Pak investigator wants country to admit mistakes about Mumbai attacks
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Islamabad must admit its mistakes for allowing Pakistani terrorists to sail to Mumbai in 2008 and carry out a massacre, a retired Pakistani official said in remarks published on Tuesday.
“Pakistan has to deal with the Mumbai mayhem, planned and launched from its soil,” Tariq Khosa, a former director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), wrote in Dawn newspaper.
“This requires facing the truth and admitting mistakes,” he said. “The entire state security apparatus must ensure that the perpetrators and masterminds of the ghastly terror attacks are brought to justice.”
Mr. Khosa said the case had lingered on for far too long.
He said dilatory tactics by the defendants, frequent change of trial judges and the assassination of the case prosecutor as well as retracting from original testimony by some key witnesses had proved to be serious setbacks for the prosecutors.
Ten Pakistani terrorists sneaked into Mumbai from the sea in November 2008 and massacred 166 Indians and foreigners in an attack that almost brought the two countries to war.
One of the terrorists, Ajmal Kasab, was caught and later hanged in India. Security forces killed the others. Islamabad initially denied any links with the attackers but later admitted that Kasab and the masterminds were Pakistani nationals.
Mr. Khosa pointed out that Kasab was a Pakistani and that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who attacked Mumbai were trained near Thatta in Sindh and launched by sea from there.
“The training camp was identified and secured by the investigators. The casings of the explosive devices used in Mumbai were recovered from this training camp and duly matched.
“Third, the fishing trawler used by the terrorists for hijacking an Indian trawler in which they sailed to Mumbai was brought back to harbour, then painted and concealed. It was recovered by the investigators and connected to the accused.
“Fourth, the engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbour contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then to a Karachi sports shop from where an LeT-linked militant purchased it along with the dinghy. The money trail was followed and linked to the accused who was arrested.
“Fifth, the ops room in Karachi, from where the operation was directed, was also identified and secured by the investigators. The communications through Voice over Internet Protocol were unearthed.
“Sixth, the alleged commander and his deputies were identified and arrested. Seventh, a couple of foreign-based financiers and facilitators were arrested and brought to face trial,” Mr. Khosa said.
The retired official said that the Mumbai case was unique and that proving conspiracy in a different jurisdiction was more complex and required a far superior quality of evidence.
“Therefore, the legal experts from both sides need to sit together rather than sulk and point fingers.”
Mr. Khosa asked: “Are we as a nation prepared to muster the courage to face uncomfortable truths and combat the demons of militancy that haunt our land?”
Kasab was a Pakistani, 26/11 attackers were trained in Sindh, says Tariq Khosa, ex-chief of Pakistan's top probe body - The Hindu
“Pakistan has to deal with the Mumbai mayhem, planned and launched from its soil,” Tariq Khosa, a former director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), wrote in Dawn newspaper.
“This requires facing the truth and admitting mistakes,” he said. “The entire state security apparatus must ensure that the perpetrators and masterminds of the ghastly terror attacks are brought to justice.”
Mr. Khosa said the case had lingered on for far too long.
He said dilatory tactics by the defendants, frequent change of trial judges and the assassination of the case prosecutor as well as retracting from original testimony by some key witnesses had proved to be serious setbacks for the prosecutors.
Ten Pakistani terrorists sneaked into Mumbai from the sea in November 2008 and massacred 166 Indians and foreigners in an attack that almost brought the two countries to war.
One of the terrorists, Ajmal Kasab, was caught and later hanged in India. Security forces killed the others. Islamabad initially denied any links with the attackers but later admitted that Kasab and the masterminds were Pakistani nationals.
Mr. Khosa pointed out that Kasab was a Pakistani and that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who attacked Mumbai were trained near Thatta in Sindh and launched by sea from there.
“The training camp was identified and secured by the investigators. The casings of the explosive devices used in Mumbai were recovered from this training camp and duly matched.
“Third, the fishing trawler used by the terrorists for hijacking an Indian trawler in which they sailed to Mumbai was brought back to harbour, then painted and concealed. It was recovered by the investigators and connected to the accused.
“Fourth, the engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbour contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then to a Karachi sports shop from where an LeT-linked militant purchased it along with the dinghy. The money trail was followed and linked to the accused who was arrested.
“Fifth, the ops room in Karachi, from where the operation was directed, was also identified and secured by the investigators. The communications through Voice over Internet Protocol were unearthed.
“Sixth, the alleged commander and his deputies were identified and arrested. Seventh, a couple of foreign-based financiers and facilitators were arrested and brought to face trial,” Mr. Khosa said.
The retired official said that the Mumbai case was unique and that proving conspiracy in a different jurisdiction was more complex and required a far superior quality of evidence.
“Therefore, the legal experts from both sides need to sit together rather than sulk and point fingers.”
Mr. Khosa asked: “Are we as a nation prepared to muster the courage to face uncomfortable truths and combat the demons of militancy that haunt our land?”
Kasab was a Pakistani, 26/11 attackers were trained in Sindh, says Tariq Khosa, ex-chief of Pakistan's top probe body - The Hindu
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@Manticore there are 3 threads running on this subject, merge them pls
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Told you he was a Hindu !
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Why not? What you're saying have been verified by eminent pak analysts with deep intelligence sources
In another thread I bemoaned the stupidity of Indians and Pakistanis and I got banned. You unfortunately just proved wrong the moderator who banned me. I wish that the mod could read your response to my post and apologize to me now. Go check the meaning of the english word "satire" and revert to me ok ? Dumb Indian Baniya Yindoo
there is a very fine line between satire and the truth lol
i cant even see the line here
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I am not a lawyer therefore I have to rely on the opinion of an eminent lawyer who is held in high regard and I have shared what he has had to say; so whatever we discuss is moot because I on my part don't understand the legalities of things and I assume that neither do you.
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They don't want to understand, lies & calumny work for them. How many times have I heard Pakistani journalists & their "experts" refer to it...As they do to the letter by RV Mani to his bosses in the Home Ministry...etc They create their own fiction & wallow in it, works because most of the time, there are no Indians to poke holes. It's why this guy said NSA & then spoke about a video about terrorists to deal with terrorists...proving that he knows nothing about either comment.
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Now, if Zaid Bhai said so, it must be true !
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In another thread I bemoaned the stupidity of Indians and Pakistanis and I got banned. You unfortunately just proved wrong the moderator who banned me. I wish that the mod could read your response to my post and apologize to me now. Go check the meaning of the english word "satire" and revert to me ok ? Dumb Indian Baniya Yindoo
Sorry bro, I am surfing from mobile so couldn't see your flags. There is one pakistani member too with something similar name. I often get confused while surfing on mobile. But anyway I should have distinguished you by your post as it was crisp and sauve. The pakistani one who goes by something similar name is actually very Pakistani. : D Mistaken identity.
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naah cant be I always ask for Bhagwan ki kirpa when I am in pain
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The truth can pass for satire
Forgiven ! But my remarks still apply to xyxmt until he also apologizes
The truth can pass for satire
I invented reverse Psychology against bullies at school and eventually they started running away from me...you doing a good job.
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while I might argue that even thigs like toothpaste are considerable evidence (that's how these things work), but even if you let that go, tracing the engine block back pak, identifying the boat that was repainted, an overwhelming amount of evidence in it's favor. Are you really suggesting that it was not from Pak that the attacks were planned and launched? Even if you dispute that the head of the ISI may not have known about it, is it not true that rogue officers with loose allegiance are frequently doing these things?
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