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Resurgent Militants Could Ignite India-Pakistan War

India braces for fresh attacks that could spark war

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 30, 2009 1:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Pakistan-based terror network that organized the slaughter of 163 people in Mumbai last year is still thriving, and security officials on both sides of the border fear it's only a matter of time before operatives attack India again. Lashkar-e-Taiba enjoys broad support within Pakistan, its top leadership remains intact despite a wave of arrests following the Mumbai attack, and it's poised to strike again, current and former militants tell the New York Times.

Pakistan's spy agency—which helped create the group 20 years ago—says it disowned Lashkar-e-Taiba after the 9/11 attacks. But analysts believe it maintains covert links and militants say it knew the Mumbai attacks were coming and turned a blind eye. Indian security officials complain that they have received zero cooperation from their Pakistani counterparts. Intelligence officials in both countries agree that if another attack happens, it could spark war between India and Pakistan.

Indian Army soldiers display arms and ammunition seized from a militant group after a gun battle at an army base in Srinagar earlier this year.
Indian Army soldiers display arms and ammunition seized from a militant group after a gun battle at an army base in Srinagar earlier this year.   (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
An Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during a gun battle between the Indian military and militants  in Mumbai, India, last year.
An Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during a gun battle between the Indian military and militants in Mumbai, India, last year.   (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
A National Security Guard  commando stands guard during the Mumbai NSG Hub inauguration in Mumbai, India, in June.
A National Security Guard commando stands guard during the Mumbai NSG Hub inauguration in Mumbai, India, in June.   (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Firefighters, unseen, try to douse fire at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish group's headquarters, killing people, and holding Westerners hostage in coordinated attacks on the nation's commercial center...
Firefighters, unseen, try to douse fire at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish...   (AP Photo)
Firefighters, unseen, try to douse fire at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish group's headquarters, killing people, and holding Westerners hostage in coordinated attacks on the nation's commercial center...
Firefighters, unseen, try to douse fire at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish...   (AP Photo)
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The only cooperation we have with the Pakistanis is that they send us their terrorists, who kill our people, and we kill their terrorists. - A senior Indian intelligence official

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Nwambe
Sep 30, 2009 12:22 PM CDT
This isn't the war on terror, you inveterate incompetent boob, this is a geopolitical conflict using non-state actors (Similar to Iran-Contra) that has been present since 1947, and in early 2000 erupted into the first 'hot' war in history between nuclear powers. This is VERY serious shit, and both sides are playing brinksmanship. Looking at it from an American perspective will blind you to its significance, and the only way you'll willfully be rid of your blindness is with a bright flash - Say a flash bright enough to come from a nuclear warhead that might stray off course.
SalParadise
Sep 30, 2009 7:27 AM CDT
Pakistan and India have been fighting in Kashmir for ages. This is just it moving into the 21st century.
SilenceDogood
Sep 30, 2009 7:19 AM CDT
But Obama told us the war on terror was over?

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