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

[Rajkamal Goswami]

Dear Javed,

Thanks for sharing this piece of news. Thanks for exposing the lengths that
a few players are willing to scale to malign India and Hinduism. Thanks for
exposing your own collision with such players and such agenda.

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-how-pak-media-used-wikileaks-for-india-bashing/20101210.htm

Thanks indeed!
Rajkamal



On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Sadiya H <sadiyahalimakhan at gmail.com>wrote:

> These are fake wikileaks doing rounds in Pakistan. They have already been
> tapped and wikileaks is shutting off all mirror sites.
> Please verify the stories before putting them up because we all know we
> don't live in good times. Little miscommunication can cost us dearly. The
> news on fake leaks found have already been declared.
>
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-papers-apologise-after-running-anti-India-fake-WikiLeaks-cables/articleshow/7075670.cms
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> http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=2401&eid=5
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> http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/09/pakistani_media_published_fake_wikileaks_scoops
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>
> http://www.deccanchronicle.com/international/pakistan-papers-publish-fake-wikileaks-cables-against-india-683
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20101209/tc_yblog_thecutline/in-pakistan-media-publishes-fake-cables-protest-for-assange
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>
>
> It would be great if those who got drawn with the flow, clear the air for
> others as well.
>
> Sadia Halima
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:35 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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