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The CIA-ISI axis: India should have no illusions of US support

BlackListed News
Published on 01-06-2009
Source: New Kerala
India is maintaining politico-diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to comply with its international obligations apropos the Mumbai terror attack of Nov 26. Home Minister P. Chidambaram would visit the US in the course of this week with a detailed dossier that would include “irrefutable evidence” about the involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in [...]

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Report: Georgian President Saakashvili Throws Punches, Telephone at Prime Minister…A Georgian tabloid quoted an anonymous source saying Saakashvili physically attacked newly appointed Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili. The story did not explain what provoked the president. [h/t: Danger Room]

In ‘pre-insurrectionary’ mood, riots have begun…Civil protest is breaking out in cities across Russia, China, and beyond. Greece [...]

Organized Crime, Intelligence and Terror: The D-Company’s Role in the Mumbai Attacks

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Antifascist Calling…
What do you call a “devout Muslim” who exerts considerable control over South Asia’s heroin, gambling, prostitution and smuggling rackets? Why an intelligence asset, of course!
When Lashkar-e-Taiba (”Army of the Pure”–LET) militants slaughtered nearly 200 people in Mumbai during the November 26 siege in India’s financial capital, one name stood out among a list [...]

Mumbai attack is example of drug business’ support for terrorism - Russian official

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Russia & CIS General Newswire
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:38 UTC
Dawood Ibrahim, a prominent drug dealer, is behind the recent attack on hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai, which makes it a good example of how illegal drug schemes are used to finance terrorism, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov said.
“Certain information indicates [...]

Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being Downplayed

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h/t: sott.net
Jeremy R. Hammond
Foreign Policy Journal
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:59 UTC
Recent press reports on developments with regard to last month’s attacks in Mumbai, India indicate the role of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted crime boss, terrorist, and drug trafficker, is being downplayed, possibly the result of a deal taking place behind the scenes between the governments [...]

Mumbai Terror Group Trained American Jihadists

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Noah Shachtman
December 10, 2008
A growing chorus of intelligence officials in the U.S. and in south Asia have pinned the Mumbai attacks on the Kashmir-based militants Lashkar-e-Taiba. But there’s been hardly any mention of the extremist group’s deep ties to American-based jihadists.
Since 2003, at least five U.S. citizens have been convicted in federal court of conspiring [...]

The Case of the Telltale Hoax

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Who was behind the Mumbai massacre?
by Justin Raimondo
The idea that a nuclear war could be started by a hoax caller may seem too Bizarro Worldish, even for the post-9/11 era, but there you have it:
“A hoax caller claiming to be India’s foreign minister threatened [...]

India/Pakistan update

Not Going Well
A very disquieting — maybe just even more disquieting — article from the Journal on the India-Pakistan conflict. Tensions spiked when India’s foreign ministry called Pakistani President Zardari with a “bellicose” message at the height of the Mumbai seige. But now the two countries are arguing back and forth over whether it was [...]

Mumbai ‘Oddities’

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Lori Price
www.legitgov.org
Updated: 07 December 2008
Mumbai terror attacks similar to 1993 New York Landmarks plot 07 Dec 2008 The meticulous planning and execution of the Mumbai terror attack, which has left the country’s security agencies scurrying for cover, [...]

Mumbai: Uncomfortable Questions

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From the AP …
One of the two Indian men arrested for illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks was a counterinsurgency police officer who may have been on an undercover mission, security officials said Saturday, demanding his release.The arrests, announced in the eastern city of Calcutta, were the first [...]