RAW’s Secret Battles
RAW’s Secret Battles, The doctrine of the Indian secret agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is based on the principle of waging continuous secret battles through its agents. Since its creation in 1968, RAW has assumed a significant status in formulation of Indian foreign policy.
While waging their secret battles, RAW’s agents have their presence in almost all regional countries, implementing various tactics of psychological warfare. In this context, M. K Dhar in his book, “Open Secrets, India’s Intelligence Unveiled” points out, “RAW’s operations against the regional countries are conducted with great professional skill and expertise, which include the establishment of a huge network inside the target countries. It has used propaganda, political dissent, ethnic divisions, economic backwardness and criminal elements to foment subversion and terrorism to weaken these states in conssonance with Indian regional ambitions.” However, application of these nefarios designs vary from country to country as RAW’s secret batlles in the following countries proves.
Sikkim was the easiest prey for RAW and India annexed it in mid-1970s. The King of Bhutan has been reduced to the nominal position by acting upon Indian dictates.
Under a well-orchestrated plan of RAW, on November 30 1988, 400 well-trained mercenaries infiltrated and stormed the capital of Maldives. Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi reacted promptly by sending about 1600 combat troops who flushed out the attackers from the streets. In this way, Maldives was totally brought under Indian influence.
Sri Lanka offers an unprecedented example of incursion by RAW’s agents as violence kept on going in the country for a long time. In this regard, Jain Commission revealed that since 1981, RAW established 30 training bases in India for clandestine support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), some of whom were already on the payroll of this agency. In the recent past, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that rights and safety of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka should be upheld.
For many years, India has openly been meddling in Nepal’s internal affairs by contriving internal strife through RAW in order to destabilize the successive governments and prop up puppet regimes. In 2001, RAW had played a key role in the massacre of nine members of the Royal family of Nepal, when the former King tried to drift away from Indian hold.
In the recent past, Indian-backed monarchy in Nepal was abolished after a long struggle of the Maoists who won the elections in April 2008. Now Nepal’s leadership has forsaken India and has tilted towards China whom New Delhi considers its strategic rival in Asia. But despite the victory of the Maoists, Nepali Congress and the former had been unable to reach a deal on power-sharing. Availing the opportunity, RAW’s agents who were well-penetrated in Nepali Congress and various government departments have been manipulating the situation so as to create lawlessness to bring Nepal back to Indian influence.
In the recent past, RAW-supported Tibetans in Nepal have held protests against China’s rule over Tibet. In this regard, on March 10, 2008 when anti-government protests by Buddhist monks had erupted in Tibet, flaring in nearby provinces. Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet who has lived in exile in India along with his 120,000 followers has been tacitly encouraged by RAW’s secret warriors—enabling him to mobilize armed groups and international support to create instability in Tibetan regions of China.
As regards Bagladesh, surprisingly, RAW had also created insurgency force: The Shanti Bahini (Fighters for Peace). The agency has been involved in training rebels of Chakma tribes (Hindu and Buddhists tribesmen) and Shanti Bahini to carry out subversive activities in Bangladesh.
In August 17, 2005, RAW’s elusive masterminds rocked various districts of Bangladesh with 370 explosions. Indian security agencies and media advised the central government to force Khaleda Zia to clamp down on Islamic fundamentalist outfits. A study of the post-blast behaviour of New Delhi indicated that those blasts were conducted by Indian intelligence agency, RAW to destablize a pro-China Bangladesh.
So far as Pakistan is concerned, the country has become a special target of RAW’s secret battles. In this connection, fundamentalist Hindus give credit to Indira Gandhi who in the late 1970s gave RAW a new role to suit her Indira Doctrine specifically asking it to undertake covert operations in Pakistan. RAW mobilised all its resources by exploiting political turmoil in East Pakistan in 1971 which it had created through its agents. Nevertheless, its intrigues culminated in the dismembermet of Pakistan.
At present, New Delhi has established more than 200 foreign offices and training camps in Afghanistan where RAW’s intelligence officials with the help of Khad and tactical support of CIA are doing their utmost to weaken Pakistan by sending weapons to the separatist elements in Balochistan and particularly to the insurgents of FATA regions. In Wakhan, a religious Madrassa of the Indian Muslim clerics is functioning under the patronage of RAW and Mossad. Very young boys including Afghans, recruits are mostly from Central Asia, bordering Afghanistan. Thus more than 20,000 ideologically motivated terrorists are intermittently being infiltrated into troubled spots of Pakistan. Posing as volunteers, they join the Taliban militants to fight against Pakistan’s security forces. These miscreants also conducted a number of suicide attacks, bomb blasts and targeted killings in Pakistan, killing a number of innocent persons and personnel of the security forces. In Kurram Agency, RAW’s Afghan agents were also actively involved in the sectarian conflict. However, their main plot is to create chaos in our country.
