Will India ever mount an operation to capture Dawood Ibrahim?

[chhota bheem]

How is Chota Rajan doing now? Given his animosity against Dawood Ibrahim, he can get the work done with full covert support from RAW.

Chota rajan said after the split he will kill dawood.and if someone can kill him its his gang.

 

[chhota bheem]

I don't think he travels. he is holed up in Pakistan. He is a US declared international Terrorist, and 4th most wanted man in the world as listed by Forbes.

He is not allowed into many ME counties.

 

[That Guy]

By Anas Abbas

Ten years ago on a balmy, sunny day in Karachi, my father asked me to accompany him to a great seth’s house. People in Karachi sometimes gather at houses of major industrialists’ to see their impressive sacrificial animals, purchased for Bakra Eid.

I was only too eager to go to one such grand place which turned out to be at a distance of just two kilometres from my house. When we arrived, we found crowds of people gawking at expensive animals. As I took in the sights and sounds, the owner of the house came out, flanked by his guards and kids.

I wondered aloud who this intriguing man could be, my father chuckled: “He has many names. In India, he’s the most wanted man. And here some know him as Ibrahim Mushtaq and others call him Tiger Memon!”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given my age, this didn’t mean a whole lot to me at that time. But it would soon change.

Not long after I left Pakistan, in pursuit of university education, I began studying the historic conflicts across the world, and became deeply interested in counter-terrorism and history, and started scrutinising various conflicts around the world.

Dawood soon crept back into my life. While debating politics with my cousin one day, I was shocked to discover that Tiger Memon’s son was his friend. They had studied together, it turned out, at Karachi’s prominent City School.

Indian terrorists, it became clear to me, had integrated well in Pakistan’s society.

When I went to Karachi next, I tried conducting my own investigation. I knew Tiger Memon’s house and had seen the state patronage he was living under, but I was more interested in the even bigger fish who was also said to be living in Karachi, and was the main accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts.

It didn’t take a lot of finding-out. Dawood Ibrahim, who featured among the top in Forbes list of most wanted dreaded criminals, was living openly in Clifton, Block 4, Karachi, near Café Flo, known as an elite hang-out. Last year when I visited Karachi, I asked my friends where Dawood Ibrahim lived and I was told time and again the same location.

When I went to that particular area, I observed containers had been put-up and the street was blockaded. People were frisked and IDs checked before one could be granted entry into the mansion. Pakistan Army Rangers patrolled the road.

I realised that Pakistani journalists weren’t very keen to chase up this fantastic story because they did not want to suffer the same fate as Daniel Pearl, Saleem Shehzad and Ghulam Hasnain.

Ghulam Hasnain wrote a wonderfully detailed account of Dawood’s lavish lifestyle in Karachi and Lahore. Subsequently, he was kidnapped and when he returned, he had suffered several fractures on his body.

American journalists do not write about him either, because they are not interested in Dawood Ibrahim. Also, America needs Pakistan to buttress its Afghan policy and support a peace deal with the Taliban. It is for this reason that the American government and media do not feel the need to pressurise Pakistan to stop supporting Dawood Ibrahim.

If India has any intentions of ever capturing Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon—or other top terrorists, Maulana Masood Azhar and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed—it needs, first, to rid itself of the illusion that Pakistan’s criminal justice will help.

Take the example of Hafiz Saeed: Known throughout the world as a terrorist, at home he’s a television celebrity, represented as a pious man. Back in 2009, Saeed was acquitted of several terrorism-related charges by the Lahore High Court. The prosecution lawyer, Latif Khosa, convinced the judge that Saeed had links to al Qaeda. But the judge still ruled in Saeed’s favour, since having connections with al Qaeda was no offence under Pakistani law.

Imagine that a country which has lost over 50,000 of its citizens to al Qaeda supported militants, and has suffered a $70 billion economic loss, is still unable to pass a legislation banning al Qaeda. This goes to show what Pakistan’s priorities are.

The conversation that I had with my father when I first visited Tiger Memon’s house reverberated in my mind when I saw the mind blowing Indian movie D-Day. Irfan Khan sees the Don Dawood Ibrahim for the first time at the mosque, and is told by his Pakistani friend: “He has many names. Some call him Saleem Pathan and others know him as Iqbal Seth.”

The Pakistan government’s only strategy is denial. Will India eventually mount an operation to get Dawood Ibrahim, as shown in D Day, akin to the one America mounted against Osama bin Laden? Or will India keep on waiting endlessly for Pakistan to punish those terrorists who are causing mayhem in India and inciting violence from across the border?

Only time will tell.

Anas Abbas is an investigative Counter Terrorism Analyst. He blogs at aacounterterror.wordpress.com and tweets at @Anas_Abbas1.

