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Retired IPS officer who also served in RAW
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Author of a book on Indian heritage
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Writes on the counter terrorism strategy that India needs. |
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Brig (Retd.) Gurmeet
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Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (Retired) is director of
Centre for Land Warfare Studies, a Delhi-based thinktank,
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| What should India do now as Pakistan has refused to accept proof on the 26/11 attacks submitted by the Indian government? |
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- Vishant (vishantgarg@gmail.com) |
The Pakistan government appears to be wilting under the heat generated by India's politico-diplomatic offensive and the newly-installed Obama Administration's pressure. However, going by past experience, Pakistan's recent assurances to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice are merely a tactical ploy to buy time and nothing of substance will eventually emerge. If the Pakistan government fails to deliver within a reasonable time period of about three to four months, India should be prepared to upgrade its diplomatic offensive to exercise its military options. Hence, India should keep its powder dry. |
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Q: Have we lost a golden opportunity to attack the terror camps in POK immediately after the Mumbai attacks?
- Champak (champak1periwal@yahoo.com)
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It was necessary to launch at least a few air strikes after the Mumbai terror attacks to send a strong message to Pakistan that our threshold of tolerance had been crossed and to signal our resolve to impose high costs on the Pakistan army and the ISI for sponsoring and supporting terrorism in India. In fact, India should have first exercised available military options after the attack on our Parliament in December 2001 and then mobilised for war if it was necessary to do so - rather than ordering full-scale mobilisation and then doing nothing.
On both the occasions the international community would have supported an early military response. Our failure to launch even limited military strikes in 2001 emboldened the ISI to continue its nefarious activities to weaken India and ultimately led to the Mumbai terror attacks. Our failure to do so now will prove to be even more costly in the long term.
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Q: Is India capable enough to destroy the terror camps in POK and catch Dawood Ibrahim and others accused of terror attacks that took place in the country?
- Dhaval (ipsadevi@in.com)
- "Terrorist camps" in POK are nothing but journalistic jargon - these do not exist as large, easily identifiable targets such as military barracks with parade grounds and weapon firing ranges. The mercenary Jihadi volunteers who are to be infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir are provided shelter in twos and threes in civilian huts in villages close to the LoC. They are indoctrinated in the village mosque and given elementary weapons training in the ground outside. Only a small number are given advanced training by ISI handlers in army barracks. Hence, there are no camps to be destroyed. However, the Indian armed forces know which Pakistan army assets must be attacked so that gains from limited military strikes can be maximised.
As for apprehending or eliminating the leadership of the terrorist organisations and the likes of Dawood Ibrahim, covert operations must be launched through R&AW, India's external intelligence agency. Since the Pakistan government is either unwilling or unable - probably both - to apprehend the terrorist leaders demanded by India, our government has no option but to do so itself. Hence, India should set in motion the process to launch sustained underground operations against the leadership of the terrorist outfits operating from Pakistani soil. This will take time as moles have to be identified, trained and infiltrated into terrorist organisations like LeT, JeM and HuJI to bring their leaders to justice.
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Q: Is Indian army able to protect the citizens if Pakistan takes the extreme step to launch nuclear attacks against India?
- Ankur (electrical20@gmail.com)
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The role of the Indian armed forces is to safeguard India's territorial integrity - on land, sea and in the air - against external aggression. The Indian armed forces are more than adequately equipped to do so in the case of Pakistani aggression. For protecting its citizens against nuclear attack, the government of India has opted for nuclear deterrence and raised strategic nuclear forces to deter nuclear attack. If Pakistan takes the extreme step to launch nuclear attacks against India, the government will order our nuclear forces to launch "massive" retaliatory nuclear strikes "designed to inflict unacceptable damage", in accordance with India's declared nuclear doctrine. The Pakistan army leadership that controls all nuclear weapons knows that Pakistan will cease to exist as a nation state no matter how much damage it inflicts on India in a first strike.
Hence, Pakistani Generals will be deterred from even contemplating the launch of nuclear strikes against India. This is how nuclear deterrence theory operates and there has been no breach of its basic premise since the United States government first dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with devastating results in August 1945. There is no real reason for the Pakistani Generals to want to act irrationally and risk the complete annihilation of their country. May God give them the wisdom to make the right choices.
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| In case you come across any suspicious activity or have any information to tell the Anti-Terror Squad, |
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| Dial All India Toll-Free
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| Terror Helpline No.1090
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Here's a list of emergency numbers and addresses in 6 important cities.
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We bring together stories, videos and pictures on terror attacks across the nation.
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India Reacts
The prime purpose of the terrorists is to shatter the peace and unity of the country. The only way to defeat them is by defeating their mindless purpose-- stand with determined resilience with the people of the country irrespective of communal, linguistic and regional barriersn.
Swarnima Bhattacharya
, Lucknow
Much has been spoken by the leaders, but no concrete work has been done so far. The ministry should not be headed by any politician but by some retired police or preferably some military official.
Shailendra Vikrant , Chandigarh
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Headlines Today anchors pledge to fight terror
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