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He also said those incharge of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan have resorted to other stratagems to infiltrate terrorists into India via Nepal and Bangladesh though it has not totally ceased via the Line of Control.
Addressing a day-long conference of Chief Ministers on the internal security, Singh said concerns may exist that the country's defence mechanism to thwart the numerous threats were inadequate and that there may be criticism that the range of instruments to deal with internal security threat were not sufficiently sophisticated.
"Clearly, there is need to review the effectiveness of our set up for the collection of technical signal and human intelligence. The training and equipment provided to our security forces also requires a careful review," he said.
Admitting that a great deal more needs to be done, Singh said both the Centre and the state governments must attend to this task with speed, efficiency and utmost dedication.
In his 30-minute speech, the Prime Minister referred to multi-dimensional challenges of different kinds of which the most serious threats were those posed by terrorism, Left wing extremism and insurgency in the Northeast.
"Extremism is primarily indigenous and home grown. Terrorism, on the other hand, is largely sponsored from outside the country, mainly Pakistan, which has utilised terrorism as an instrument of State policy," he said.
The Prime Minister said India's external policies have been dictated by a desire to have a supportive neighbourhood. "Unfortunately, we cannot choose our neighbours, and some countries like Pakistan have in the past encouraged and given sanctuary to terrorist and other forces who are antagonistic to India," he said.
Singh said India tried to minimise the impact of such hostility by fencing the border along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir from where the vast majority of the infiltrations into India tended to take place. Currently fencing was also going on at the border with Bangladesh, from where also a number of infiltrations have been reported.
"Consequent upon this, those in-charge of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan have resorted to other stratagems to infiltrate terrorists into India. Infiltration is occurring from Nepal and from Bangladesh, though it has not totally ceased via the LoC. We are aware that the sea route is another option that is now being exercised. A few interceptions have taken place, though we failed to intercept the 10 Pakistani terrorists who came by sea from Karachi," he said.
A day after India presented evidence of involvement of elements based in Pakistan in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to Islamabad and international community, the Prime Minister the Mumbai attack was carried out by a Pakistani based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"On the basis of investigations carried out (including by agencies of some foreign countries whose nationals were killed in the attack), there is enough evidence to show that, given the sophistication and military precision of the attack, it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan," he said.
Referring to the existence of different concentric circles of terrorism impacting the country's security, the Prime Minister said the Mumbai terrorist attack fell into the category of one carried out exclusively by a foreign based outfit.
"There are other concentric circles of terrorism that often involve a combination of external forces backed by internal elements. There are still others which are essentially indigenous character," he said.
Singh said since the sea route was now being explored as an alternative to land routes, it had been suggested that there should be greater vigilance along the coast line and better monitoring of maritime activity in the territorial waters.
"The terrorists who carried out the attack on Mumbai used the sea route, and managed to evade our coastal surveillance," he said.
The Prime Minister said the recent pattern of terrorist incidents also suggested that increasingly the attack have a pan-Indian and trans-national aspect. "The terrorists are able to fashion new techniques and employ new skills. There is growing emphasis on 'mass causality attacks'," he said.
He said the terrorists were using modern communications skills. "Use of Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol connectivity, gives terrorists greater anonymity and makes detection difficult for the authorities," he said.
India, Pak should not indulge in blame-game: Durrani
Terming as ‘unfortunate’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments that Mumbai attacks must have had support of some Pakistani official agencies, Islamabad said the two sides should not indulge in a ‘blame-game’.
Mahmud Ali Durrani, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security, said he believed Singh's comments were ‘unfortunate’.
Both countries should not enter into a ‘blame-game’ and India should let Pakistan complete its investigations into the Mumbai attacks, Durrani told Dawn News channel.
He pointed out that Pakistan has already stated that it will not spare anyone found to be involved in the attacks.
The Foreign Office is also expected to formally respond to Singh's comments, official sources said.
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Dear Editor,Please do not print pictures of elected terrorists. It brews hatred in souls and minds of readers. I have personally stoped watching videoes of those elected terrorists and "maut ke saudagars". There useless 2 cent talks mean nothing. India means nothing, Indians have to live with consequences of this useless banter worldwide.
the important is that cowardish government of India, looks like raped woman crying on the street, complaining about her self respect is compromised and standing nude!
Truth is really "unfortunate" for any pakistani as they do not have faith in truthful living.
how many of us are going to based on this govt's handling of Mumbai situation? Should we not teach these politicians a lesson?
We already have lost the golden opportunity of knoching out LET site. There is nothing we can do except shout.I am afraid that is the position we have to except and hope that something may come up.So lets not blame the PM. Blame Patil who was supposed to look after the people.
