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WikiLeaks reveals Indian involvement in Balochistan, Waziristan
Thursday, 09 December 2010 04:49 Ahsan Waheed

WikiLeaks reveals Indian involvement in Balochistan, WaziristanIndian
Army generals in bed with Hindutva Brotherhood; extremism and
incompetency highlights Indian Army top brass, Gen Kapoor a 'geek'
while Gen Singh 'petulant braggadocio'; Concern over security of
India's nuclear assets, more than 80% of Indian assets and missiles in
Naxalite-infested areas; Hemant Karkare seeked security assurances
from US diplomats; Hindutva organizations - Sangh Parivar and Shiv
Sena - more dangerous than Taliban, Al-Qaeda, LeT combined; US should
not hold military drills with India because of human rights violations
in Occupied Kashmir; ISI not involved in any terrorist activity in
India;

A cable from US Embassy in Islamabad leaked by whistle-blower website
WikiLeaks disclosed that there were enough evidences of Indian
involvement in Waziristan and other tribal areas of Pakistan as well
as Balochistan.

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha’s
extension in services was termed as a good omen in one such cable and
it was added that his further presence on the scene would enhance the
agency’s abilities to combat anti-terror war. The cable confirmed the
active presence of ISI in India but it refused to confirm any
involvement of ISI in any terror incident across India and did confirm
intelligence collection by its agents and operatives.

An earlier cable ruled out any direct or indirect involvement of ISI
in 26/11 under Pasha’s command while Mumbai’s dossier, based on prime
accused Ajmal Kasab’s confessional statement was termed funny and
“shockingly immature”.

Leaked cable terms ex-Indian army chief 'a geek'

WikiLeaks revealed that a cable sent from a US mission in India termed
former Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor as an incompetent
combat leader and rather a geek.

His war doctrine, suggesting eliminating China and Pakistan in a
simultaneous war front was termed as “much far from reality”. Another
cable indicates that General Kapoor was dubbed as a general who was
least bothered about security challenges to the country but was more
concerned about making personal assets and strengthening his own cult
in the army. The cable also suggested that a tug-of-war between Kapoor
and the current Indian Army chief had divided the Indian Army into two
groups.

Gen Singh called an egotist, self-obsessed, petulant

General Singh has also been described as “Pakistan, China centric”,
with an added aggression towards China. The cable mentioned General
Singh as an egotist, self-obsessed, petulant and idiosyncratic
general, a braggadocio and a show-off, who has been disliked (and
barely tolerated) by all his subordinates.

Indian Army committed gross human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir

An earlier cable described Indian Army involved in gross human rights
violations in Indian-held Kashmir while some Lt Gen HS Panag, the then
GOC-in-Chief of the Northern Command of the Indian Army, was equated
with General Milosevic of Bosnia with regard to butchering Muslims
through war crimes.

The cable urged Washington to secretly divert UN attention towards the
genocide of innocent civilians in held Kashmir at the hands of Indian
Army and also suggested that US should avoid holding any joint drill
with Indian Army until it stops inhuman activities in Kashmir. The
cable termed one Lt Col AK Mathur as “devil’s advocate” at Srinagar.

Hindutva Brotherhood far bigger threat than Taliban, al-Qaeda, LeT

Another cable indicated involvement of top Indian Army leadership in
engaging Hindu extremist militants to carry out certain terror
operations to keep Indian Muslims on the back foot and to keep
pressure on neighbouring Pakistan’s Army and intelligence agencies,
particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence.

Another cable confirmed that there was a nexus of top Indian Army
officials and extremist Hindu outfits. This cable suggested that an
Indian police officer, a counter-terror specialist with the name of
Hemant Karkare, had exposed this nexus to some extent when he arrested
a serving colonel of Indian army, Lt Colonel Purohit, for blazing a
Pakistan bound train (Samjhota Express).

