Internal Security Watch

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 12 Dec 2009 10:06

Pak crew manned Haldia ship with explosives

Kolkata: A week after cargo ship MV Fani, which brought in 8,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was detained at the Haldia Docks near here; reports claim Thursday that Indian intelligence agencies are probing all angles; especially because all the 24 members of the crew are Pakistanis.

Primarily the authorities want to ascertain whether the ship has all requisite documents needed to sail into Indian waters and also proofs to establish the clear identity of all crew members. The Panama registered ship had sailed from Muugu in Estonia and has been docked at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) since December 4.

Given the fact that ammonium nitrate is widely used to make explosives and was meant for the Indian Explosives Limited, a private company, for its plant in Gomia in Jharkand, intelligence agencies want to confirm everything about the explosive chemicals intended use.

Suspicions also arose as it was found that the explosives manufacturer had been importing the chemical in the name of “fertiliser” for the past many years.

As a result, the cargo used to be transported from HDC to Jharkhand in unescorted dumpers. Had it been declared as a raw material for explosives, the port was bound to inform security agencies and take necessary measures.

Moreover, given the previous instances where Maoists have gained access to explosive consignments, especially during transit, the authorities want to be doubly sure this time around.

In November, the Bihar and Jharkhand police had seized over 100,000 kg of ammonium nitrate after raids in Patna, Gaya, Rohtas and Bokaro. This explosive material was meant for Maoists.

http://www.zeenews.com/news586181.html

Sudip · Post by **Sudip** » 12 Dec 2009 13:54

The Alleged Chicago Jihadi: Key Role in the Mumbai Attacks?

The case against David Headley, 49, the American accused of helping plan the November 2008 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, fills in several of the missing links about how the attacks were planned and executed with such precision. Because two Indian men on trial in Mumbai for providing intelligence were arrested months before the attacks took place — before the Mumbai strategy was even finalized — security analysts here have long assumed that the plotters must have had other sources of information. The complaint against Headley claims that he was that source. If true, it opens a window into how the global jihadi network operates.

Headley was born Daood Gilani in Washington, D.C. His father was Pakistani; his mother, American. The Chicago resident's alleged involvement with the radical Pakistani Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) began nearly three years before the Mumbai attacks. In late 2005 he was told by his handlers to travel to India to do surveillance, so he changed his name in February 2006 to David Headley "in order to present himself in India as an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani," according to the complaint filed in U.S. district court in Chicago. He allegedly made the first of several trips to India in September 2006, using the cover of working for an immigration agency. But according to investigators, he actually spent his time in Mumbai "taking pictures and making videotapes of various targets," including those that would eventually be attacked — the Taj and Oberoi hotels, Leopold Café, Nariman House and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the city's main railway hub.

At that point, the other alleged participants in the plot had not yet been activated. Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, the surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks, was still struggling as a day laborer for a catering business in Lahore, according to his statement to Mumbai police. Fahim Ansari, who is on trial in Mumbai for providing maps and logistical help to the attackers, was working at a printing press in Dubai, waiting to be called up for his first session at an LeT training camp, according to a dossier on Ansari prepared by Indian authorities. Sabahuddin Ahmed, the other co-accused, was a Bangalore-based operative for LeT, according to his statement to police, but he allegedly spent the fall of 2006 scouting targets in Bangalore — not Mumbai — and meeting other LeT operatives in Dhaka, Kathmandu, Colombo and Muzaffarabad in Pakistani Kashmir to discuss them.

That plot supposedly gelled with Headley's contributions. By late 2007, he had allegedly made three sets of "photographs, videos and oral descriptions" of targets in Mumbai, providing enough information to set the rest of the plan in motion. A native of Mumbai, Ansari, investigators said, returned from his LeT training in November 2007, found an apartment and was told by his LeT handlers to get a van driver's license. Ansari then allegedly scoped out more targets in Mumbai: a long list of prominent buildings from the U.S. consulate to the state legislature building. According to the official dossier on his case, the van was meant to ferry AK-47s and hand grenades. But "the delivery of weapons could not materialize and the plan was postponed," Ansari told investigators. He and Ahmed, who had helped him cross into India without a passport, were both arrested in February 2008. Plan A had fizzled.

