Tributes paid to martyrs on 26/11 Mumbai terrorists attacks on 8th anniversary

[Nilu Pule]

I believe Pakistan lost any chance of peace with this generation of Indians with 26/11.

More importantly, it brought our Muslims back to us. Firmly with the nation. No two thoughts about the enemy.

@Nilu Pule

Cheers, Doc

Muslim Indians did 26/11. Ajmal kasab was an bhaiyya muslim. GOI hid true identity of ajmal kasab to avoid a civil war

 

[padamchen]

Muslim Indians did 26/11. Ajmal kasab was an bhaiyya muslim. GOI hid true identity of ajmal kasab to avoid a civil war

So you just confirmed your true nationality.

Something all Indians had suspected for some time.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Nilu Pule]

So you just confirmed your true nationality.

Something all Indians had suspected for some time.

Cheers, Doc

Ok mate.

Ajmal kasab was a simi activist like @AfrazulMandal

 

[padamchen]

Ok mate.

Ajmal kasab was a simi activist like @AfrazulMandal

I repeat.

Organisations like SIMI got their biggest hit with 26/11.

The recruits and moral sympathy from elements in the community simply dried up.

They are now just a name.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Hindustani78]

Muslim Indians did 26/11. Ajmal kasab was an bhaiyya muslim. GOI hid true identity of ajmal kasab to avoid a civil war

Indian Armed Forces Intelligence Bureau reports are being made public by the Indian Armed Forces Centre Command Core because the enemy of the Indian Nation like always are playing divide and rule tactics and there are certain political parties who have not thought about the National security to come in power.

Kasab was Pakistan Citizen and was trained by Pakistan Military Special Forces Units, the weapons, devices, IED, Maps and the calls to the handlers have clearly point out who are the handlers, Pakistan as a whole doesnt have the capabilities to launch satellites and who have launch satellites of Pakistan are the chinese and even the Pakistani Military is having Russian and French transponders.

GLONASS-M 2003–2018 was in service during the Mumbai Terrorist attacks ,

The first satellite, BeiDou-1A, was launched on 30 October 2000, followed by BeiDou-1B on 20 December 2000. The third satellite, BeiDou-1C (a backup satellite), was put into orbit on 25 May 2003.On 2 November 2006, China announced that from 2008 BeiDou would offer an open service with an accuracy of 10 meters, timing of 0.2 microseconds, and speed of 0.2 meters/second.In February 2007, the fourth and last satellite of the BeiDou-1 system, BeiDou-1D (sometimes called BeiDou-2A, serving as a backup satellite), was launched.In April 2007, the first satellite of BeiDou-2, namely Compass-M1 (to validate frequencies for the BeiDou-2 constellation) was successfully put into its working orbit.

In October 2004, China officially joined the Galileo project by signing the Agreement on the Cooperation in the Galileo Program between the "Galileo Joint Undertaking" (GJU) and the "National Remote Sensing Centre of China" (NRSCC).By April 2006, eleven cooperation projects within the Galileo framework had been signed between China and EU.

 

[Hephaestus]

Correction, YOUR great-great-great-great-great grandparents, not mine. Mine were the ones ruling over yours.

So you too descended from the turks & mongols. Good for you.

 

[Hindustani78]

Muslim Indians did 26/11. Ajmal kasab was an bhaiyya muslim. GOI hid true identity of ajmal kasab to avoid a civil war

Kasab seems to be close to Menon Brothers and Bhai of Sindh Pakistan. Bhai bhoolu cia , Sindh ne.

 

[Nilu Pule]

Kasab seems to be close to Menon Brothers and Bhai of Sindh Pakistan. Bhai bhoolu cia , Sindh ne.

Katwe tum ne hi kiya 26/11

 

[Hindustani78]

Katwe tum ne hi kiya 26/11

Indian Armed Forces Intelligence Bureau reports are already pointing out involving of many nations in the Mumbai militants attacks.

There were 10 Pakistan Military Special Forces Unit who carried out the Mumbai Attacks but according to Indian Armed Forces Intelligence Bureau reports , there were hundreds of ground workers of many nations who were assisting the Pakistan Military Special Forces Unit. Chinese, Russian and French Satellites were used for navigation and even the list of foreigners who visited Mumbai Taj Hotel and the Surrounding areas from 2006 till 2009 has been checked.

 

[Solomon2]

A decade after the mayhem in Mumbai

Farhatullah Babar

TFT Issue: 30 Nov 2018

Farhatullah Babar believes both India and Pakistan should move forward in the spirit of truth and reconciliation

November 26 marked 10th anniversary of the mayhem in Mumbai. Ten years ago, on that day gunmen launched coordinated attacks for three days in the financial capital of India – targeting two luxury hotels, a Jewish center, a tourist restaurant and a busy train station. They killed 166 people. All gunmen were either killed or captured as Pakistan and India came closest to war in years.

In a twist of history, the 10th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks has coincided with the opening of the Kartarpur border described by the Foreign Office as signalling Pakistan’s “desire for peace.” By the time these lines appear in print Prime Minister Khan would also have performed the ground breaking of the four-kilometer long corridor connecting Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district with the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal, Pakistan. This, too, will be hailed as signalling desire for peace.