The cable suggested that Hemant Karkare held a secret meeting with a
senior US diplomat in New Delhi during the national day reception of a
friendly country and briefed him about the gravity and the growing
depth of the nexus between top Indian Army leadership and the militant
Hindu fanatic groups. Karkare sought security for him and his family
from the said American diplomat as he feared that the army and
establishment would eliminate him as he intended to move further to
expose the network. He had further briefed the said US diplomat that a
former commander-in-chief of the Central Command of the Indian army,
Lt Gen PN Hoon, was heading the militancy wing of the Hindu extremists
and was getting full tactical, logistic and financial support from
senior army officers. The day, Karkare was eliminated in a pre-planned
ambush during the Mumbai attacks, a cable sent to the US read “we have
lost an important link and a vital evidence”.

Another cable sent to Washington termed Hindutva brotherhood in
general and Shiv Sena in particular, as ticking time bombs with regard
to militancy and terrorism. It was suggested that fundraisers like
Hindu Students Council of America etc should be banned to raise funds
as they were generating funds for the Hindu militant outfits under the
garb of charity. Another file dubs Hindutva Brotherhood as a far
bigger threat to regional and global peace than Taliban, al-Qaeda and
LeT and the later three were declared as “peanuts” if equated with
Hindutva Brotherhood and Sangh Parivaar and Washington was urged to
take up the issue with New Delhi.

Grave concern over India's nuclear assets and nuclear security

Another cable expressed grave concern over the Indian government’s
ability to handle Naxal insurgency movement as 80 per cent of Indian
nuclear and missile facilities were present in the insurgency hit
areas of India while the Indian security forces were totally helpless
in ensuring the writ of the government in that particular area, known
as the “Red Corridor of India”.

Israeli general wanted to attack Iran, Syria nuclear facilities

A cable sent from Israel described the then Israeli Military
Intelligence chief, Major General Amos Yadlin as an aggressive
general. He was quoted in the cable as a dire seeker of “annihilation”
of Islamic Republic of Iran. In a meeting with an American diplomat,
General Yadlin dubbed Iranian, Syrian and Hezbollah’s weapons as
“tools of terrorism” and not war weapons. He also showed immense
eagerness to attack Syrian nuclear facilities.

General Yadlin also told American diplomat that timeframe of Iran
nuclear weapons preparation and timeframe to attack Iran were to be
totally different issues. He also differed with Americans over the
ability of Iran to prepare nuclear weapons and instead said that Iran
had sufficient enriched uranium to manufacture a single nuclear device
and may soon have enough for making another bomb.

Iran is busy setting up two new nuclear installations, Yadlin told the
US diplomat adding that M-I has indications that work has began on the
installations, but did not comment on the sources. Yadlin, who was
later-on replaced by Brigadier General Aviv Kochav, also spoke of Iran
as the greatest threat facing Israel, not only in the nuclear respect.
“Iran is sending its long arms to aid anyone who is working against
Israel,” Yadlin said. “Such assessments are undoubtedly weighing on
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s mind as he considers the possible need for
an Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iran,” the cable said.

Mossad chief Meir Dagan very proudly told Americans that his special
team had eliminated Hamas top military strategist Izzadin Sheikh
Khalil through a terror plot. The cable informed Washington that in
fact Dagan had established a number of “hit teams” through which he
was getting engaged in non-intelligence operations and also used these
hit men for certain personal vendettas as well.

Dagan, in a meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs, William Burns, proposed Americans a five point agenda to fix
Iran. The focus of the agenda was to change the regime at Tehran and
to launch an ethnic movement throughout Iran to destabilise the
country before launching the final attack.

Karzai patron-in-chief of Afghan drug mafia

A cable from Kabul termed Afghan President as the “patron-in-chief” of
the Afghan drug mafia. The cable, citing certain verified UNODC
figures, stated that Karzai was living at the mercy of Afghan warlords
who, with the passage of time, had transformed into drug lords. The
cable stated that there was an annual drug trade of 3 trillion dollars
from Pakistan while the Karzai administration was keeping mum over the
same.