It isn't clear what derailed that original strategy — it was a virtually identical scheme to the one used to transport the weapons used in a December 2005 attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore — but Headley allegedly played a key role in Plan B. "In March 2008, Headley and his co-conspirators discussed potential landing sites for a team of attackers who would arrive by sea," according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office. From April to July 2008, Headley took "boat trips in and around the Mumbai harbor" to find a suitable landing spot.

During those same months, Qasab was allegedly attending a jihadi camp in Pakistani Kashmir, progressing from indoctrination and physical-fitness training to the handling of grenades and machine guns. It wasn't until September that Qasab was "selected for some confidential operations," according to his statement to Indian authorities. According to the same document, he and the others started a new round of training in swimming and navigation for an operation at sea, and on Sept. 15 they learned that their target was Mumbai. The 10 gunmen who arrived in Mumbai on Nov. 26 would land at the jetty at Budhwar Park, an unguarded fishing spot near the southern end of Mumbai, carrying their weapons with them. The Mumbai attack — which paralyzed a city of 18 million for nearly three days — was a terrifying example of jihadi groups effectively using small, decentralized cells to plan and execute a complex operation.

Although Headley and Ansari were in Mumbai at the same time, it is not clear whether they ever met. Headley is believed to have handed over his surveillance videos of Mumbai to handlers in Pakistan, but he may not have had any knowledge of the 10 young men elsewhere in Pakistan who authorities say used those videos as guides to Mumbai months later. LeT is allegedly utilizing this model around the world. "LeT started out as a provincial group in southern Punjab," says Wilson John, an expert on terrorism at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. "It's now networked across the globe."

But the case against Headley reveals some of the weaknesses of a loose network of highly motivated radicals: the allegiances of individual members can be just as decentralized. The FBI's investigation of him includes e-mails in which he expresses ongoing frustration with his LeT handlers and complains that they seem insufficiently interested in his goal of attacking a Danish newspaper that had printed cartoons he considered offensive to Islam — a plan that he refers to in code as "the Mickey Mouse project" or "the Northern project." Shortly after the Mumbai attacks, Headley allegedly planned a trip to Denmark. By the time he returned to Chicago in June 2009, he appeared anxious about the lack of progress. "What is the status with the Northern project, is it still postponed indefinitely?" he allegedly asked his LeT handlers in a July 2009 e-mail that was quoted in the complaint filed with the U.S. district court.
When the LeT seemed too focused on a new attack in India, the official complaint says, Headley shifted his allegiance to another jihadi group willing to support him. "He was incorporated into LeT but not indoctrinated into the cause," John says. "David Headley had a mind of his own." In the end, it was that single-mindedness — his vehement Internet postings about the cartoons and his frequent trips to Denmark without any apparent business interests there — that tipped off investigators to begin watching him. He was arrested in October shortly before another planned trip to Denmark. Headley is now reportedly cooperating with the investigations of the Danish plot and the attacks of Nov. 26, 2008. He may be the best source yet for India's many unanswered questions about Mumbai.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 12 Dec 2009 15:10

Could this happen in India too?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 38975.html

Secret data laptop stolen for MoD headquarters

By Joe Sinclair, Press Association

A laptop containing secret data has been stolen from the Ministry of Defence's headquarters, it was disclosed today.

The laptop, with an encryption key for unlocking sensitive files, was taken from the the MoD building on Whitehall in central London in late November.
An MoD spokesman said: "An investigation by MoD police is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further."
According to The Sun newspaper the laptop was left in the headquarters by a high ranking RAF officer.
He was removed from the building and posted to another station while the incident is investigated.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Dec 2009 15:21

The evolution of a terrorist - The Thadiyan's case

“Never be afraid to die, even when interrogators threaten you with death or put you in front of a firing squad. These are mere threats. Remember you are a mujahid, and whatever you do is for the cause of your religion.” Thus go the instructions to a ‘true mujahideen’ in Hidayatnama, the 24-page guide brought out by Lashkar-e-Toiba for its ‘fidayeens’ or suicide attackers.

