Pakistan has made no attempt to shut down LeT: US Congressman Gary Ackerman

[mjnaushad]

Do tell actually what banned means?

Besides Naxals are not only banned but there active army operations going on against them(just like TTP in your case) ..can you claim the same for LeT??

You need to understand the difference between TTP and LeT..... You are again implying that all banned organization members should be shot at sight and tanks should enter every corner of the country to hunt down LeT regardless of the civilian cost. If you want them dead bring some solid proof against the LeT members. If you dont trust Pakistani authorities hire a private agency, private lawyer and prosecute them.... But again just to keep your countrymen happy you guys will only shout on Media.

 

[karan.1970]

You need to understand the difference between TTP and LeT..... You are again implying that all banned organization members should be shot at sight and tanks should enter every corner of the country to hunt down LeT regardless of the civilian cost. If you want them dead bring some solid proof against the LeT members. If you dont trust Pakistani authorities hire a private agency, private lawyer and prosecute them.... But again just to keep your countrymen happy you guys will only shout on Media.

How are TTP and LeT different ?? Except that 1st attacks Paksitan and 2nd attacks India

 

[illusion8]

We made the world realise it right. 9/11 helped in some way as well. I hope LeT is not planning a similar attack in any western country cos the war will not be at the doorsteps it will enter the country.

 

[ramu]

And still they are trying to work with us.... isn't that amazing....

And that my friend is for public consumption. Please read the fallout between Pakistan and America. It is Americans passing orders and Zardari saying Hillary and himself agreed almost on everything.

 

[ares]

You need to understand the difference between TTP and LeT..... You are again implying that all banned organization members should be shot at sight and tanks should enter every corner of the country to hunt down LeT regardless of the civilian cost. If you want them dead bring some solid proof against the LeT members. If you dont trust Pakistani authorities hire a private agency, private lawyer and prosecute them.... But again just to keep your countrymen happy you guys will only shout on Media.

Again do tell the difference between the two banned internationally declared terrorist organisations?

The only difference I see is ..one is attacking targets in Pakistan and other is attacking targets in India..

If there is any other difference then eludicate!!

But then again what solid proof you have against TTP..that you don't have against LeT?

 

[ramu]

Again do tell the difference between the two banned internationally declared terrorist organisations?

The only difference I see is ..one is attacking targets in Pakistan and other is attacking targets in India..

If there is any other difference then eludicate!!

But then again what solid proof you have against TTP..that you don't have against LeT?

It is all about interests. Forget support, it is just barbaric for an intelligence agency to get involved in the bombing of a foreign embassy by acting along side a terrorist group. Enough said.

 

[53fd]

4 Nov, 2011, 10.58AM IST, IANS
Pakistan has made no attempt to shut down LeT: US Congressman Gary Ackerman.

WASHINGTON, Accusing Pakistan of abetting terrorist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, a key lawmaker wants the Obama administration to adopt a more realistic policy towards a key ally.

"We need to rid ourselves of the absurd notion that we can change Pakistan, reform its government, or create real trust," Gary Ackerman, top Democrat on a House foreign affairs sub-panel, said at a Congressional hearing Thursday.

Asserting "Pakistani military establishment is not our friend. They are not our allies. They are not our partners. They are not on our team," he said "It's not a secret that the Haqqani network is responsible for numerous attacks on the Afghan government and our troops.

"It's not a secret that Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was responsible for the horrific November, 2008, massacre of civilians in Mumbai, India, an attack that clearly implicated the Pakistani military, operates openly in Pakistan."

"The government of Pakistan has made no effort to interfere, disrupt, arrest or shut down any of these groups or their activities," Ackerman said noting "It's no secret that Osama bin Laden was living comfortably in Abbottabad."

"Pakistan is not our pal, our buddy or our chum. It is a sovereign state, pursuing its own self-defined interests in what it perceives to be a tough neighbourhood. But they contribute to making it tough."

Steve Chabot, Republican chair of the panel said he was very concerned about Obama administration's plan to use

Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to reach out to insurgents" and "the implications of this policy for India, which has been, continues to be, and I hope will remain, a close ally and friend of the United States."

Citing "LeT's important domestic strategy and the importance of Lashkar to the ISI," Christine Fair, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Peace and Security Studies said "many of the militant groups serve important domestic purposes for Pakistan."

Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the Haqqani network, for years, has been supported by the ISI "And I do not see, at this juncture, why the ISI would retrench that support given the perception that there is going to be a security transition in Afghanistan."

Pakistan has made no attempt to shut down LeT: US Congressman Gary Ackerman - The Economic Times

The Congressman is clueless & doesn't know what he is talking about. It is because of Pakistan that cross border infiltration levels have gone down to a record level. He should be talking about things that he knows about, not about things he has no clue about.

 

[karan.1970]

The Congressman doesn't know what he is talking about. It is because of Pakistan that cross border infiltration levels have gone down to a record level.

And it was because of Pakistan that they were there at high levels in the 1st place.. The levels are not going down because of goodwill of Pakistan. Its just that the terrorist machinery is busy on the western front at the moment

 

[somebozo]

The US has made no attempt to shut down cross border infiltration by Afghan lunatics who are blasting bombs in our tribal area day and night!

 

[53fd]

And it was because of Pakistan that they were there at high levels in the 1st place.. The levels are not going down because of goodwill of Pakistan. Its just that the terrorist machinery is busy on the western front at the moment

Pakistan declared LeT a terrorist group post 2001 (which wasn't done pre-9/11), & clamped down on it. It's not by magic that cross border infiltration has gone down to a record level, it is because of Pakistan's repeated efforts that it has. Do you think Pakistan has forgotten about its eastern front just because it is heavily involved on its Western one?

Pakistan took security data from Indian chopper: Indian media – The Express Tribune

 

[ramu]

The US has made no attempt to shut down cross border infiltration by Afghan lunatics who are blasting bombs in our tribal area day and night!

An area that Pakistan cannot control. An area where the Pakistan military fears to venture. America is in Afghanistan to kill the Al-Qaida and those who support it. It is unfortunate that they realise so late that the sanctuaries of terror is not in Afghanistan but in Pakistan.