Tuesday :: Feb 17, 2009
India-Pakistan Disinformation
by eriposte
Laura Rozen had a post yesterday at The Cable discussing a Washington Post report that claims the CIA acted as a neutral go-between to enable intelligence sharing between India and Pakistan following the terrorist attack in Mumbai in Nov 2008. If the CIA did help as is claimed in the article, that is a good sign and I have been pleased to see that both Indian and Pakistani leaders have approached this difficult issue with better judgment than I thought I would see. However, it appears not all intelligence officials are playing a helpful role.
Laura's post also has some strange comments by an unnamed intelligence official (emphasis mine):
"They are constantly shooting at one another along the line of control," the first former intelligence official said. "These little skirmishes risk getting out of hand. Both [India and Pakistan] feel they are great players at brinkmanship. But in fact they are terrible at it. They lose control very quickly. They don't know where their people are and what they are doing."
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While the U.S. media has frequently reported on Pakistani ties to jihadi elements launching attacks in Afghanistan, it has less often mentioned that India supports insurgent forces attacking Pakistan, the former intelligence official said. "The Indians are up to their necks in supporting the Taliban against the Pakistani government in Afghanistan and Pakistan," the former intelligence official who served in both countries said. "The same anti-Pakistani forces in Afghanistan also shooting at American soldiers are getting support from India. India should close its diplomatic establishments in Afghanistan and get the Christ out of there."
None of this is ever one-sided," he added. "That is why it was so devastating and we were so let down" when India got taken out of Holbrooke's official brief.
India-Pakistan Disinformation
by eriposte
Laura Rozen had a post yesterday at The Cable discussing a Washington Post report that claims the CIA acted as a neutral go-between to enable intelligence sharing between India and Pakistan following the terrorist attack in Mumbai in Nov 2008. If the CIA did help as is claimed in the article, that is a good sign and I have been pleased to see that both Indian and Pakistani leaders have approached this difficult issue with better judgment than I thought I would see. However, it appears not all intelligence officials are playing a helpful role.
Laura's post also has some strange comments by an unnamed intelligence official (emphasis mine):
"They are constantly shooting at one another along the line of control," the first former intelligence official said. "These little skirmishes risk getting out of hand. Both [India and Pakistan] feel they are great players at brinkmanship. But in fact they are terrible at it. They lose control very quickly. They don't know where their people are and what they are doing."
[...]
While the U.S. media has frequently reported on Pakistani ties to jihadi elements launching attacks in Afghanistan, it has less often mentioned that India supports insurgent forces attacking Pakistan, the former intelligence official said. "The Indians are up to their necks in supporting the Taliban against the Pakistani government in Afghanistan and Pakistan," the former intelligence official who served in both countries said. "The same anti-Pakistani forces in Afghanistan also shooting at American soldiers are getting support from India. India should close its diplomatic establishments in Afghanistan and get the Christ out of there."
None of this is ever one-sided," he added. "That is why it was so devastating and we were so let down" when India got taken out of Holbrooke's official brief.
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