Sources in the security agencies which interrogated LeT operative Thadiyantavide Nazeer in Bangalore said he showed the composure and will power of a mujahideen. “He is unrepentant for what he did in the past few years. His level of commitment and determination to resist interrogation are astonishing,” sources told Express.

Within the frail frame lurks a hardcore terrorist who has been hardened by continuous indoctrination.

“When pressure mounted during interrogation he raised his voice to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘Lailaha Illallah’ and then went into silent mode. It took a few days to break him,” sources said.Nazeer has placed himself on the pedestal of an ‘aulia’ or Sufi saint. He has tried to convince his followers that he possesses divine powers. He said those who fight for their religion would get the support of God.

It is proximity with seasoned terrorists like Imam Ali and the fidayeen training he got from LeT that allowed a small-time criminal like Nazeer to achieve his present stature.

Imam Ali admitted to the police that he had undergone training under the Hizbul Mujahideen commander in Pak-occupied Kashmir.

Ali was later taken to Dhaka and Chittagong in Bangladesh for advanced training. On his return he stayed at Ponnani for two weeks under the cover of being a cloth merchant.

He organised classes conducted by SIMI in various places in Malappuram.

Ali was a trained militant who escaped from police custody on the way to jail. He was later killed in an encounter with a joint team of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police while hiding at a house in Bangalore.

Nazeer confessed to the police that he and Sabir alias Ayub had been staying with Ali at that time. The duo from Kannur escaped the police action as they were out of the house. {That was a misfortune because we could have saved a lot of Indian lives}

sum · Post by **sum** » 12 Dec 2009 20:30

“When pressure mounted during interrogation he raised his voice to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘Lailaha Illallah’ and then went into silent mode. It took a few days to break him,” sources said.

I wonder what the tactics were for breaking him?

Certainly wouldn't get a "U" certificate...

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 12 Dec 2009 20:40

Gitmo treatment .and in Indonasia they were fed with Pork and Haram food and some were event let off to tell the stories
to create a scare

These would eventually break and all Religious idologies would be in thin air

.( no offences to muslims pls )

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 12 Dec 2009 22:20

Ammo to stun rebels, not kill
SUJAN DUTTA
New Delhi, Dec. 11: A palm-sized “dazzler” pistol that will freeze a human target for 30 seconds, stun grenades stuffed with chilli powder, suffocating smoke bombs and radars to see through the green cover of forests — these are the projects taken up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation to tackle Maoists.

The DRDO has been given a mandate to develop technologies to aid central paramilitary and state forces against “home-grown insurgencies”, a senior officer of the organisation told The Telegraph today. “So far, most of our research and development projects were for conventional warfare or for cross-border terrorism. Now we have been specifically asked to come up with products for home-grown insurgencies,” the officer said.

“The philosophy behind these weapons is to incapacitate the enemy and reduce collateral damage, rather than to kill,” the scientist said.

The prototypes of the technologies were demonstrated to senior officers and representatives of the armed forces and the central paramilitary forces at a workshop for low intensity conflict operations at the DRDO headquarters.

The DRDO’s record in producing technologies for the armed forces leaves most senior officers of the army, navy and the air force cold. The products, beginning with the major missiles such as the Agni, either do not match up to international standards or are way behind schedule or both.

