Lashkar-e-Toiba terror proxy of ISI: US lawmaker

[omkar]

Asserting that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a terrorist network supported and nurtured by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, a top American lawmaker warned that Islamabad would have to bear the responsibility of any terrorist attack on the US coming from LeT. "We should make it clear to Pakistan that any LeT attack upon our homeland, they will bear responsibility for that because of their close relationship between ISI and LeT," Congressman Peter King said during a Congressional hearing yesterday. Designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States and the United Nations, LeT, King alleged is a proxy of Pakistani intelligence. "I think it's important to note that. The LeT is a terror proxy of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, its ISI, which provides LeT with a safe haven and funding to train and prepare for terrorist attacks," he said. King, the Republican lawmaker from New York, is Chairman of the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee. "While focused on Pakistan's dispute over Kashmir, an issue over which it regularly kills innocent Indian civilians, LeT's reach is broad and goes abroad. In addition to the 2009 plot in Denmark, LeT supported a planned 2002 attack on Australia by means of a trainer sent from France," he said. LeT's networks span across South Asia and the Persian Gulf into Europe, especially Britain, as well as Canada and New Zealand, King added. "LeT actively recruits Westerners, maintains social media sites in colloquial American English and has since the 1990s sustained support cells here in the United States. LeT members were arrested in the homeland as recently as 2011 when Jubair Ahmad was arrested in Woodbridge, Virginia. "Eleven LeT members previously have been arrested in Virginia back in 2003. Suspected LeT operatives are reported to have surveilled several identified potential terror targets in this country," he said.


http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lashkaretoiba-terror-proxy-of-isi-us-lawmaker/1128536/

 

[Jango]

Post the link.

 

[Parul]

Lashkar-e-Toiba terror proxy of ISI: US lawmaker - Indian Express

 

[Star Wars]

Nothing new here .... this is a known fact for a couple of years ...

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

Cry me river .... anyway its Indian express after all.

 

[rockstarIN]

Cry me river .... anyway its Indian express after all.

Not the editor of Indian Express said this but US Law maker.


Not what you say, get lost US law maker?

 

[Jango]

Not the editor of Indian Express said this but US Law maker.


Not what you say, get lost US law maker?

The US lawmakers also have a mental brainwave regarding our nukes every couple of months.

They also had a brainwave regarding Iraq and WMD.

Point being, what ever a US lawmaker says isn't the truth!

I'd give these guys enough importance as the guy next door.

 

[Srinivas]

US -------------- Pakistan anti India Generals --------------------------These so called self proclaimed mujaids like LET,JEM etc... are all the same,

USA is torturing its own kids in Pakistan for almost a decade now.....

 

[OrionHunter]

Cry me river .... anyway its Indian express after all.

You can cry yourself the Indian Ocean with the Pacific thrown in, but you are naive to suggest that the ISI has no role in nurturing and supporting the Kashmir specific terrorist groups - LeT, JeM etc.

Even my Persian cat knows it!! And you don't? Jeeez!

 

[Devil Soul]

Nothing new the US lawmaker having usual "Menstruation" ... regarding Nukes ....

 

[DV RULES]

Asserting that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a terrorist network supported and nurtured by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, a top American lawmaker warned that Islamabad would have to bear the responsibility of any terrorist attack on the US coming from LeT. "We should make it clear to Pakistan that any LeT attack upon our homeland, they will bear responsibility for that because of their close relationship between ISI and LeT," Congressman Peter King said during a Congressional hearing yesterday. Designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States and the United Nations, LeT, King alleged is a proxy of Pakistani intelligence. "I think it's important to note that. The LeT is a terror proxy of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, its ISI, which provides LeT with a safe haven and funding to train and prepare for terrorist attacks," he said. King, the Republican lawmaker from New York, is Chairman of the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee. "While focused on Pakistan's dispute over Kashmir, an issue over which it regularly kills innocent Indian civilians, LeT's reach is broad and goes abroad. In addition to the 2009 plot in Denmark, LeT supported a planned 2002 attack on Australia by means of a trainer sent from France," he said. LeT's networks span across South Asia and the Persian Gulf into Europe, especially Britain, as well as Canada and New Zealand, King added. "LeT actively recruits Westerners, maintains social media sites in colloquial American English and has since the 1990s sustained support cells here in the United States. LeT members were arrested in the homeland as recently as 2011 when Jubair Ahmad was arrested in Woodbridge, Virginia. "Eleven LeT members previously have been arrested in Virginia back in 2003. Suspected LeT operatives are reported to have surveilled several identified potential terror targets in this country," he said.


Lashkar-e-Toiba terror proxy of ISI: US lawmaker - Indian Express

What about US's proxy TTP & Al-Qaida in Pakistan operated from Afghanistan?

 

[omkar]

Cry me river .... anyway its Indian express after all.

This the link from one of the world's top 3 Think Tanks, happy now ???


Lashkar-e-Taiba Capable of Threatening U.S. Homeland - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace



Policy Recommendations

1.Reallocate intelligence resources: With the decimation of al-Qaeda’s central leadership, Washington should increase the number of intelligence officers and analysts focused on LeT and other emerging terrorist threats

2.Degrade overseas networks: The United States should deepen counterterrorism cooperation with India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom to disrupt LeT’s overseas financing and recruitment.

3.Target Western trainees: Washington should increase pressure on Pakistan to identify, arrest, and extradite any Westerners training or attempting to train with LeT.

4.Warn Pakistan: The United States should signal to Pakistan’s military and intelligence services the severe repercussions that would result if LeT, or elements within it, mounted an attack on American soil.


For details use the link.

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Lashkar-e-Toiba

I laughted hard when i saw this title. Its Lashkar-e-Tayaba.

 

[JanjaWeed]

So it makes US itself a terror sponsoring state then? Afterall they have a close dealing with ISI & are providing military AID to Pakistan, of which ISI is a part!!

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

This the link from one of the world's top 3 Think Tanks, happy now ???


Lashkar-e-Taiba Capable of Threatening U.S. Homeland - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace



Policy Recommendations

1.Reallocate intelligence resources: With the decimation of al-Qaeda’s central leadership, Washington should increase the number of intelligence officers and analysts focused on LeT and other emerging terrorist threats

2.Degrade overseas networks: The United States should deepen counterterrorism cooperation with India, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom to disrupt LeT’s overseas financing and recruitment.

3.Target Western trainees: Washington should increase pressure on Pakistan to identify, arrest, and extradite any Westerners training or attempting to train with LeT.

4.Warn Pakistan: The United States should signal to Pakistan’s military and intelligence services the severe repercussions that would result if LeT, or elements within it, mounted an attack on American soil.


For details use the link.

You can cry yourself the Indian Ocean with the Pacific thrown in, but you are naive to suggest that the ISI has no role in nurturing and supporting the Kashmir specific terrorist groups - LeT, JeM etc.

Even my Persian cat knows it!! And you don't? Jeeez!

Even if so, deal with it.
Nobody here gives a sh*t to either your or American concerns.

So it makes US itself a terror sponsoring state then? Afterall they have a close dealing with ISI & are providing military AID to Pakistan, of which ISI is a part!!

as usual, high on WEED