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| David Headley's confession should silence Pakistan | | | What else Pakistan expects India to sub
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the involvement of JuD chief,Hafiz Saeed, in the 2008 Mumbai attack when one among the main accused David Headley has confirmed that Saeed played a vital role in engineering the terror strike on Mumbai? Come what may Pakistan is not expected to accept documents furnished by India in support of New Delhi's assertion that in some major terror strikes, terrorists had come from Pakistan and had been provided moral and material support by the Pak Army,the ISI and other non-state actors. David Headley has made a candid confession on involvement of Pakistani fundamentalists and the ISI in the 2008 Mimbai attack.Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley has deposed before a court in Mumbai via video-link after being made an approver in the 26/11 case and said he came to India seven times before the 2008 terror attacks and that his main contact in LeT was Sajid Mir, also an accused in the case.This is the first time that Headley deposed before the court.In his deposition through video-conference, which began at 7 am, Headley said that he was a "true follower of LeT" and came to India eight times--seven before the terror attack on November 26, 2008 and once after that. He said two attempts were made to attack Mumbai prior to 26/11. The first attempt was made in September 2008, but boat hit rocks in the ocean, weapons and explosives were lost, but those on board survived. The second attack was made in October 2008, those involved in first attempt were involved in this as well, but the attack failed. However, the third attempt was successful (26/11), he added.
Headley has said he was motivated by Hafiz Saeed's speeches and also referred to Major Iqbal of Pakistan's ISI before the court.He said that he met Saeed at a training camp in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan in 2002. Headley joined LeT and took his first "course" with them in 2002 at Muzaffarabad. Headley's confession before the court should be treated by Pakistan as his testimony to the involvement of Pakistani agencies and Pakistan based terror outfits in the Mumbai carnage which had left over 166 people dead and resulted in destruction of Government and private property.Ajmal Kasab,who was caught alive while carrying out terror strikes,too had admitted that he had come from Pakistan.And besides confession of Ajmal Kasab,who was later executed,India had submitted to Pakistan other documents including voice samples of those involved in the Mumbai carnage, but Islamabad failed to act on the evidence. Infact, the relations between India and Pakistan hit a rock soon after the 2008 Mumbai mayhem.Since then many efforts were being made for promoting cordial ties between the two.
While the memory of Mumbai attack was fresh among the Indians another terror strike was carried out on an Indian airbase in Pathankot onJanuary 2 in which seven Indian soldiers were killed.Despite the fact that Jaish-e-Mohammad and the United Jehad Council owned responsibility for the attack which forced Islamabad to hold a thorough probe.A team, constituted by Pakistan to investigate into the attack on Indian airbase in Pathankot last month, has concluded that there is no substantive evidence to suggest that Maulana Masood Azhar, the chief of the outlawed Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group, masterminded the deadly assault. Six terrorists attacked the airbase in Pathankot on January 2, but the forces eliminated all of them after a three-day-long exchange of fire. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) after India shared the 'leads' with Pakistan.Subsequently, a crackdown was launched in Punjab against the JeM, its headquarters was sealed and dozens of activists detained. The SIT has since been working on the Indian 'leads'. It is also expected to visit India to study the evidence the Indians have provided Pakistan.
Based on the SIT investigations, Pakistani authorities have conveyed to New Delhi that there was no substantial evidence that could prove the involvement of Maulana Azhar in the Pathankot assault. This simply reveals that Islamabad is not prepared to accept any blame for the Pathankot airbase attack. This obduracy on the part of Islamabad may not motivate India to reopen the channels for sustained and meaningful dialogue with it. India has already made it clear to Pakistan that terror and talks cannot coexist still New Delhi has kept the options of dialogue open to enable the two sides to promote peace in the south Asian region.It is expected of Pakistan to reciprocate India's urge for promoting peace which Islamabad can do by ending export of terror to India.
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