What a dumb article. India isn't stupid enough to start a war over one man, they've seen the consequences of such foolish actions, and won't follow down that same road.

 

[livingdead]

What a dumb article. India isn't stupid enough to start a war over one man, they've seen the consequences of such foolish actions, and won't follow down that same road.

he is not suggesting to start a war, he is probably talking about covert operation.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Google it yaar

Have a word with the Nahyans, brah

 

[Umair Nawaz]

By Anas Abbas

Ten years ago on a balmy, sunny day in Karachi, my father asked me to accompany him to a great seth’s house. People in Karachi sometimes gather at houses of major industrialists’ to see their impressive sacrificial animals, purchased for Bakra Eid.

I was only too eager to go to one such grand place which turned out to be at a distance of just two kilometres from my house. When we arrived, we found crowds of people gawking at expensive animals. As I took in the sights and sounds, the owner of the house came out, flanked by his guards and kids.

I wondered aloud who this intriguing man could be, my father chuckled: “He has many names. In India, he’s the most wanted man. And here some know him as Ibrahim Mushtaq and others call him Tiger Memon!”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given my age, this didn’t mean a whole lot to me at that time. But it would soon change.

Not long after I left Pakistan, in pursuit of university education, I began studying the historic conflicts across the world, and became deeply interested in counter-terrorism and history, and started scrutinising various conflicts around the world.

Dawood soon crept back into my life. While debating politics with my cousin one day, I was shocked to discover that Tiger Memon’s son was his friend. They had studied together, it turned out, at Karachi’s prominent City School.

Indian terrorists, it became clear to me, had integrated well in Pakistan’s society.

When I went to Karachi next, I tried conducting my own investigation. I knew Tiger Memon’s house and had seen the state patronage he was living under, but I was more interested in the even bigger fish who was also said to be living in Karachi, and was the main accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts.

It didn’t take a lot of finding-out. Dawood Ibrahim, who featured among the top in Forbes list of most wanted dreaded criminals, was living openly in Clifton, Block 4, Karachi, near Café Flo, known as an elite hang-out. Last year when I visited Karachi, I asked my friends where Dawood Ibrahim lived and I was told time and again the same location.

When I went to that particular area, I observed containers had been put-up and the street was blockaded. People were frisked and IDs checked before one could be granted entry into the mansion. Pakistan Army Rangers patrolled the road.

I realised that Pakistani journalists weren’t very keen to chase up this fantastic story because they did not want to suffer the same fate as Daniel Pearl, Saleem Shehzad and Ghulam Hasnain.

Ghulam Hasnain wrote a wonderfully detailed account of Dawood’s lavish lifestyle in Karachi and Lahore. Subsequently, he was kidnapped and when he returned, he had suffered several fractures on his body.

American journalists do not write about him either, because they are not interested in Dawood Ibrahim. Also, America needs Pakistan to buttress its Afghan policy and support a peace deal with the Taliban. It is for this reason that the American government and media do not feel the need to pressurise Pakistan to stop supporting Dawood Ibrahim.

If India has any intentions of ever capturing Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon—or other top terrorists, Maulana Masood Azhar and Hafiz Muhammad Saeed—it needs, first, to rid itself of the illusion that Pakistan’s criminal justice will help.

Take the example of Hafiz Saeed: Known throughout the world as a terrorist, at home he’s a television celebrity, represented as a pious man. Back in 2009, Saeed was acquitted of several terrorism-related charges by the Lahore High Court. The prosecution lawyer, Latif Khosa, convinced the judge that Saeed had links to al Qaeda. But the judge still ruled in Saeed’s favour, since having connections with al Qaeda was no offence under Pakistani law.

Imagine that a country which has lost over 50,000 of its citizens to al Qaeda supported militants, and has suffered a $70 billion economic loss, is still unable to pass a legislation banning al Qaeda. This goes to show what Pakistan’s priorities are.

The conversation that I had with my father when I first visited Tiger Memon’s house reverberated in my mind when I saw the mind blowing Indian movie D-Day. Irfan Khan sees the Don Dawood Ibrahim for the first time at the mosque, and is told by his Pakistani friend: “He has many names. Some call him Saleem Pathan and others know him as Iqbal Seth.”

The Pakistan government’s only strategy is denial. Will India eventually mount an operation to get Dawood Ibrahim, as shown in D Day, akin to the one America mounted against Osama bin Laden? Or will India keep on waiting endlessly for Pakistan to punish those terrorists who are causing mayhem in India and inciting violence from across the border?

Only time will tell.

Anas Abbas is an investigative Counter Terrorism Analyst. He blogs at aacounterterror.wordpress.com and tweets at @Anas_Abbas1.

