India publishes 'proof' dossier on Mumbai attacks

India dramatically ramped up its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan today, releasing evidence linking "elements" in the neighbouring nuclear-armed state to the Mumbai terror attacks for the first time.

A dossier handed to Pakistan's high commission in Delhi included interceptions of telephone calls made between the ten Mumbai gunmen and their alleged handlers in Pakistan during the attacks. "The commanders in Pakistan are following events on television and are issuing real-time instructions; telling the gunmen to target certain nationalities and religions; to maximise casualties; not to touch Muslims. This is hands-on direction," a senior Indian government official told The Times.

The commands included the order to execute six foreign Jews held at Nariman House, an orthodox Jewish outreach centre, during the Mumbai atrocities, which claimed more than 170 lives in all.

Those giving the orders are alleged to be senior members of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistan-based terrorist faction that Indian officials believe still has the support of Pakistan's powerful spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). They include Zarar Shah, the LeT's communications chief, who has been arrested in Pakistan and is believed to have admitted his role to Pakistani investigators. "He played a major part," Rakesh Maria, the officer in charge of the police investigation in Mumbai, said

The dossier, which has also been passed to diplomats from countries including the UK and US, also includes an alleged confession from Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole Mumbai gunman to be captured alive. He says he is a Pakistani national who was trained for more than a year by the LeT in Pakistan. Details of the terrorists' weapons, GPS navigation systems and satellite and mobile phones are also included.

India expects the dossier to increase international pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the support network used by Islamist militants within its borders, much of which dates back to the CIA's backing of Pakistan-based jihadists against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan during the Cold War.

India is also demanding that Pakistan hand over several terror suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks. However, Islamabad has already said it would not comply to such a request and may settle for access being given to them by the FBI, which helped compile key parts of the Indian dossier.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said: "It is my duty to examine the dossier carefully and be truthful to myself, to my country and the neighbourhood."

However, the file is unlikely to contain much that Pakistan's security services are not already aware of, analysts said. Ajit Doval, a former director of India's Intelligence Bureau, said: "It will not carry anything spectacular; more likely it will contain refinements of information already widely known. In any case, Pakistan already has more than enough evidence to act upon if they are willing."

Publically, Pakistan government officials have said that India has failed to provide proof of the involvement of Pakistani nationals in the Mumbai strikes. However, Pakistan's own investigators have already arrested Mr Shah, of the LeT, who has told them that he was in contact with the gunmen who carried out the attack.

Mr Shah was arrested in December in a raid on a militant camp in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. His detention came as tensions sharply escalated between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai issue. In recent days, both countries have insisted they have no appetite for war but each has pointedly refused to rule out the possibility of conflict.

The Indian dossier falls short of explicitly implicating the Pakistani state in the Mumbai attacks but hints strongly at the involvement of the country's powerful spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which helped create the LeT. Shivshankar Menon, India's foreign secretary, said: "It's hard to believe that something of this scale that took so long in preparation ... could occur without anybody anywhere in the [Pakistani] establishment knowing that this was happening."

Over the weekend, P Chidambaram, the Home Minister, said that the dossier was "unanswerable. No one in his right mind can give answer to this evidence." He also pointed a finger at the ISI. He said:

"Somebody who is familiar with intelligence and somebody who is familiar with commando operations has directed this operation. And that can not be entirely a non-state actor."

Pakistans Failures

In 2005 Pakistan ranked 34 in the list of “Top Failed States of the world”, when the list was first published.

Today, in 2007, Pakistan is now ranking at position 12 in the same list! Look at the massive jump in just a span of 2 years of the Musharaff led military rule, towards becoming the top most failed state! Even at position 12, Pakistan is not there because it is better than 11 other top failed states, but is there because there are 11 other states like Sudan, Congo, Somalia etc that are even worse than Pakistan! Even countries like North Korea, Bangladesh and Uganda are ranking better than Pakistan in the list!

Failure of Democracy

The very fact that no elected government in Pakistan has completed its full term in these 60 years proves the gross failure of Democracy as an idea in Pakistan.

The very fact that for over 40 years the country has been under military rule and continues to be under military rule even today proves the failure of democracy there.

Musharraff was just about to impose emergency in the state a few days back! I don’t think he has dropped the plan, he has just postponed it.