Some products on the list:

Suffocating smoke bombs: 84mm grenades filled with a chemical that will make it impossible for a person to stay inside a closed area and force him out

Piezo Electric Sensors: For use in the perimeter of establishments such as police camps. They will detect the change in air pressure if a human is within its range and trigger an alarm

High Power Microwave Guns: An adoption of the technology of microwave ovens, these hand-held devices will generate so much heat aimed at a target that it will be impossible for a human being to stay in its vicinity

Netra: A vertically-launched hand-sized remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle fitted with two cameras.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091212/j ... 855140.jsp

sanjaychoudhry · Post by **sanjaychoudhry** » 12 Dec 2009 22:22

'Philippines expert, LTTE cadres trained Indian Maoists'

Maoist groups in India have been known to collaborate with their counterparts across the border in Nepal and also occasionally with sympathisers elsewhere in South Asia but a senior Naxal leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week has claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar Naxal camp in Abujmad for about a month to train cadres, indicating the global reach of the extremist movement.
“It was way back in 2001 that a man from the Philippines had come to train us in south Bastar,” Naxal leader Rainu told The Indian Express. “Also, two LTTE men had come twice for the same purpose,” he added.

One of the three tribal members in the 22-member Andhra cadre-dominated Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee created in 2007 to oversee activities in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, Rainu laid down arms saying he had had enough of what he called the romantic Naxal mirage of liberation after 22 years in the movement.

The Philippines has its own Maoist insurgent movement which operates under the banner of the New People’s Army. But Rainu’s claim has raised questions among security agencies of how a Filipino could manage to find his way to a Naxal camp in India.

“It is not very difficult for LTTE men to pass off as Indians, but how the Naxals managed a safe passage for a Filipino into territory where even the police can’t go, and back, is very curious,” said a security official who did not want to be named.

“For one month, the Filipino taught us how to carry out a mass attack. The LTTE men taught us how to lay mines and handle grenades,” said Rainu, who is alleged to have been part of the 2003 police ambush in Kumarguda near Bhamragarh in Gadchiroli in which five policemen were killed, and another one in Fulbodigatta in 2005 that claimed four policemen.

“As against popular understanding that the Nepal Maoists have a smooth relationship with their Indian counterparts, the fact is that the relationship has been marred by the latter’s move of participating in elections there,” he added.

“Ten years ago, the Central Committee members (of the CPI-Maoist) had personally trained in warfare tactics in Nepal,” Rainu said, adding that the Maoists got their first AK-47 as long back as in 1988.

“While some of the arms have been purchased, most have been seized in police ambushes. A huge cache of arms such as AK rifles, SLRs, LMGs, Insas rifles and two-inch mortar is generally recovered from the ambush spot,” he said.

Rainu said that Naxals continue to change their strategies based on previous experience, and have got advanced training in warfare. “That is one reason why Naxal casualties are generally low,” he said. For instance, the highest recorded Naxal casualties, he says, were 17 deaths in an encounter in Konta in south Bastar last year.

At Rani Bodli police station in Bijapur district of Bastar, where Naxals had carried out the biggest attack in history killing 55 policemen in a late night swoop, the insurgents lost seven men after a policeman hiding in the bushes opened fire while the Naxals were coming out raising slogans in jubilation, according to Rainu.

In various incidents in Maharashtra, in which over 50 policemen have been killed this year, only one Naxal, Mangesh, was killed in Lahiri, he said. Funds, he said, come from public works, bamboo and tendu contractors, as also from tribals who contribute to the “party fund”.

“Bamboo activity fetches crores of rupees annually,” he said.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news ... s-/551406/

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 12 Dec 2009 22:25

sanjaychoudhry wrote:
'Philippines expert, LTTE cadres trained Indian Maoists'
Maoist groups in India have been known to collaborate with their counterparts across the border in Nepal and also occasionally with sympathisers elsewhere in South Asia but a senior Naxal leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week has claimed that a warfare expert from the Philippines visited and stayed in a Bastar Naxal camp in Abujmad for about a month to train cadres, indicating the global reach of the extremist movement.
“For one month, the Filipino taught us how to carry out a mass attack. The LTTE men taught us how to lay mines and handle grenades,”

That is the confirmation of the global EJ connection. Fillipino and LTTE are funded by the EJ- groups is a known fact

Pranav · Post by **Pranav** » 13 Dec 2009 07:23

Fraudulent conversion of minor girls: Brazilian missionary in dock: http://www.dailypioneer.com/222182/Frau ... -dock.html

Apparently the kids are still alive so it's not as bad as one had feared.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 13 Dec 2009 09:38

There will be no political interference in Thadiyan's investigation: Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Kerala Home Minister
That statement itself fuels suspicion knowing well how the Communists have helped Madani and others earlier.

