[Reader-list] "Hindutva far bigger threat than al-Qaeda" - wikileaks

[Jhuma Sen]

This is possibly a fake news.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/09/pakistani-newspaper-fake-leaks-india


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Article Source:
>
> http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=2549&Cat=13
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