Our Indian politicians should carry white flags and go to Pakistan and beg them for not attacking us in future and also tell them that we (Indian politicians) are already doing their part of breaking India apart so please don't attack us just tell muslims to vote for us and we will disintegerate India in any way they want.Our tooth less spineless Indian sardar is nothing but a national shame a pawn in the hands of italian mafia and also other christian and muslim vote banks.
Mr PM Please leave your office and give chance to some other fresh blood to tackle this.you are too late to analyze all these things.It will be really greatful if you leave the PMO office soon on this issue.
Pakistan may have hand or not thats not our problem, our problem is that the Indian Govt is trying to eye-wash the both the Indians
There is no value of human life in India. So what if few hundred were killed, who cares? And if no one cares, why the Government should take an action against Pakistan? We, after Sanjay Gandhi, never tried to keep a check on the increasing population, so why do we need to worry about the killings?Above is the message we get from our governments. I, an Indian, am the cheapest human on earth.
It was not necessary for our PM to say this. The Pakistanis themselves know this. The democratically government cannot take any action even if they want to because of pressures from three quarters, viz: the Army, ISI and Islamic Outfits like Al qaeda, LeT etc. The milllion dollar(or should we say Rupees?) is whether India will ever stop talking and star acting!!!!
It was not necessary for our PM to say this. The Pakistanis themselves know this. The democratically government cannot take any action even if they want to because of pressures from three quarters, viz: the Army, ISI and Islamic Outfits like Al qaeda, LeT etc. The milllion dollar(or should we say Rupees?) is whether India will ever stop talking and star acting!!!!
everybody knows these facts. no need to say time and again the same thing. why cant you initiate some strong action, instead of sending your HM to the USA. The first thing HM did is to arrange a tour to the USA. what a shame? What is UN for? it is unfair to always harp on Pakistan for this attack. There may be some vicious elements that carry out such attacks. but to say that Pak govt is supporting is injustice. why we always blame Pak. If any terrorist infiltrate our territory we have every right to annihilate them. does Pak stop us? we should make all efforts to protect our territories and identify terrorist hideouts within our country. You catch them and give them to us shows our inability to contain the problems within our country. Who was responsible for allowing these people to land in mumbai by sea route?
Does P.M. read the comments and views about him shown in this web? Still there is no effect !
Are you grazy PM? You got to know this truth now only? The whole India knows this for a very long period. Issue statements thats what you can do. Nothing more than that. Take my word now, giving evidence to the same perpetrators who ploted this attack, seems to be nothing but meare " insane". You have not read the official dossiers on Kargi attack, Parliament Attack, Akshardam and now Mumbai. Pakistan's each official machinery (ISI, Army, Terrorist Groups) is having divided responsibilties of carrying out at least two to three BIG BIG attacks on India. They dare to challenge UN resolution (the whole world knows that USA passed the resolution just to pacify INDIA but to prevent going for attackt). REAL PERPETRATORS are as unde : - CIA - The master mind. ISI - The resource mobiler for any attack. Pakistan Army - To resist any attack from India after a major attack. Terrorist groups - The executor.Are you ready to learn A, B, C, D on Pakistan not RBI
Yes, this jackass is garzy. Like all other shameless, incompetent kursi stickers enjoying powerless power at Delhi.
WE HAVE SPINELESS RULERS IN INDIA. IT IS TIME TO SHOW THEM THE DOOR AND BRING IN LEADERS OF SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL CALIBRE.
wll, as per priyanka's admission - it was a slap on congress party's face - that if indira were around we wouldn't have seen this day. in reality, we probably would have been worse off if indira were around. congress as a party was headless with indira - because she defined and did what was her whim, there was no party. to this date we have no congress party per se, its all the whim of the first family! and when it comes to crisis we have a weak pm who basically has to meet the committee to decide his next course of action. far from the days of a near dictatorship of indira, to a remote control pm operation from 10 janpath!
Dear Manmohanji .Please dont forget that your ally DMK set camps for LTTE in Tamil nadu with the blessing of congress.They have natured and supported LTTE to be this size. They still openly support LTTE and the Tamil Seperatist cause in Srilanka. Our IPKF had unleased a trail of terror on Srilankan people .Many women were raped and men dissapered .We sponcered Terror in Srilanka the same way Pak sponcer terror in India. We paid by the life of Rajiv gandhi and Pak payed by the life of Benazir Butto.While talking this your are shamelessly in hands in glove with Indian Union Muslim leauge and DMK .Lets stop this nonsense and we are fed up of these statements.
