The Mumbai Matriculate
Global afteraffects of terror attacks in India
Shaun Savarese
Issue date: 11/10/08 Section: State Senate debate
The A.P. reported on the Interservices Intelligence, (ISI) a powerful spy agency in Pakistan and its international perception. The Foreign Relations Committee Chairman worried that the agency is operating without regulation and that it may be linked to terrorism.
The United States ordered over twenty air strikes on tribal regions in Pakistan, beginning in August, 2008. The air strikes were in response to underrepresented anti-terror effort by the Pakistan government. The United States grew impatient with the government and took action, eliminating threats in Waziristan.
The Lashkar-e-Toiba operation was banned in 2002. The November 2008 attacks on Mumbai raised questions on militia funding from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Associated Press reported that an anti-American sentiment grew from the missile strikes. A drone missile strike on December 16, 2008 injured three and killed two when a house caught on fire.
The strike hit the Tabi Tokhel village which was believed to be occupied by Taliban and Al Qaeda members. Attacks like this reportedly gave terrorist recognition and drew sympathy from some citizens of Pakistan. The military strikes "fueled pressure" on Pakistan to respond, as civilians fell victim to unmanned missile drones.
"Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said he had a 'number of options,'" reported the BBC. Gilani served five years in prison for illegal government appointments.
The A.P. took the U.S. "war-on-terror" into consideration when reporting on the tribal region drone strikes. Pakistan's government had been asked to take a stronger stance against terrorist factions and reportedly had not done so. Al Qaeda, Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) camps still existed in North Waziristan; the gun and grenade outbreak in Mumbai, India showed evidence of this.
"It is imperative that the ISI not be able to make its own choices or operate outside of the standards that we have the right to expect," Senator John Kerry said.
India accused Pakistan of being affiliated with the terrorist militia and Pakistan denied any link to the attacks.
"There is no supportive interaction with our intelligence and the LeT," Pakistan President Ali Zardari said.
There were two arrests made in Pakistan by the Pakistani police, on "key suspects," reported the Associated Press. The Zardari administration told the news organization that they had "clamped down on the charities that United Nations branded a front for terrorism."
Great Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for an open investigation. "Cooperation is vital to defeating trans-national terror and that three quarters of serious terrorist plots against Britain have links to Al Qaeda in Pakistan," Brown said.
There were reports that the Indian police would not allow any access to captured gunman, Mohammad Ajmal Amir to the British investigators.
The United States ordered over twenty air strikes on tribal regions in Pakistan, beginning in August, 2008. The air strikes were in response to underrepresented anti-terror effort by the Pakistan government. The United States grew impatient with the government and took action, eliminating threats in Waziristan.
The Lashkar-e-Toiba operation was banned in 2002. The November 2008 attacks on Mumbai raised questions on militia funding from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Associated Press reported that an anti-American sentiment grew from the missile strikes. A drone missile strike on December 16, 2008 injured three and killed two when a house caught on fire.
The strike hit the Tabi Tokhel village which was believed to be occupied by Taliban and Al Qaeda members. Attacks like this reportedly gave terrorist recognition and drew sympathy from some citizens of Pakistan. The military strikes "fueled pressure" on Pakistan to respond, as civilians fell victim to unmanned missile drones.
"Pakistan's new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said he had a 'number of options,'" reported the BBC. Gilani served five years in prison for illegal government appointments.
The A.P. took the U.S. "war-on-terror" into consideration when reporting on the tribal region drone strikes. Pakistan's government had been asked to take a stronger stance against terrorist factions and reportedly had not done so. Al Qaeda, Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) camps still existed in North Waziristan; the gun and grenade outbreak in Mumbai, India showed evidence of this.
"It is imperative that the ISI not be able to make its own choices or operate outside of the standards that we have the right to expect," Senator John Kerry said.
India accused Pakistan of being affiliated with the terrorist militia and Pakistan denied any link to the attacks.
"There is no supportive interaction with our intelligence and the LeT," Pakistan President Ali Zardari said.
There were two arrests made in Pakistan by the Pakistani police, on "key suspects," reported the Associated Press. The Zardari administration told the news organization that they had "clamped down on the charities that United Nations branded a front for terrorism."
Great Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for an open investigation. "Cooperation is vital to defeating trans-national terror and that three quarters of serious terrorist plots against Britain have links to Al Qaeda in Pakistan," Brown said.
There were reports that the Indian police would not allow any access to captured gunman, Mohammad Ajmal Amir to the British investigators.
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