Yeah a Pakistani will write this with a title ''WILL INDIA EVER MOUNT AN OPERATION TO CAPTURE DAWOOD IBRAHIM''

Indian propaganda at its very best.

 

[Killswitch]

Hopefully a government with some backbone will come to power, and then terrorists in Pakistan can be hunted down and killed, along the lines of JSOC operations.

 

[That Guy]

he is not suggesting to start a war, he is probably talking about covert operation.

Which would start a war, because there is no way that such actions would go unnoticed. The US raid is one thing, but the army won't tolerate such a humiliation from India. Indian action on Pakistani territory will result in a war, even if it is brief.

 

[Icewolf]

India doesn't have guts to do so.

Hopefully a government with some backbone will come to power, and then terrorists in Pakistan can be hunted down and killed, along the lines of JSOC operations.

Not while Pakistan has nukes. India simply isn't powerful enough to do so.

 

[liall]

Hopefully a government with some backbone will come to power, and then terrorists in Pakistan can be hunted down and killed, along the lines of JSOC operations.

or pakistan will get matured as a nation and get rid of the terrorists themselves. wishful thinking but it is possible when more peace loving ppl come to power.

 

[Awesome]

Have a word with the Nahyans, brah

Mind you, there is no proof for that, just like there is no proof of him being in Karachi either.

 

[Rocky25]

What a dumb article. India isn't stupid enough to start a war over one man, they've seen the consequences of such foolish actions, and won't follow down that same road.

The fact of the matter is whether Pakistan will start a war! If it was a war then it should be started by Pakistan.

Indian congress Politicians doesn't have guts to do so.

Correction made!

Not while Pakistan has nukes. India simply isn't powerful enough to do so.

Will Pakistan start a war over a single hit? I don't think so! There is so much to lose!

 

[That Guy]

The fact of the matter is whether Pakistan will start a war! If it was a war then it should be started by Pakistan.

That's illogical, the one who fires the first shot is the one who starts the war. If India violates Pakistan's sovereignty, then they will have effectively declared war. All that will be left is for Pakistan to retaliate at the time of it's choosing.

And yes, Pakistan would go to war over this, and considering that India was the one who started the aggression with the raid, the PA would have international justification. As much as I hate to admit it, the PA won't tolerate any Indian incursion into it's territory. The PA was willing to bear the humiliation of the US raid, but it's arch rival India? Not a chance in hell.

 

[Bang Galore]

That's illogical, the one who fires the first shot is the one who starts the war. If India violates Pakistan's sovereignty, then they will have effectively declared war. All that will be left is for Pakistan to retaliate at the time of it's choosing.

And yes, Pakistan would go to war over this, and considering that India was the one who started the aggression with the raid, the PA would have international justification. As much as I hate to admit it, the PA won't tolerate any Indian incursion into it's territory. The PA was willing to bear the humiliation of the US raid, but it's arch rival India? Not a chance in hell.

While right in theory, it wouldn't work that way. If India carried out a successful operation(hypothetically) and managed to get back into Indian territory, PA's options are limited. What could PA do? Go to a war with India? Not much chance of that. International justification, as seen by you, wouldn't exist. The world will see Pakistan defending an terrorist, going to war over him would be more than silly. What we might see is possibly localised operations at a time of Pakistan's choosing at the LoC, something which will again not go unanswered.

The risk here is not of Pakistan's reaction post the event, it is more of the chance of success of such an operation. Keep in mind that the Mumbai attack is seen as a similar violation of India's sovereignty. If that didn't provoke a war keeping in mind the carnage that had happened, it would be silly to think that action against one wanted individual would cause it.

 

[Rocky25]

That's illogical, the one who fires the first shot is the one who starts the war. If India violates Pakistan's sovereignty, then they will have effectively declared war. All that will be left is for Pakistan to retaliate at the time of it's choosing.

And yes, Pakistan would go to war over this, and considering that India was the one who started the aggression with the raid, the PA would have international justification. As much as I hate to admit it, the PA won't tolerate any Indian incursion into it's territory. The PA was willing to bear the humiliation of the US raid, but it's arch rival India? Not a chance in hell.

There are terrorists strikes happening in both the country and each of us blame the other! We do NOT start a war for that... Between who is going to assume ownership IF ever DI is killed? Why should India resort to OBL type of attack? Why not MOSSAD style of attack?

India will NOT do OBL type of attack with a nuclear power... But MOSSAD style attack can be done, but not to worry the political class does NOT have the balls!

If Pakistan starts a war, I am sorry to say that Pakistan will NOT have any International sympathy! All nations will condemn it! They seldom care about a man called Dawood!