http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_joins_hunt_to_track_Dawood_Ibrahim/articleshow/2245152.cms
The response of the Pakistani establishment to a US query regarding whereabouts of Dawood Abraham would be standard and predictable. It is interesting that the US also posed this query to the ISI. Sounds familiar somehow! We can expect to see a 'Don’t know where Dawood is' answer from Pakistan in tomorrow's paper. One can almost read tomorrow's headlines in any news paper - Pakistan hurt at the query, Pakistan reminding all that it is in the frontlines of war on terror, Pakistan reminding all how much it has sacrificed in their war on terror etc etc. It will not be out of order to imagine day after tomorrow's headlines too - The US reiterating that Pakistan is indeed a frontline State in war against terror, it is an indispensable ally and Musharraf the most handsome of men in the world etc etc.
The US has finally discovered that Dawood Abraham, the 'global terrorist', is an Al-Qaeda facilitator and now living in Pakistan; must have had their intelligence agencies burning countless barrels of midnight oil. India has all along maintained that Dawood’s narcotics trade was linked up with Al Qaeda and that his drugs and Al Qaeda’s arms and explosives routes to trouble spots in Asia, Europe and else where have long since merged. There were numerous press reports that mentioned the exact address of the ‘global terrorist’ in Karachi, Pakistan. The reports also disclosed the nexus between Dawood Abraham and the ISI. If there is no substance in the press reports, Pakistan can arrest Dawood in no time at all and hand him over to either the US or India and establish its credibility. But then, that would make it difficult for Pakistan to deny its role in sponsoring terror strikes in India and the logistics support to Al Qaeda and Taleban in Afghanistan, Iraq and else where.
No matter what comes of the US query, it is heartening to note the West’s realization that India’s goose is West's goose too, and not gander, as used to be the case when India was a lonely state combating terrorism .
The response of the Pakistani establishment to a US query regarding whereabouts of Dawood Abraham would be standard and predictable. It is interesting that the US also posed this query to the ISI. Sounds familiar somehow! We can expect to see a 'Don’t know where Dawood is' answer from Pakistan in tomorrow's paper. One can almost read tomorrow's headlines in any news paper - Pakistan hurt at the query, Pakistan reminding all that it is in the frontlines of war on terror, Pakistan reminding all how much it has sacrificed in their war on terror etc etc. It will not be out of order to imagine day after tomorrow's headlines too - The US reiterating that Pakistan is indeed a frontline State in war against terror, it is an indispensable ally and Musharraf the most handsome of men in the world etc etc.
The US has finally discovered that Dawood Abraham, the 'global terrorist', is an Al-Qaeda facilitator and now living in Pakistan; must have had their intelligence agencies burning countless barrels of midnight oil. India has all along maintained that Dawood’s narcotics trade was linked up with Al Qaeda and that his drugs and Al Qaeda’s arms and explosives routes to trouble spots in Asia, Europe and else where have long since merged. There were numerous press reports that mentioned the exact address of the ‘global terrorist’ in Karachi, Pakistan. The reports also disclosed the nexus between Dawood Abraham and the ISI. If there is no substance in the press reports, Pakistan can arrest Dawood in no time at all and hand him over to either the US or India and establish its credibility. But then, that would make it difficult for Pakistan to deny its role in sponsoring terror strikes in India and the logistics support to Al Qaeda and Taleban in Afghanistan, Iraq and else where.
No matter what comes of the US query, it is heartening to note the West’s realization that India’s goose is West's goose too, and not gander, as used to be the case when India was a lonely state combating terrorism .
2 comments:
An interesting read. I have a question though:- Under these circumstances, what choice does Pakistan have? it cannot hand over Dawood because its own deeds will be exposed. What can it do besides what it is already doing?
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