Lashkar- e- Taiba’s new hide out in Nepal

The Onslaught Of Terrorism Across The Border

According to the latest reports World’s most dangerous terrorist organization LASHKAR-E-TAIBA has its new hide out in a madarsa (a place where innocent children are given holy education) in Nepal just four kilometers away from Indo-Nepal border. These terrorists with the help of the Pak secret agency ISI are now ready to enter India to pursue their goals of reckless blood-shed. The secret agencies have warned the border police, immigration and custom officials about the new cross border trouble but there is a little chance that any action would be taken by the border police unless they strike first.  

Nepal’s current unsteady political upheaval has given Lashkar a chance to set up its foot in Nepal and make a strong hold in the midst of the latest political strain ongoing in Nepal. Today entering India from Nepal is the safest option for terrorists because of open border and the negligence on the part of border police. The 84 km long open border in the Maharajganj district is inviting intruders these days with accessibility. A few days back the terrorists who were caught belonging to Lashkar had entered India from Nepal.

This new Lashkar’s hide out in Nepal is a great source of apprehension and tension for India. This will surely result in increase of activities of Lashkar in India as now they will easily enter the country to insert chaos on the harmonious land. The proof of Lashkar’s presence in Nepal is that the only international airport was put on high alert after the warning from the Indian authorities that it could be the target of a terror plot. According to the charge sheet filed by the Mumbai police in the 26/11 case the police said that the target maps of the attack were handed over to LASHKAR-E-TAIBA commanders in Nepal and they were executing plans to overpower the loop-poles in Indian security. If India has to avoid any future attack it will have to stop giving this clear passage to the terrorists to enter India and take stern steps to stop the interference of terrorists worldwide.

"NOW JUSTICE FOR MUMBAI"

The dramatic US operation to take out Osama bin Laden from a mansion in Pakistan’s Abbotabad invariably brings up memories of Mumbai’s own terror attacks and their links with Pakistan.

November 2008 comes up first of course, when for the first time we managed to capture a terrorist in the act and through him managed to expose all the lies told by Pakistan whenever it is confronted with evidence of its involvement on attacks on India.

The trial of the Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was a triumph of the Indian justice system but his capture was a remarkable achievement by a beleaguered and bamboozled police force that was grappling not just with the deadly attacks but also the psychological impact of the deaths of senior and well-respected senior police officers. Tukaram Omble, by heroically sacrificing his own life to catch Kasab, has left us a debt which we can never repay, as a city, nation or society.

But before Kasab and his group of audacious killers crept into Mumbai via the sea from Pakistan, the city had already suffered the serial bomb blasts of March 1993 and after that the evidence that the blasts were a reaction to the horrific post-Babri demolition riots of December 1992 and January 1993. Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, once dreaded underworld dons, fled to Pakistan a few years before and had masterminded the blasts from that country. Members of Tiger Memon’s family who came back to India provided sufficient evidence of this.

As Pakistan denied for 10 years that Osama bin Laden was in their country it has also denied Ibrahim’s presence - despite all the evidence. Even when Ibrahim’s daughter married former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad’s son, the Pakistani government took no action.

Now that Pakistan is under the world’s scanner after Osama was found living in a military town barely a km from its premier military academy, this is the ideal time for India to demand action on its list of most wanted criminals who have taken shelter there. Those who are baying for the blood of Kasab might remember that the planners and the masterminds of the Lashkar-e-Tayba — notably Hafiz Saeed - are roaming free in Pakistan. US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer has now demanded that Pakistan take action against Hafiz Saeed and reiterated the US’s commitment to helping India get justice for 26/11.

Cynical though it may sound, it was not until 2008 that the US and the world took India’s warnings about terrorist groups flourishing in Pakistan seriously. The Government of India must prove its solidarity with the sacrifices and the suffering of the people of Mumbai and take advantage of Pakistan’s current embarrassment so that we can also get our own taste of “justice”.

INDIA & TERRORISM

Terrorism actually refers to those violent acts which are intended to threaten or terrorize the minds of people. The terrorist activities are done to achieve some ideological, political or religious goals. US law defines terrorism as any premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.

           The weapon of terrorism is as old as human society & various laws have been enacted from time to time to combat with it. Terrorism is very different from other crimes. It particularly retards the development, progress & peace of a nation & mankind as a whole. Despite of universal condemnation of terrorism by all governments & nations, most of them seem to be not free from it except of those who have taken stern measure against it. In short, it has become a part of the political process for the achievement & promotion of certain goals & interests.

          India has been combating with insurgency & terrorist attacks from Naxals, Ulfa & Maoists & Pak-based & supported terrorist outfits like Lashkare Taiba (LeT), Jaish Muhammad & HUJI which are linked with AL-Qaida since 1960’s. But because of its lenient attitude towards it India has not yet been able to overcome it.

          Our image on the world front gets hampered if we dont take stern measures against the terrorists involved in attacks on Mumbai and Parliament. When cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jaipur are targeted, the target is also India's economic rise. When our economy is hurt, our people are hurt. Our democracy is hurt. The forces of terrorism, inspired by ideologies of hatred, intolerance and exclusion pose today a fundamental challenge to liberal democracies, pursuit of secular ideals, pluralism and all that we associate with freedom, the rule of law and human rights. They pose a challenge to democracy at home, to democracy in our region, to democracy around the world.These terrorists seek to pit one community against another. There is a systematic effort to spread communal disharmony and conflict.There is an integral link between our defence of human rights, our defence of the rule of law and our fight against the forces of terrorism, extremism and intolerance.

        Today, we Indians will have to stand united against terrorism irrespective of our caste, colour, creed or religion. We will have to remember that terrorism has no religion. It’s high time now, if we don’t take stern measures against terrorism today may be it will be too late tomorrow.