action,
including use of helicopter gun-ships and jet fighters by the Government of
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> to quell it… We
hope the Government of Pakistan will exercise restraint and take recourse to
peaceful discussions to address the grievances of the people of
Balochistan”.
The Indian Government had realized that the two assassination attempts would
surely result in backfire on the Indian assets in Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> , which it needed to safeguard for its
final aim, especially Akbar Bugti <http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> .
Just as suspected, the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> intensifies its operation
against Baloch militants.
And in April 2006 Government of Balochistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-balochistan> is setup with its
offices in Jerusalem <http://www.wikimir.com/jerusalem> under Azaad Khan
Baloch <http://www.wikimir.com/azaad-khan-baloch> . In a laughingly stupid
mistake, Azaad Khan Baloch who is representing Balochis of Pakistan decided
to spell his name according to Hindi <http://www.wikimir.com/hindi>
transliteration with double “a” in Az”aa”d, rather than a single “a” as used
in Pakistan, i.e. Azad. Or more probable, “Azad Khan Baloch” is not a
Pakistani.
Meanwhile in Balochistan the government operation against Akbar Bugti
<http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> intensified who took shelter in the
rugged mountain range and coordinated the activities of his militants from
there. Ultimately the military found him and during the process of capture
Akbar Bugti <http://www.wikimir.com/akbar-bugti> died because of cave-roof
collapse on 26 August 2006.
This proved a minor setback in the overall plans. However, beginning 2007
events in the country took a completely different turn. Starting March 2007,
every incident occurring in the country was tied to the aim of ousting
Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> , including the
much profitable Lawyers’ Movement
<Black Revolution: Pakistan?s Lawyers Movement: Bush Administration’s Last Color Revolution Pak Alert Press
ieved-what/> . Intelligence agencies were having a field-day bringing in
pile after pile of reports proving involvement of CIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/cia> , RAW <http://www.wikimir.com/raw> , Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and MI6 <http://www.wikimir.com/mi6>
towards Musharraf’s ouster. True to some extent but unlike analyzed, ouster
of Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> was just one
milestone towards the main goal, which every agency completely missed. Thus,
all their efforts went into controlling the situation to secure Musharraf,
while in the backdrop, silently the wheels kept turning. While Punjab
<http://www.wikimir.com/punjab> , Sindh <http://www.wikimir.com/sindh> ,
Balochistan <http://www.wikimir.com/balochistan> were burning Swat was
sitting quietly, unnoticed and out of radar. Within a period of few months,
the numbers of “Pakistani Taliban” in Swat surged and just as well their
ammunition, latest military equipment a country like Pakistan would dream
of. A portion of this ended up in the ill-fated Lal Masjid
<http://www.wikimir.com/lal-masjid> . While intelligence and military were
busy keeping Musharraf’s seat safe in Pakistan, a new political game started
in UAE. Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> enthusiastically
started pursuing the goal of National Reconciliation Ordinance
<http://www.wikimir.com/national-reconciliation-ordinance> . He became
instrumental in the final deal between Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , US <http://www.wikimir.com/us>
and Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> and NRO.
Since Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> did not have
much to lose without NRO she was never very interested in it. That was the
reason two options were thrown at Musharraf, i.e. either eliminating the two
term condition or NRO. Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik>
on the other hand was vehemently pursuing NRO, as of the three (Asif Ali
Zardari <http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> , Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> and Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> ) the Government of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/government-of-pakistan> only had clear evidence
against Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> and it was
enough to put him in jail for life (i.e. involvement in espionage and
working with Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> and RAW
<http://www.wikimir.com/raw> ). However, at that point no one knew the real
motivations of Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> other
than that he was working to get the path clear for Benazir’s return.
Amazingly, FBI <http://www.wikimir.com/fbi> also was putting its weight
behind NRO rather than eliminating the two term condition. While, if US had
really wanted Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> as
Prime Minister of Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/prime-minister-of-pakistan> , logic dictates that
they would want the two term condition eliminated to assure her easy
succession to the premiership. It needs to be noted here that Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> had also tried to do a similar deal
in 2005, which never materialized. This time it did.
Near the end of 2007, intelligence and military were convinced that a
conspiracy had been hatched in the country with the sole aim of removing
Musharraf from power. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
<http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> , simultaneous rioting throughout
the country, terrorist activities occurring in every province had
considerable similarities to the Bush Administration
<http://www.wikimir.com/bush-administration> backed Color Revolutions
<http://www.wikimir.com/color-revolutions> . In order to keep Musharraf in
power the government kept giving into one demand after the other. As a
result Rehman Malik <http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> becomes head of
Interior Ministry, Yusuf Raza Gilani
<http://www.wikimir.com/yusuf-raza-gilani> becomes the Prime Minister of
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/prime-minister-of-pakistan> and sweeping
changes are made in the security and intelligence community. Still, the
government saw the war finally over when in one move Gilani puts ISI under
Interior Minister on 27 July 2008. Until that time ISI
<http://www.wikimir.com/isi> and top brass had thought all Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> wanted was to get-rid of extremist
elements from ISI <http://www.wikimir.com/isi> and Pakistan’s
establishment.
