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It seems you are un aware of the fact that Ilyas kashmiri was affiliated to AQ and he had the blessings of OBL to target India.He was more an US enemy that Indian enemy. His attacks were targeted against the US and ARab govt. like Saudi ARabia. He also was against any muslim who did not agree with his point of view and justified killing of civilians which was unISlamic.
Infact, he hardly ever mentioned India at all. It was all about the US mainly. I don't know where you got the impression from.
He was more an US enemy that Indian enemy. His attacks were targeted against the US and ARab govt. like Saudi ARabia. He also was against any muslim who did not agree with his point of view and justified killing of civilians which was unISlamic.
Infact, he hardly ever mentioned India at all. It was all about the US mainly. I don't know where you got the impression from.
Looks likes an interesting docu in any case.
He was more an US enemy that Indian enemy. His attacks were targeted against the US and ARab govt. like Saudi ARabia. He also was against any muslim who did not agree with his point of view and justified killing of civilians which was unISlamic.
Infact, he hardly ever mentioned India at all. It was all about the US mainly. I don't know where you got the impression from.
Looks likes an interesting docu in any case.
It seems you are un aware of the fact that Ilyas kashmiri was affiliated to AQ and he had the blessings of OBL to target India.
I was talking specifically about OBL. Not Ilyas Kashmiri.
You can look up all his speeches and work. OBL does not speak about India. His group that he formed in 1998 was called United Islamic Front for struggle against Jews and Crusaders referring to Israel and America.
The only time he spoke about India was when he pasingly mentioned Kashmir in 2006 in a video along with Palestine and other issues. Other than that, even Indian intel agencies and officers admit that
AQ has never directly targeted India.
What I am saying is put the perspective in the right place.
The biggest enemies of OBL was probably American, Arab govt. and other muslims who don't follow his ideology in that order based on the targeted attacks that he approved of.
The enemies of India are Pakistani based India centric groups like LeT, HuJI - which Ilyas Kashmiri headed and so on.
Its important to make the difference between operational tactics of what each group does. Like Sun Tzu said, Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. So if you don't know who your enemy is, you are liable to result in wrong conclusions.
Infact, in a perverse sort of way OBL coming to Pakistan helped in moving the attention of India-centric terrorist groups in Pakistan towards the US and Afghanistan and even the PA/ISI. One of the reasons why Ilyas Kashmiri started targeting Pakistani military targets.
Again, OBL has a lot of innocent blood on his hand, and more muslims have been killed by OBL than anyone else. There is no doubt that he deserved to die. What I am trying to explain is that for people who want to analyse threats to India and who there enemy is, they need to think critically and see between the lines.
What are you saying? Killing of OBL was a blessing for India. The fact that OBL was sheltered by Pak proves that he is as much threat to India as America.I was talking specifically about OBL. Not Ilyas Kashmiri.
You can look up all his speeches and work. OBL does not speak about India. His group that he formed in 1998 was called United Islamic Front for struggle against Jews and Crusaders referring to Israel and America.
The only time he spoke about India was when he pasingly mentioned Kashmir in 2006 in a video along with Palestine and other issues. Other than that, even Indian intel agencies and officers admit that
AQ has never directly targeted India.
What I am saying is put the perspective in the right place.
The biggest enemies of OBL was probably American, Arab govt. and other muslims who don't follow his ideology in that order based on the targeted attacks that he approved of.
The enemies of India are Pakistani based India centric groups like LeT, HuJI - which Ilyas Kashmiri headed and so on.
Its important to make the difference between operational tactics of what each group does. Like Sun Tzu said, “Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.” So if you don't know who your enemy is, you are liable to result in wrong conclusions.
Infact, in a perverse sort of way OBL coming to Pakistan helped in moving the attention of India-centric terrorist groups in Pakistan towards the US and Afghanistan and even the PA/ISI. One of the reasons why Ilyas Kashmiri started targeting Pakistani military targets.
Again, OBL has a lot of innocent blood on his hand, and more muslims have been killed by OBL than anyone else. There is no doubt that he deserved to die. What I am trying to explain is that for people who want to analyse threats to India and who there enemy is, they need to think critically and see between the lines.
What are you saying? Killing of OBL was a blessing for India. The fact that OBL was sheltered by Pak proves that he is as much threat to India as America.
Go through this link first...
The Hindu : Front Page : Ilyas Kashmiri wanted to provoke India-Pakistan war
Moreover, Do you think LeT is capable of pulling of a large scale massacre such as mumbai without the help of AQ?
Check this out.
ISI scripted 26/11 Mumbai attacks, approved by al-Qaida: Shahzad book - The Economic Times
When did I say OBL being killed is not good? I am questioning wether OBL really considered India as the major enemy as the OP was trying to make it out to be. I am saying he was not focused on India like other terrorists. It was much better if Hafiz SAeed, MAssood Azhar or Ilyas Kashmiri were killed because they directly target India.
And readup on Ilays Kashmir history. He headed HuJI which was separate from AQ. It was only around 2006-2007 that he moved closer to AQ. AQ agenda was always targeting the US and west and distracted Indian-centric groups like HuJI or LeT from attacking India.
And LeT doesn't need AQ's help. They are quite capable of doing that themselves. And PA army and navy personnel allegedly helped in the attack. If you follow Headley's trial, has he mentioned AQ/OBL anywhere? Again read up on Ilyas Kashmiri history and you will know that he headed HuJI and only was much later that he was associated with AQ and that too not directly.
Are you understanding what you are writing? Why was Al-qaida not a "major" threat? ["major" or minor a threat is a threat] Have you forgot the warnings AQ gave to India if India attacks Pakistan? Or are you acting as if you dont know? Do u think the above mentioned terrorists have no relation with OBL? If you still think AQ poses no "major" threat to India, it is better u read this article.When did I say OBL being killed is not good? I am questioning wether OBL really considered India as the major enemy as the OP was trying to make it out to be. I am saying he was not focused on India like other terrorists. It was much better if Hafiz SAeed, MAssood Azhar or Ilyas Kashmiri were killed because they directly target India.
How does it matter when Ilyas kashmiri moved towards AQ? The bottom line is he and OBL are linked, that is enough to consider OBL a grave threat to India.And readup on Ilays Kashmir history. He headed HuJI which was separate from AQ. It was only around 2006-2007 that he moved closer to AQ. AQ agenda was always targeting the US and west and distracted Indian-centric groups like HuJI or LeT from attacking India.
And LeT doesn't need AQ's help. They are quite capable of doing that themselves. And PA army and navy personnel allegedly helped in the attack. If you follow Headley's trial, has he mentioned AQ/OBL anywhere? Again read up on Ilyas Kashmiri history and you will know that he headed HuJI and only was much later that he was associated with AQ and that too not directly.