Even in Afghanistan, acting upon the old policy of divide and rule, it is owing to the tactics of RAW that Muslims are killing the Muslims either they belong to Afghan forces or Taliban.
The campaign of RAW’s battles sharpens as violence takes some other dimensions in case of Kashmir. As regards the current phase of Indian state terrorism, it began on August 12, 2008 when Indian forces killed Hurriyat Conference leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz in the occupied Kashmir. At present, indefinite curfews, crackdowns and killings by the Indian security forces keep on going against the non-violent mass uprising of Kashmiris. More than 1000 innocent people have been killed by the Indian forces so far. Nevertheless, since 1989, Indian military troops backed by RAW’s clandestine moves have been using all inhuman methods of ethnic cleansing to disturb the majority population of the Kashmiris.
In the recent years, hundreds of unidentified graves with at least 2000 bodies have been discovered in the Indian-held Kashmir. These Kashmiris were tortured to death by RAW.
One of the important roles of RAW is to thwart Sino-Pak strategic relations. In this context, fast growing economic power of China coupled with her rising strategic relationship with the Third World has irked the eyes of Americans and Indians. Owing to this jealousy, support of the US to India for a permanent seat in the U.N. Security Council and US-India nuclear agreement are part of American desire to make India a major power to counterbalance China in Asia.
Nevertheless, Beijing and Islamabad cannot neglect their common defence when their adversaries are following a covert strategy. In this respect, Pakistan and China have signed a number of agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors including energy, telecommunication, trade and space technology. China also agreed to supply nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
China will also be able to use the Karakoram Highway and ports of Gwadar (which links C. Asia) and Karachi for transporting its goods to the Middle East and Africa.
It is mentionable that on April 18, 2008, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had openly claimed that “some external forces were trying to weaken Pak-China strategic ties by creating misunderstandings.”
Nonetheless, in New Delhi, it does not matter who is at the helm of affairs, policy of manipulation and subversion in neighbouring states through RAW’s secret battles in order to extend Indian regional hegemony, continues unabated.
No change to be made to team: Ijaz Butt
Even after an unprecedented defeat of the cricket team in T20 series at Abu Dhabi, PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said that no change would be made to the team.
After his return to the country at Lahore Airport, Butt refused to talk to the media, telling the mediamen that Your analysis is good, ours is very bad, adding that, wining and losing is part of game.
No change to be made to team: Ijaz Butt
Even after an unprecedented defeat of the cricket team in T20 series at Abu Dhabi, PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said that no change would be made to the team.
After his return to the country at Lahore Airport, Butt refused to talk to the media, telling the mediamen that Your analysis is good, ours is very bad, adding that, wining and losing is part of game.
US alleges Pakistan of avoiding direct action against Al-Qaeda, Taliban
October 6, 2010 by Trend PK
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WASHINGTON: The US has openly alleged that the Government of Pakistan and army are not taking direct action against Al-Qaeda and other terrorists.
In a recent analysis, the White House openly expressed doubts on Pakistani intentions against war on terror. America and its allies in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and to improve Afghan governance have also been questioned in this analysis.
According to the White House, the US has alleged that Pakistani forces are avoiding direct combat with Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda. SAMAA
Tauqeer Shah leaked report of CJ LHCs ‘assassination plan’: Taseer
Governor Punjab Salman Taseer alleges Principle Secretary of CM Punjab Dr. Tauqeer Shah for the leakage of the report on assassination plan of CJ LHC Khwaja Sharif.
Governor Punjab was talking to Dunya Newss program Dunya Mere Agay, said he can’t figure out the principles arround which PML-N politics are based.
Sources say, PML-N denied to give any statement in retaliation to the Governors allegations.
Senior analysts and anchor person of Dunya News Nusrat Javed said the allegations cannot be overlooked. If Special Branch really reported like that, then they should prove it right and governor should be brought to justice. Continuing his analysis he further added that if this report is wrong then one of important institutions of Punjab is being used for political purposes.
U.S. worried more secret documents may be released
July 31, 2010 by Trend PK
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WASHINGTON: U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.
The shadowy group publicly released more than 90,000 U.S. Afghan war records spanning a six-year period on Sunday. The group also is thought to be in possession of tens of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables passed to it by an Army intelligence analyst, media reports have said.
“Do we have concerns about what might be out there? Yes, we do,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told a briefing, adding that U.S. authorities have not specifically determined which documents may have been leaked to the organization.
He said the State Department could not confirm the longstanding reports that WikiLeaks is in possession of a large set of U.S. diplomatic cables.
But the fact that the documents released on Sunday contained a handful of State Department cables suggests that other secret diplomatic messages may have been included in data transmitted to WikiLeaks, Crowley said.