On the eve of anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, India paid homage to those who were killed. The United States made a new reward offer of 5 million dollars for bringing those responsible to face justice. Lamenting that those responsible had not been convicted, the US called for implementing UN sanctions against those responsible.

An ostrich-like attitude and living in self-denial about the Mumbai attacks will serve no useful purpose​

Prime Minister Imran Khan has proclaimed that if India took one step towards peace, he would be willing to take two steps forward. Bold and laudable words indeed. Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has also been calling for peace and reconciliation. Indeed the proposal to open the Kartarpur border for Sikh pilgrims, lying on the table for the last 30 years, was made recently by the army chief himself.

The professed “desire for peace” will be more credible if Pakistan also begins to come to terms with the Mumbai attack. The 10th anniversary and the recent positive developments offer a unique opportunity for this introspection. More so, as the declared state policy is to end distinction between good and bad militants and appeals are made to develop a national counter extremism narrative.

The Mumbai carnage was aimed at derailing peace process between the two countries. On November 22, 2008, Asif Ali Zardari, as president, made a far reaching, almost sensational, offer of a no first nuclear strike against India. The offer made in a satellite interview to prominent India journalist Karan Thapar instantly made headlines. For the first time, a Pakistani civilian leader had made such a bold offer and set in motion a new peace process. Within four days, however, Mumbai happened and hopes for peace dashed.

An ostrich-like attitude and living in self-denial about the Mumbai attacks will serve no useful purpose. Nations are like individuals; the greater the inner strength, the greater the hope and capacity to address weaknesses.

Great progress has been achieved in the investigations. Tariq Khosa, former DG FIA and a highly reputed senior former police officer, who investigated the case has already described in detail what his investigations revealed.

In a remarkably candid newspaper article published on August 3, 2015 he confirmed what was already well known: that the Mumbai attacks were planned in Pakistan, that the Lashkar-e-Taiba financed the attacks and that Ajmal Kasab was Pakistani. Investigations had established seven pertinent facts. On this 10th anniversary, it would be helpful to quote extensively from his article.

One, “Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani national, whose place of residence and initial schooling as well as his joining a banned militant organization was established by the investigators.”

Two, according to investigations, “Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were imparted training near Thatta, Sindh and launched by sea from there. The training camp was identified and secured by investigators. The casings of the explosive devices used in Mumbai were recovered from this training camp and duly matched.”

Three, he said, “The fishing trawler used by the terrorists for hijacking an Indian trawler in which they sailed to Mumbai, was brought back to harbour, then painted and concealed. It was recovered by investigators and connected to the accused.”

Four, “The engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbour contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then to a Karachi sports shop from where an LeT-linked militant purchased it along with the dinghy. The money trail was followed and linked to the accused who was arrested.”

Five, “The room in Karachi from where the operation was directed was also identified and secured by investigators. The communications through Voice over Internet Protocol were unearthed.”

Six, “The alleged commander and his deputies were identified and arrested.”

Seven, “A couple of foreign-based financiers and facilitators were arrested and brought to face trial.”

Upon requesting the trial court to permit obtaining voice samples for comparison with recorded voices, the court linked it with the consent of the accused. The suspects, however, refused consent. The sessions court was then moved to authorize investigators to take voice samples without consent. The plea was disallowed on the grounds that there was no such provision in the Evidence Act applicable at that time and retrospective application of laws is not favoured. An appeal against the sessions court verdict before the high court is probably still pending.

It is true that laws should not be made applicable retrospectively, but this should not stop the case from proceeding further. While this is not to argue in favour of backdated legislation, but it is worth recalling how this principle has been trampled recently as the fight against militancy picked up.

An amendment in the Pakistan Air Force Bill passed in 2017 was given retrospective effect from January 1, 2000 despite protests. The National Command Authority (Amendment) Bill 2016 aimed at stopping the courts from taking cognizance of employees’ grievances was bulldozed by stopping an on-going judicial process as the matter was already before the Supreme Court for review.

In November 2015, the Pakistan Army Act was amended to provide for retrospective cover without limitation. Any person held in custody by the army before the amendment “shall be deemed to have been arrested or detained pursuant to the provision of this act” the law said, besides indemnifying military officials.

Earlier, the Action in Aid of Civil Power Regulation 2011 was made applicable from 2008 to enable bringing out into the open suspects already in state custody.

On November 26, the 10th anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, PM Khan addressing a tribal jirga in Miramshah declared, “Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders.”

With the Kartarpar corridor signalling the “desire for peace” is opened, the PM talking of peace beyond borders and the army seemingly endorsing the peace process, we need to earnestly move towards a closure of Mumbai attack in a spirit of truth and reconciliation.

Facing the truth should not be a zero-sum game for Pakistan. Both countries have too many questions to answer to one another. Truth and reconciliation demands that both admit their mistakes and move on in a spirit of co-existence even as principled positions on contentious issues are not compromised.

The writer is a former senator