Who has the motive for such an attack?(correct me)
LTTE, RAW(as a tit for tat), Baloch nationalists, Al Qaeda(to disturb the government and weaken the international image of Pakistan) and other jihadi groups
I think the attack was meant to take hostages. They most probably deliberately avoided damage to the bus. They did not(may be cud not but more plausibly) bomb the bus. May be an LTTE angle to blackmail Srilankan government. But why did they back off? May be the resistance was too much. But LTTE cadres are known to be highly motivated(they used to carry cyanide tablets around their neck to avoid giving away vital information to enemise if they get captured)
LTTE has very strong reasons against Srilanka Pakistan cooperation and Srilanka itself.
The Baloch separatism is another contender for a hostage situation. Possible they aborted the plan when they could not take hostages.
Equally likely is the attack being a hit and run to avoid detection. This leaves a signature of RAW or Baloch involvement.
Grande Strategy: India's Revenge: RAW Attacks Cricketers in Pakistan
This guys claims that Gustav rifle(the missile launcher found is of this type) are issued to Indian army. But conveniently forgets that they are with the Pakistani army too. Also the version of rifle that Indian army carries seems to be different.
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Can anyone provide pictures of the kind Pak army uses?
Anyway the one used might be older versions. Oh WTH if RAW wants to do something they can source it anywhere. But to get it from far is difficult.
But the men are very hard to find. The reasons are obvious...
Most importantly No ideological similarities with anyone in Pakistan(correct me). My view is that with whatever money you are going to pump in without an ideology( to satisfy the ego or crappy issues like afterlife, nationalism whatever ) no man can go on such a suicidal attack.
RAW seriously lacks this. Baloch organizations have this as a plus.RAW doesn't even have good proxies like the Al Qaeda has. LeT has its own issues though very very less likely- revenge for shutting down their frontal organizations. I believeLeT is still counting on Pak's support whether they are going to get it or not. They have no choice to turn against Pak's government.
Also the timespan of planning must be small. Because Srilanka decided about the tour only recently. This is another minus for RAW because, being far away, they need more time to mobilize things .
Enough time has passed after Solecki's kidnapping. So the window may be enough for them to plan this thing. They are in an excellent position for everything except for a lack of spread and probably(I don't know much about how they get their supplies. Many people here blame it on RAW).
Somebody rightly pointed out that Indian attacks have less likelihood of being suicidal. Yeah may be because Indians in general are less pissed off with their lives this partly because they take their religions rather lightly. One of the main reasons for me to believe in foreign origins of mumbai attacks is this.
Whatever is the reason...
Pakistani cricket fans are going to be able to watch international cricket only at the additional cost of an airticket in the near future.
Correct me about anything above...
Can some body plzz point the place in an online map like wikimapia?