“When we provide our analysis of situations in key countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, we distribute these across the other agencies including to military addresses,” Crowley said. “So is the potential there that State Department documents have been compromised? Yes.”
Both Crowley and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs urged WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, not to release further classified government documents.
Gibbs, noting WikiLeaks claims to have at least 15,000 more secret Afghan documents, told media”s “Today” show there was little the government could do halt the release of the papers.
“We can do nothing but implore the person who has those classified top secret documents not to post anymore,” Gibbs said. “I think it”s important that no more damage be done to our national security.”
Raised blood fat levels tied to heart disease
May 8, 2010 by Trend PK
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LONDON: Raised levels of triglycerides, a type of blood fat, may be an important cause of heart disease, new genetic research suggests.
To reach the conclusion, Cambridge University research looked at the role of triglycerides, which is produced in the liver and derived from foods such as meat and dairy products, the Lancet medical journal reported.
According to the analysis of 350,000 people from 101 previous studies, those with higher levels of the blood fat were more likely to have heart disease.
Lead researcher said the findings suggested the blood fat could be causing heart disease in some way.
Gupta didn’t leak sensitive info, claims Indian TV
April 28, 2010 by Trend PK
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NEW DELHI: Indian media claimed that a lady diplomat arrested here has passed on information to Pakistan regarding country’s plans in Afghanistan, Geo News reported Wednesday.
According to a news channel, the diplomat did not pass any secret and sensitive information to Pakistan; instead, she gave the information relating India’s interests and projects in Afghanistan.
Sources in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that Madhuri Gupta, second secretary in the Indian High Commission based in Islamabad, had been intercepted while trying to get through information of “strategic importance” about six months ago.
“She had no business dealing with that sort of data. However, she was caught in the act and we saved the day,” the sources said.
However, no action was apparently taken against the woman diplomat — an IFS-B officer– and she was allowed to leave for Islamabad. But the intelligence agencies had already been told to keep her under the scanner.
The central security agencies then briefed senior MEA officials about how Gupta was part of an espionage racket and passing on sensitive, classified documents and information related to India”s activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Acting on the information passed on by the intelligence agencies, the MEA summoned Gupta to New Delhi last week on the pretext of preparations for the SAARC Summit in Thimpu. The 53-year-old diplomat was arrested on her arrival at Delhi”s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police. However, the arrest was made public only on Tuesday.
Gupta has been charged under the Official Secrets Act and given police custody by a Delhi court. A joint team of Delhi Police, Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is questioning her.
MEA sources also confirmed that RAW”s station head RK Sharma has also been summoned to Delhi as the data that Gupta was supplying was leaked from Sharma”s office. The sources, however, did not corroborate that Sharma will also be questioned along with her.
Highly-placed sources in the Delhi Police said that Gupta has told interrogators that a Pakistani journalist, identified as “Rana”, arranged her meetings with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers in Islamabad. “She denies receiving any money in exchange of the information,” they said. The computers/laptop used by Gupta in Islamabad are also reportedly being brought to India for further probe into the case.
There have been instances of rogue agents or Indian officials working for foreign governments before, but this is believed to be the first such instance involving Pakistan.
The arrest comes at a time when India and Pakistan are expected to ease bilateral relations, at the SAARC Summit in Bhutan, that have been strained since the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The summit is scheduled to start on April 28.
On account of her arrest followed after asking her to come down for Saarc summit preparation, the Indian security nabbed her on charges of spying for Pakistan to which Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta denied it by stating that her exchange of information was only on account settling scores with the official.
Reportedly on her fresh allegation of spying for Pakistan, Madhuri who was posted at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad defended by stating that whatever exchange of information shared with Pakistan official is not in greed of bribery but in order to settle scores with some officers.
Defending her act, Madhuri mentioned to the interrogators that it was in account of a prominent Pakistani journalist who had put her in touch with Pakistani intelligence officers she had co-operated with them.
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April 17, 2010 by Trend PK
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World investors show trust on Pak bonds
KARACHI: Investors displayed confidence on Pakistani bonds in world markets, as the insurance premium rate on five-year bonds edged down 26 percent to 6.5 percent, Geo News reported Thursday.
According to Credit Market Analysis (CMA), which organises and structures CDS (credit default swaps), bond quotes and valuation data, if the government of Pakistan sells five-year Euro bond on world level, it would have 6.5 percent insurance risk premium.
The insurance risk premium rate on Pakistani bonds was 8.9 percent on February 2, 2010, which perched on 6.5 percent on April 14, 2010.
According to experts, the balance of payments improved as the trade deficit shrank and foreign exchange reserves bulge; this has led to reduction in insurance risk premium on five-year bonds.
According the experts, the insurance risk premium can jump up in view of foreign investment, delay in expected aid and political instability.