The investigation by the Karnataka Police into the involvement of suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives Thadiyantavide Nazir and his associates in the Bangalore blasts is at a vital stage.

Nazir and Shafas Shamsuddin, who had been brought here from Bangalore on Friday evening for collecting evidence as part of the probe, were taken to different places, including the houses of their associates here, on Saturday. Police sources here said both had been questioned at the Kerala Armed Police Battalion camp at Mangattuparamba here.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kannur on Saturday, Mr. Balakrishnan said that the ongoing investigation into the incidents of terror in the State would not be allowed to be affected by political or other considerations.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 14 Dec 2009 08:33

Tense situation in Kollam

A tense situation has been prevailing at Anwarserry in Kollam district since Friday night when People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Maudany and his wife Soofiya Maudany, 10th accused in the Kalamassery bus-burning case, arrived there. An anticipatory bail plea filed by Soofiya is slated to come up for hearing before the High Court on Monday. The PDP State leadership has decided to hold a relay satyagraha at Anwarssery from Sunday night.

Senior police officers inspected the area and are maintaining vigil by collecting intelligence information. The police suspect that over 200 “well prepared” PDP activists are present within the Anwarserry complex with the aim of resisting any move to arrest Soofiya.

However, police sources say that even if the court denies anticipatory bail, her arrest is a prerogative of the investigating officer or the Police Department and it could be deferred “since arrest is not a condition precedent.” {The police are backtracking ?}The arrest of the accused at this juncture would be necessary only for custodial interrogation.

Soofiya’s anticipatory bail plea before the court is on grounds that her husband is under medical treatment in Kozhikode and her presence with him is required. But, since Mr. Maudany has got himself discharged and arrived with his family at Anwarserry, the grounds for the plea may not have locus standi now.

Meanwhile, talking to presspersons at Anwarserry on Sunday, Mr. Maudany accused Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala of playing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) card {How handy comes blaming the RSS for those who indulge in anti-national activities ?} in the alleged terror link issue. He said Mr. Chennithala’s statements were totally against the Muslim community. {What did Chennithala say that this sole spokesman of the Muslim community finds fault with ? }He said everyone was aware of Mr. Chennithala’s RSS past and the Muslim leaders within the Congress were critical about it. He alleged that Mr. Chennithala had initiated an anti-Muslim campaign in the State through his recent statements.

Mr. Maudany said neither him nor his family members or PDP workers would resist any court decision. The party has confidence in the judiciary, he said.

Maudhany supporters threaten the police

Maudany, who was undergoing ayurvedic rejuvenation therapy at Kozhikode along with his wife, left halfway through the course after the Kerala Police Friday indicted his wife in the 2005 Kalamassery bus burning incident and the high court refused to stay her arrest before her plea for anticipatory bail is heard Monday.

The couple reached Maudany's stronghold Mynagapally late Friday night.

In the PDP stronghold of Alappuzha, Maudany's supporters took out a march Friday. {What, some kind of a flag march ?}

"At no cost will we allow anyone to take Maudany for questioning from this place. If police comes here to take him, then they will have to step over our dead bodies to reach near Maudany," PDP's Kollam district chief M. Shah said.

sum · Post by **sum** » 14 Dec 2009 10:13

"At no cost will we allow anyone to take Maudany for questioning from this place. If police comes here to take him, then they will have to step over our dead bodies to reach near Maudany," PDP's Kollam district chief M. Shah said.

