http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6920244.stm
Although the likelyhood of the Red Mosqe bomber belonging to Taleban or a militant group like lashkar-e-toiba, Jaish-e-mohammed, jamiat-ulema-e-islamia or numerous other militant groups operating in Pakistan is high, with the unchecked availability of explosives and other war like stores in Pakistan and the tempers running high amongst students of the two seminaries in the Red Mosque, the blast having been carried out by a student of one of these seminaries, cannot, all together, be ruled out. Since Jaish-e-mohammad lost the maximum number of militants holed up in the mosque during the Army operation, it had the most motivation for a revenge of some sort.
No matter who was responsible for the blast in the proximity of the controversial Mosqe, the significance of the event marks a watershed in developments within pakistan. since the early eighties, Pakistan had painstakingly nurtured a militant culture and blatantly encouraged home grown terrorists to interfere in neighbouring countries; in India to pursue its policy of 'A Thousand Cuts' and in Afghanistan, to create a 'Strategic Depth' by establishing the now infamous 'Taleban' rule. Though Pakistan did succeed to bleed India initially and was able to manage an untried depth in Afghanistan, it stands alienated from both its neighbours today. In its dogged determination to see India victimised by the terror machine it manufactured, pakistan failed to foresee the possibility of the machine going out of control and turning upon the manufacturers. The Pakistani planners of 'OPERATION TOPAC' had seriosly faulted in accurately assessing the impact of the operation for its own self, at least in the long term. Nations venturing out to achieve strategic objectives through military intervention in other countries, and succeeding, is a commonmly recorded fact of history. This would, perhapse, be the first instance of a state attempting to employ terror apparatus to achieve its strategic aims.
That the initiative proved detrimental to long term interests of Pakistan is of utmost significance for the world. For, had Pakistan succeeded in achieving its nefarious objectives employing terrorism as an instrument of state policy, even the most advanced armed forces of the world would have become redundant. Other nations would have emulated Pakistan and preferred the cheaper option of creating and maintaining terror outfits than the well equipped and expensive regular defence forces.
Hopefully, futility of employing underhand methods to achieve military objectives would have dawned on Pakistan. Any other possibility will be disasterous for the world and suicidal for Pakistan as a political entity.
Although the likelyhood of the Red Mosqe bomber belonging to Taleban or a militant group like lashkar-e-toiba, Jaish-e-mohammed, jamiat-ulema-e-islamia or numerous other militant groups operating in Pakistan is high, with the unchecked availability of explosives and other war like stores in Pakistan and the tempers running high amongst students of the two seminaries in the Red Mosque, the blast having been carried out by a student of one of these seminaries, cannot, all together, be ruled out. Since Jaish-e-mohammad lost the maximum number of militants holed up in the mosque during the Army operation, it had the most motivation for a revenge of some sort.
No matter who was responsible for the blast in the proximity of the controversial Mosqe, the significance of the event marks a watershed in developments within pakistan. since the early eighties, Pakistan had painstakingly nurtured a militant culture and blatantly encouraged home grown terrorists to interfere in neighbouring countries; in India to pursue its policy of 'A Thousand Cuts' and in Afghanistan, to create a 'Strategic Depth' by establishing the now infamous 'Taleban' rule. Though Pakistan did succeed to bleed India initially and was able to manage an untried depth in Afghanistan, it stands alienated from both its neighbours today. In its dogged determination to see India victimised by the terror machine it manufactured, pakistan failed to foresee the possibility of the machine going out of control and turning upon the manufacturers. The Pakistani planners of 'OPERATION TOPAC' had seriosly faulted in accurately assessing the impact of the operation for its own self, at least in the long term. Nations venturing out to achieve strategic objectives through military intervention in other countries, and succeeding, is a commonmly recorded fact of history. This would, perhapse, be the first instance of a state attempting to employ terror apparatus to achieve its strategic aims.
That the initiative proved detrimental to long term interests of Pakistan is of utmost significance for the world. For, had Pakistan succeeded in achieving its nefarious objectives employing terrorism as an instrument of state policy, even the most advanced armed forces of the world would have become redundant. Other nations would have emulated Pakistan and preferred the cheaper option of creating and maintaining terror outfits than the well equipped and expensive regular defence forces.
Hopefully, futility of employing underhand methods to achieve military objectives would have dawned on Pakistan. Any other possibility will be disasterous for the world and suicidal for Pakistan as a political entity.
2 comments:
This is a unique conclusion to draw from the incedent. I wonder if the leadership in Pakistan realizes that this is what has happened? And whether it is even possible for all the power centers within that state to stop the use of terrorism as a state policy.
There is an interesting article on Operation Topac that you might want to read ... and if you find authentic, link to: http://kashmir-information.com/Miscellaneous/OperationTopac.html
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