I think Pakistan is asking for Indian governance
You continue seiving sand thinking that clear dust will come out ,but it will remain sand.Thats what is happening with our experience with Pak.its time to Say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH .Dr.Manmohan, if you are a true sardar give it back to them.We are ashamed of you seeing how our enemy is having an upper hand and how he is bullying us.Whats the use of having such big army.You shameless man lost sleep over one the arrest of suspected terrorist and not bothered about hundreds of innocent dead , why because they were not muslims?
Shameless man as our PM. his heart lies in Pakistan just as his master's in Italy. CBSE certificates for terrorist producing madarsas, more
Secular Sickh Manmoan under leadership of secular saint Xtian Sonia has made following statement: "Extremism is primarily indigenous and home grown. Terrorism, on the other hand, is largely sponsored from outside the country, mainly Pakistan, which has utilised terrorism as an instrument of State policy".Of this, he is right about extremism, it is from inside by Hindus which form the majority community. They have posed a serious threat to our secular brother community of Xtian, Muxlim, Sikch etc. who are all very peace loving and never take recourse to extremism. They have shown great restraint in the face of extremism by Hindus. Also, there is no proof that our Muxlim brother Pakistan is supporting terrorism, saying so indirectly says that Indian brother Muxlim are also getting trained in Pakistan and simi and other greatly secular muxlim organisations are extremist/terrorist. Hence our PM must apologise for his remark on terrorism from our dear neighbour brothers.
I know who you are. I found out that you father picked up your mother from a dirty lane of Lahore. The biggest mistake was made by the “shameless secular Congress leaders” to let you stay in this country. Your “dear neighbor brothers” are made of a pork eater, drunkard father of nation; so they are neither ‘Muxlim’ nor a human species, two footed peculiar animals. Go there and stay with them where you belong to.
I know who you are. I found out that you father picked up your mother from a dirty lane of Lahore. The biggest mistake was made by the “shameless secular Congress leaders” to let you stay in this country. Your “dear neighbor brothers” are made of a pork eater, drunkard father of nation; so they are neither ‘Muxlim’ nor a human species, two footed peculiar animals. Go there and stay with them where you belong to.
Take unilateral action; there is no alternative if Pakistan's intransigence continues to persist.
It must have had,may be and should be like half-hearted gestures of telling an fanticall motivated enemy is sign of fear and uncertainty.Its hopeless to expect any direct straight forward approach to allegate the confirmed criminals and unscrupulous enemy.How shamelessly he is talking about the problems already widely spoken by people since four years.People are crying loud about BDesh involvement and insurgency/illegal imgrants and Nepal another hub of Pakistani terrorists and smugglers but this PM and his most incompetant Govt had lent a deaf ear.Congress diplomacy could never materialize any gains or press Pak and every where else around the world.They are traitors interested in selfish benefits but least of Nation.Who doesn't know and to whom he is telling that terrorism is/was Pak state policy!!Then they acknowledge time and again of shor-comings and needs but what action they have ever taken to meet these needs.Why is he still inbed with communists friends of Nexalites?Gutless
I support the Prime Minister's view.At least this Govt have the guts to tell the world and Indians that Pakistan is the master mind of the Mumbai Killings and most of the terror acts,and have taken into confidence of the world leaders.And never before the Pakistanis are trapped in to very very bad situation.Mr,Manmohan Singh is having a very bad and toothless officials who is dealing with the foreign policy and in Security Adviser.These Officials should be fired at once, and Mr,Narayanan be asked to leave the Security Adviser post,with out any loss of time,and strong and sincere Officials may be posted,before become too late.
What the Indian PM is telling today is not new and this should have been told at the first instance. The stand of the India Govt from the beginning is not in the right direction. Had India told on the first day itself that it is the work of both Pakistani non-state actors as well as state actors (ISI) and shown some signs of action, the situation would have been different today. America would have been compelled to force Pakistan to take some tangible action. Indian should have learnt from the past experience that no amount of diplomatic offensive would work with Pakistan and they will only understand one language and that is the threat for direct action. Further, different ministers of the Govt of India also spoke in different languages like the Foreign Minister, the Home Minister, other ministers and lastly the great Antulay episode. You cannot link your vote bank politics to national security.
War is not the solution to Terrorism. No use of having a war with Pakistan. All world leaders will simply cry like a baby that there are so many innocent civilians dying of Indian bombings, if we have a war. To counter attack Pakistan's terrorism, the only solution I feel is that we should have an Indian-Controlled Terrorism ideology. We need to device a strategy to perform Terrorist activities within Pakistan, just like the way they do it. A clear message should be sent that if you attack once, we will attack once too. If you attack twice, we will attack twice too. If they [Pakistanis] are silent, then we need to keep quiet too. [We need to control the terrorist activities so well that when we have to stop it, it should be stopped immediately. We don't want the situation to go out of control, here in India, just like the way it is in Pakistan.