Hope that their wish is granted...#@$% %*@#^

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 14 Dec 2009 13:52

SSridhar wrote:That statement itself fuels suspicion knowing well how the Communists have helped Madani and others earlier.

There is a whine-fest happening in the local Malayalam news papers. CPI blaming the CPI(M), saying that they backed the wrong horse when CPI(M) supported Mahdani. Pinarayi Vijayan the state Secretary now trying to jumble with his statements saying that there was some mistake in joining hands with Mahdani, and he did not endorse any of Mahdani's past antiques. Achu seems to have the last laugh for the day

.

Sufiya Mahdani is the 10th accused in the Kalamassery bus-burning case. She would have to be picked up sooner or later. I am expecting some numbers from Kerala Police if the arrest has to be carried out. Tactics employed when Dr.Artiste was picked up a few years back

. KP SB CID has told that chances of a flare-up is high, if Sufiya or Mahdani are picked up.

With all the enthusiasm shown by various agencies in picking up Thadiyan and other Jehadis, Kerala Police would have to atleast show some kind of "will power" by taking action, to save its face. Mean while Thadiyan was taken out on a conducted tour of Kochi and nearby areas to gather more evidence.

kvraghav · Post by **kvraghav** » 14 Dec 2009 15:21

One Question.What happens if karnataka police asks for Mahdani's custody for intterogation.Can the Karnataka police still go and arrest or will they need to wait for kerala police?

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 14 Dec 2009 17:18

kvraghav wrote:One Question.What happens if karnataka police asks for Mahdani's custody for intterogation.Can the Karnataka police still go and arrest or will they need to wait for kerala police?

Karnataka police can get an arrest warrant issued, and then can goto Kerala and arrest Mahdani and his wifey (or for that matter any one). They need not wait for the Kerala Police. In many cases the state police which got the arrest warrant tries to run the show all by themselves, and keeps the jurisdictional police (where the people to be arrested reside) "off-the-loop". Often this leads to problems.
1. In Kerala and A.P Police team in "mufti" comes in and pulls a labourer (and a woman, IIRC) into a jeep and speeds off. The man and woman starts wailing, the local people gets suspicious and they chase the vehicle thinking it was goons way-laying a person. A.P Police sensing danger drives into the nearest PS and identifies them as policemen. Local police is not happy, because if they had been told in advance they could have helped the AP policemen. The "labourer" was a top Naxalite leader who was wanted by the A.P Police.
2. One team from Kerala Police two weeks back comes to Bangalore to get hold of a jeweller who bought stolen gold. K.P folks try to enter the home of the jeweller at 5AM in the morning. The jeweller is not at home, his wife thinks there is an armed robbery attempt and cries for helps. Local people gather, and a fight ensued between K.P and the local crowd. K.P Policemen were injured and had to beat a retreat.

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 14 Dec 2009 19:31

Terror alert after suicide bombers enter India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 336480.cms

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 14 Dec 2009 19:55

kvraghav wrote:One Question.What happens if karnataka police asks for Mahdani's custody for intterogation.Can the Karnataka police still go and arrest or will they need to wait for kerala police?

I think that the Karnataka Police has no case against Maudhany. It is the TN police that has to question him once again in light of revelations by the Thadiyan. But, the Karunanidhi government also released him from jail much against advice. The DMK government went out of the way to humour Maudhany when he was in jail. The Congress that is vociferously clamouring for Maudhany and his wife's arrest in Kerala were partners in the crime of releasing Maudhany in TN. Most of these politicians have no concern for internal security or as committed p-secs, they play their game accordingly. After all, the Coimbatore serial blasts were targetted at the BJP.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 14 Dec 2009 23:10

SSridhar wrote:I think that the Karnataka Police has no case against Maudhany.