It was the end of July 2008 when the alarm bells started ringing again in
the high echelons. Intelligence machinery went into extra high gear and
millions later it came back with the name: Operation Blue Tulsi.
Operation Blue Tulsi: the Revelation
The Establishment, only now realized the full extent of the operation which
they had been witnessing since the beginning of 2000. More worryingly, the
current operation had eerily similar modus operandi to the 1995-96 debacle –
which left the country tethering onto its nuclear assets – just that this
time it was vastly more sophisticated and greater in size. In matter of
hours the priorities changed. Keeping Pervez Musharraf
<http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> in power suddenly paled in
comparison to the real threat. As the agencies reopened recent reports,
reading them in the light of newest finding all the pieces fell in place. It
was a disastrous lapse on behalf of the multibillion dollar strong
organizations. Overnight the report was prepared and the summary was sent to
President Pervez Musharraf <http://www.wikimir.com/pervez-musharraf> next
morning.
In 1995-96 India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> came up with a plan to
destroy Pakistan’s nuclear facilities before that Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> developed a nuclear capability. The plan
was prepared by a RAW <http://www.wikimir.com/raw> agent Alok Tiwari
<http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari> (who has recently been compromised).
At that time Mossad <http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> was already active in
Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> and once it heard about the
project for elimination of Pakistan’s nuclear facilities jumped in by first
streamlining the project further and then using its assets in Pakistan.
Somewhere in early 1996 the operation was given go-ahead. At that point FIA
<http://www.wikimir.com/fia> Director General Ghulam Asghar
<http://www.wikimir.com/ghulam-asghar> and his ADG Rehman Malik
<http://www.wikimir.com/rehman-malik> in a deal with India
<http://www.wikimir.com/india> and Israel <http://www.wikimir.com/israel>
were hunting down Pakistan <http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> based Kashmiri
and Arab militants. These two proved to be the front line in the operation
and when contacted by Indian agents fully agreed to supply all the necessary
information regarding Kahuta <http://www.wikimir.com/kahuta> and A. Q. Khan
<http://www.wikimir.com/a-q-khan> ’s operations. Towards mid 96
demonstrations and chaos erupted throughout the country. The aim was to
destabilize the country enough that when the two confirmed Pakistan
<http://www.wikimir.com/pakistan> did not have any nuclear capabilities
India <http://www.wikimir.com/india> would go-ahead with all out assault.
General Jehangir Karamat <http://www.wikimir.com/jehangir-karamat> who was
already weary of the two chaps and Asif Ali Zardari
<http://www.wikimir.com/asif-ali-zardari> ’s complicity took immediate
action and Benazir Bhutto <http://www.wikimir.com/benazir-bhutto> ’s
government was dissolved. The duo of Asghar and Malik and Zardari had
already come into military’s radar the year before when they tried to lure
General Abdul Wahed Kakar <http://www.wikimir.com/abdul-wahed-kakar> .
Then five years later, Alok Tiwari <http://www.wikimir.com/alok-tiwari>
submited an updated version of his older report. Israel was again consulted
and this time L. K. Advani <http://www.wikimir.com/l-k-advani> vehemently
pursued it. Towards the end of 2000 a delegation of top Mossad
<http://www.wikimir.com/mossad> brass visited India and the combined
operation titled: Operation Blue Tulsi was finalized and put into operation
which had only one aim:
Destroy Pakistan’s nuclear assets followed by its Balkanization.
Approach:
1. Resurrect Baloch insurgency. Pakistan was fine with it, as it had
thirty years of experience with it, starting with the Afghan-Soviet War
<http://www.wikimir.com/afghan-soviet-war> .
2. Buy officials in military, bureaucracy, politics and law. ISI was
fine with it, as it had sixty years of experience in dealing with traitors.
3. Plant agents in top positions in Taliban, FATA and NWFP. A shocker
for everyone.
Taliban were the foster child of ISI and the agency had no contingency for
enemy agents in top positions. The best option they came up with was to buy
back the agents with more money and as a result they were deceived time and
again and again. Top on the list, Baitullah Mehsud
<http://www.wikimir.com/baitullah-mehsud> . The twenty million dollars he
got in suitcases was one of the stupidest moves in the world espionage
history and ISI top brass to this day are vengefully pursuing him.
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