Another cable stated that Indian involvement in Afghanistan was
increasing considerably and all was going on with the consent and
knowledge of President Karzai and his administration. The cable
further reads that growing Indian influence and presence in
Afghanistan was focused towards Pakistan and China, both
simultaneously.

Saudia Arabia planned anti-Hezbollah force

Saudi Arabia proposed setting up an Arab force to fight Hezbollah
militants in Lebanon with the help of the US, UN and Nato, according
to a leaked document. In a meeting in May 2008 with a US diplomat in
Iraq, David Satterfield, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said a
“security response” was needed to the “military challenge” posed to
Beirut by the Iran-backed militants.

The Saudi prince feared a Hezbollah victory against the Lebanese
government, led by then prime minister Fuad Siniora, would eventually
lead to Iran’s takeover of the country.

There was a need for an “Arab force” to create and maintain order in
and around Beirut, he argued, saying the Lebanese army was “too
fragile to bear more pressure,” according to the cable from the US
embassy in Riyadh.

Such a force would be aided by UNIFIL troops deployed in southern
Lebanon, while the “US and Nato would need to provide movement and
logistic support, as well as naval and air cover,” the cable added.

Saudis killed Yemeni civilians in border war

According to a leaked document, Saudi armed forces killed Yemeni
civilians when fighting Shia rebels in a brief border war despite
assurances that only rebel targets were hit.

Saudi Arabia fought Yemeni rebels for several months in a border war
that ended with a ceasefire in February.

In public statements during the fighting, Saudi Arabia said that only
rebel positions in the border area were attacked. But the leaked
cables suggest civilians died.

“Obviously some civilians died, though we wish that this did not
happen,” the prince, who is also assistant defence minister, said in
the meeting requested by the ambassador to relay US concerns about
civilian casualties in the conflict.

Prince Khaled confirmed that Saudi forces hit a building the United
States believed to be a clinic but the Saudis thought it was being
used as a base by rebels. He also said the Yemeni military had helped
recommend rebel targets, the cable said.The Saudi military used
“massively disproportionate force” in a campaign last year against
guerrillas seen by the army as “embarrassingly long,” according to
another leaked cable.

“Day and night aerial bombardment and artillery shelling have been the
main instruments of what is increasingly regarded within the Saudi
military as an embarrassingly long campaign,” said the memo from the
US embassy in Riyadh. The three-month operation against the lightly
armed Huthi guerrillas on the border areas with Yemen was also seen as
“poorly planned and executed” and “brought unexpectedly high Saudi
casualties”.

“Nonetheless, the conflict has been carefully spun as a heroic and
successful struggle to protect Saudi sovereignty,” the memo added.

Britain faced Libya threats over Lockerbie bomber

Britain faced threats from Libya of dire consequences if the ailing
Lockerbie bomber died in a Scottish prison. Threats included the
cessation of all British commercial activity in Libya and
demonstrations against British facilities, as well as suggestions
Britons in the country could be put at risk, according to the cables.

And despite London’s attempts to publicly distance itself from the
decision to release Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi — which was made
by the devolved Scottish government — the cables show enormous British
relief at the move.

Libyan officials warned their British counterparts that “consequences
for the UK-Libya bilateral relationship would be dire were al-Megrahi
to die in Scottish prison,” read one dispatch from the US ambassador
to Tripoli in January 2009.

And if Washington publicly opposed the release, “the US Embassy and
private Americans in Libya could face similar consequences,” read the
cable from the ambassador, Gene A Cretz.

Megrahi was the only person ever convicted over the 1988 bombing of a
Pan Am Jumbo jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people,
most of them US nationals. He was released in August, 2009, on
compassionate grounds after doctors diagnosed him with prostate cancer
and gave him just three months to live, sparking outrage in the United
States. More than a year later he remains alive in Tripoli, however,
renewing anger in the US.

One cable showed Britain’s then justice minister, Jack Straw, told US
diplomats that although Megrahi might have up to five years to live,
the Scottish government appeared inclined to release him. “Megrahi
could have as long as five years to live,” said the correspondence,
cited in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.

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