Yes. As of now Kar. Police do not have any cases against Mahdani. But if Thadiyan spills out more information (for eg: Mahdani or his wife was aware of Thadiyan's plans to bomb Bangalore), Mahdani and family can very well be picked up for interrogation. Karnataka Police have every right to question Mahdani and family to ascertain their involvement in the Bangalore blasts. Kerala Police have already served a notice to Sufiya Mahdani asking her to report to the ACP of Kochi Police, or at a Women's Police Station. Mahdani is now making a big hue and cry about a police agency other than K.P picking him and his wife up and moving them out of Kerala. Mahdani bleated about a possible naadu kadathal (exile, or imprisoned on a prison outside Kerala), while I feel his sole intention is to stop the interrogations by the Karnataka Police and the Central agencies.

gandharva · Post by **gandharva** » 14 Dec 2009 23:17

Gujarat police to have level-3+ bullet proof jackets and helmets

Gujarat Police has ordered level – 3+ quality bullet proof jackets for state policemen.

According to Gujarat Police Chief S.S.Khandawawala, in first phase 1000 bullet proof jackets and same number of helmets are ordered.

Such jackets will provide protection even against bullets fired from AK 47 gun(10 meter distance) which terrorists mostly used. Level-3 jackets will also provide protection against bullets fired from 9mm carbine machine gun(5 meter), shotgun(10 meter) and 7.62 mm SLR(10 meter).

The state police had sought advise of Forensic Science department before ordering the jackets and helmets.

http://deshgujarat.com/2009/12/14/gujar ... d-helmets/

Sudip · Post by **Sudip** » 14 Dec 2009 23:28

Gujarat police to have level-3+ bullet proof jackets and helmets

i wish other ministers had a vision like Modi

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 15 Dec 2009 01:42

Taliban sneak in, Mumbai Kolkata and Delhi on alert

On December 12 fax machines at police headquarters in different states went off. It was a message from the Intelligence Bureau about an escalated terror threat to big cities.

“It said a terrorist team comprising Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has sneaked inside the country through the Kupwara sector in Kashmir,” West Bengal Home Secretary, Ardhendu Sen told HT.

Mumbai Police, however, sought to underplay the issue. Commissioner D. Sivanandhan said no alert about “Taliban-trained fidayeen sneaking into the city” had been received. “It is not true. There is a perpetual threat to places like BSE, BARC and Siddhivinayak temple. We are always on alert.”

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 15 Dec 2009 02:02

It is very, very concerning to hear of suicide attackers sneaking into India. What is vicious about this notice is that it acts as a forewarning and all manner of people get an opportunity to take advantage of this.

I would like to hear the home minister reiterate the horrible consequences to all responsible, whoever they may be.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 15 Dec 2009 02:04

He is busy dividing states. Most likely lack of progress on that will be new cause of takleef.

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 15 Dec 2009 02:30

how can anybody just sneak in.... wont they need to be blown away

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 15 Dec 2009 07:45

The Thadiyan continues to sing

On Monday early morning, Nazir and Shafas were taken to Perumbavoor to record evidence of the magazine from where the ammonium nitrate used for the blasts was admittedly stolen. The two accused were brought to areas adjoining the UC College in Aluva, Vedimara and Elookkara where Nazir had stayed while preparing logistics for the blasts.

State police officials who questioned Nazir and Shafas on Sunday stumbled upon vital clues on the extent of terror network within the country and outside.

Sources in the police said Anoop, a resident of Vedimara, and Shafiq hailing from Kannur, both accused in the Kalamassery bus torching case of 2005, seemed to have been in hiding in Dubai.

Nazir and his collaborator spilled the beans pertaining to renegades such as Roshan Khan alias Riyas Bhatkal, a co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen, who was believed to be in Pakistan.

Sabir alias Ayub of Kannur, an accused in the terror plot to assassinate former Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar and a key accused in the Kashmir Jihad case, had been tracked to the Gulf. Information pertaining to Umer Farooq of Malappuram and Bhatkal’s brother Iqbal could also be ascertained, sources said.