Failure of the idea of a state

The first great failure of the idea of the state of Pakistan occurred in 1971. The till then East Pakistan revolted against the very idea of Pakistan and emerged as an independent nation called Bangladesh. This very break up proved that fact that the idea of a Islamic Nation in the form of Pakistan was wrong. Even today more muslims live in India than in Pakistan itself! The partition of India broke the country into two pieces in 1947, the first logical end of this was reached when Pakistan itself got broken into two pieces after that in 1971.

Failure of Science and Technology

Just like any other fundamentalist Islamic state, Pakistan has been a big flop in the field of science and technology. There have been no worth while scientific contributions that have come out of this country in the past 60 years. How can one expect any scientific research from a country where the youth are trained how to tie bombs around themselves and explode! Where the youth are recruited to cause destruction and havoc all over the world, including inside Pakistan!

Its nuclear tests in 1998 were as a response to the Indian tests and not a real test to test its weapons capability. The world scientific community laughed at Pakistan for this immature act.

Its missile tests always take place in response to Indian missile tests. I don’t think this is a scientific process of conducting any tests. The whole world knows that Pakistani missiles are of Chinese and North Korean origin.

Its top scientist, the so called Father of Pakistani nuclear bomb (or the Islamic Bomb as they would prefer to call it), A Q Khan, ran a nuclear black market selling the nuclear technology to other nations and groups. He had stolen blue prints of nuclear centrifuges in Netherlands and even today has a non bailable arrest warrant against him in Netherlands for this crime. Such is the story of its top scientist, who under pressure from Musharraff had to come on the national television and issue a public apology for letting down the nation! Pakistan is a black listed nuclear state in the world today!

During the Kargil War Which some Pakistani fools claim to be their Victory

International concerns increased when Pakistani foreign secretary Shamshad Ahmad made a statement on May 31 warning that an escalation of the limited conflict could lead Pakistan to use "any weapon" in its arsenal. This was immediately interpreted as a threat of nuclear retaliation by Pakistan to India in the event of an extended war.

Following that
The leader of Pakistan's senate noted, "The purpose of developing nuclear weapons becomes meaningless if they are not used when they are needed.

USA was Vey Tensed and called Sharif and threatened him of its dire consequence..Following that Sharif called back his army men from kargil.


Sharif later claimed in his official biography that General Pervez Musharraf had moved nuclear warheads without informing him.

Following that
Recently however, Pervez Musharraf revealed in his memoirs that Pakistan’s nuclear delivery system was not operational during the Kargil war; something that would have put Pakistan under serious disadvantage if the conflict went nuclear war.

Failure of Religion

Religion as an idea has failed in keeping Pakistan together as a nation. The separation of Bangladesh was the first failure.

But a bigger threat lies on Pakistan today, in the form of the possible separation of Baluchistan. The Baluchis are not happy with the state of Pakistan and want a separate nation for Baluchistan.

Look at the documentary videos here which shows in detail the fight for an Independent Baluchistan and the reason behind the struggle.

Similarly there is also a movement going on for an independent Sindhudesh

Some even feel that the division of Pakistan is the only way to root out terrorism.

Success of Religious Extremism

Hasan Askari, former head of the Political Science Department of the Punjab University, Pakistan, says “that Pakistan can no longer be described as a moderate and tolerant society”.

Which is of course true, given the fact that even the orphans of earth quake victims were not spared and were recruited by the terrorist organizations in Pakistan!

The recent Lal Masjid incident proves this once again. Given the threat from this terrorist state, US has talked of military actions on Pakistan.

There is a resurgent Taliban and AlQaida in Pakistan today, and Musharraff is simply not able to control it or perhaps does not want to control it. As many say, he is probably playing hunting with the hounds and running with the hare by being with the US and allies on the war against terrorism on one side, and supporting the same terrorists against India and Afghanistan on the other side!

Even the action at Lal Masjid was taken by Musharraff because of the Chinese pressure as the Chinese nationals were kidnapped by the terrorists.

The Way Ahead

The common man of Pakistan is the answer to all its problems. The common man has to come out on the streets, take over the government, form a true democracy, reject all forms of religious intolerance and extremism, and develop the country.

The common man till to date has been a silent voice in Pakistan. It is the opportunistic politicians, military, ISI that have been playing the cards to decide the Pakistani future. It is high time that the common man in the streets of Pakistan takes charge of the country. Unless this happens, there is little hope for Pakistan.

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