<The extremists will be furious and clashes between police and extremists are likely in certain areas. But the larger question to the world is whether the Pakistan/India confrontation will recede from possibility. The refusal to hand over the List of 20 is likely to be judged harshly by India's leadership. They will say he's all posture and no delivery.>
1. No clashes reported today rather people have liked his speech by and large.
2. I think Pakistan has played its cards well, all 19 hijackers were Saudis or Egyptians or from UAE, since terror is not state policy of any of these states these states were not impacted. In case of talebinsed Afghanistan the policy of attack and destruction was pursued since terror had become a tool of state policy and protection of terrorists had also became as state organ. Once Pakistan has renounced terror as a state tool and have launched on a massive crackdown, I believe that they deserve benefit of time. I suppose that breaking with past and historic announcement of yesterday India has achieved the dual objective of a new beginning and I hope that Mr. Vajpayee will withdraw forces in few weeks.
I see no reason once these extremists’ parties have been disbanded that Indians should go through these open threats of nuclear war. Cornering Pakistan would not serve any purpose now. I think we are breaking from past and some time should be given how things evolve from here. However, Indians have right to take action whatever they think is proper for destroying the network of terrorists, one small point for Indians is to understand the dynamics of the strategy, Indian is no US and neither Pakistan is Afghanistan. After what has happened since 11th of Sept, the global isolation of Pakistan has ended, the entire Muslim world and radical states are watching the crack down in Pakistan with greatest interest. This is beginning of the end of terrorism as a organized bargaining chip from Maghreb to Brunei and India should understand that they should help the process to grow. It is just not Pakistan extremist that are on the run here, the global policy to achieve a consensus of elimination of terrorism has been helped yesterday, a foresight is required here by Indian intellectuals it is far beyond Pakistan it is about removal of the cancer of Islamic radicalism from global polity.
3. Some of these people are Bombay underworld kings like Chota Shakeel and Doud Ibrahim, they are Al Capone of India and this is Indian mafia that as escaped from India, their tentacles in Bombay arte far spread, now Indian wants to cut off the head of this mafia that has lot of scores to settle with lot of Indians. List of 20 had few UBL type characters like Azhar, Hafiz and others and they should be send to jail for their role in terrorism for 20 years, however Indian mafia based on Karachi is a problem that needs a different approach, the Indians should stop paying these guys in Bombay and Delhi the extortion money, the Indians should cuts of thousands of those underworld connections that ha led to creation of a huge crime infested underworld. I am sure that Pakistan will address these issues of gangsters in Karachi once Indians start major crack down on homegrown mafia. Organized crime and cross border terrorism needs to be tackled with different strategies, one requires the speech that President yesterday delivered other required cleansing of the crime infested Bombay from handy man of these petty criminals. To ask Indian crime kings to be handed over to India is asking wrath of these kings like Al Copane against Pakistan. Extremists should be handled; rest of them needs collaboration between Indian and Pakistan Interior Ministries. That needs far bigger co-operation, the removal of organized crime cabal from India. |
