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Jammu, June 3
The dreaded Lashkar-e-Toiba, which stands banned by the United States, Britain and Islamabad since 2001, looks all set to get a fresh make-up, according to reports received here from across the border. The reports said that LeT activists will operate under the name of Kashmir Freedom Force.”
The sources said that a decision to this effect was taken at a recent meeting of top commanders of the outfit at Sewai Nallah near Muzaffarabad where some senior ISI sleuths were also reported to be present..
Sources said that the main purpose of the outfit to change its name was to facilitate establishment in Pakistan to be free from the blame it gets for patronizing Lashkar outfit. Also, by having Kashmir Freedom Force as its new name the agencies across the border would convey an impression that the militancy related violence was the handiwork of Kashmiri boys.
According to these official sources, ‘Islamabad had come under pressure following the release of the report, which the European Parliament had adopted, in which it had expressed concern over the encouragement militants received from Pakistan for committing atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir’. They said as a face saving device LeT has decided to operate under a new name which could save Pakistani agencies from facing an embarrassment in the world organizations.
Senior police officers said that already militants have been operating in Jammu and Kashmir under assumed new names for causing confusion to the security forces ‘We have learnt all the tricks of the trade. For us a militant is a militant whether he claims to be loyal to LeT or Kashmir Freedom Force,” said a senior police officer. He said the main source behind the militant activities was the banned Harkatul Ansar and half a dozen outfits, operating in Jammu and Kashmir, are the off shoots of Harkatul Ansar.
Asked whether operations by activists of Kashmir Freedom Force will add new dimensions to the ongoing insurgency police said that “it is unlikely to set the river Jehlum on fire because the main power, though operating under a new name, is the same.”
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