Prasad · Post by **Prasad** » 15 Dec 2009 08:03

SSridhar wrote:The Thadiyan continues to sing

All these scumbags are either in the gelf or pakistan. Would we be able to catch them if they, at a later date, attempt to get back into the country through whatever means?

sum · Post by **sum** » 15 Dec 2009 09:13

Pak= black hole and no chance.
Gelf= some glimmer of hope ( however faded) like the Sarfaraz/Oman case

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 15 Dec 2009 14:12

pgbhat wrote:Taliban sneak in, Mumbai Kolkata and Delhi on alert

Am reminded of a news item, somewhat similar in nature, howling about how the 'taliban' are at the LoC or some such.

Seems to me only unkil and TSP gain by having Dilli think of anti-India non-state actors in TSP under a broad and flexible rubric of 'taliban' and not more specifically of a hafiz saeed led muridke-based L-e-T.

BTW, is it true that after the parliament attack--> op parakram --> Mushy announcing withdrawal of armed support to Kashmir mujradeen in his infamous Jan TV address, TSP state support to Kashmiri mujradeen really fell to abysmal levels? This is often cited as a big reason for pakjabi talibs turning against isloo. If indeed the TSP state was arm-twisted or ball-squeezed into dampening military support for the J&K jihad, then Op parakram wasn't a 400% wasted effort at all, IMHO.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 15 Dec 2009 14:38

Local Malayalam news reports mention that suspected trawlers/small vessels have been sighted in various coastal ares of Kerala. The Coast Guard, Navy and the state police are involved in combing operations.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 15 Dec 2009 14:56

Hari Seldon wrote:If indeed the TSP state was arm-twisted or ball-squeezed into dampening military support for the J&K jihad, then Op parakram wasn't a 400% wasted effort at all, IMHO.

Hari, whether the PA/ISI/Establishment did indeed withdraw (or even reduce) their support after Op. Parakram is a difficult question to answer. But, Gen. Musharraf made a public announcement that Pakistani soil would not be used for terrorism against India, made similar promises to the US interlocutors and conveyed the same to India as well. That is a stick with which we beat the Pakistanis.

It is also clear that after this, PA/ISI began to use Bangladesh on a larger scale for infiltrating into India India as well as creating sleeper cells within India manned by disgruntled Indian Muslims, tactics different from directly sending Pakistani citizens for terrorist activities. Project Karachi, by the PA/ISI/LeT which is now confirmed by Headley and the Thadiyan's case, which we are closely following here, confirm this.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 15 Dec 2009 19:46

Situation of fake currency ‘alarming’, says finance minister Pranab Mukherjee

Ananya · Post by **Ananya** » 15 Dec 2009 20:49

Hari Seldon wrote:Situation of fake currency ‘alarming’, says finance minister Pranab Mukherjee

Yes the 500 Rupee DYE was compromised and as usually our FM has to make some noice to prove he is also around. That ring networks lead to myanmar

sum · Post by **sum** » 16 Dec 2009 09:14

Thankfully, Nazir and 3 more pigs rounded up in Kannur are out of kerala and back in bengaluru.

Was really worried whether he might "escape" in Madhani land. ( Though central agencies may be watching closely and might not allow that unlike last time)

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 16 Dec 2009 11:45

sum wrote:Thankfully, Nazir and 3 more pigs rounded up in Kannur are out of kerala and back in bengaluru.

Feel sad for the K.P folks

. Bengaluru Police seems to be running the show, with K.P only allowed to play the second fiddle. Even interrogations by the K.P officials were done in the presence of Kar. Police. Thanks to the useless politicians of CPI(M), even the state police is now under suspicion.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 17 Dec 2009 07:58

Anti-ULFA operations to continue: CM
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/det ... c1709/at03

Meanwhile, the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on December 15 said the Centre and the State Government are not in a hurry to start peace talks with the ULFA and the Government will talk to the outfit only if the outfit sheds its sovereignty demand and shun violence, reports Sentinel.

Bangladesh and ULFA relations: the future
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/Paresh Baruah, Commander-in-chief, ULFA
http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2009/12/bang ... uture.html

Why is the Bangladesh government after your group?
I really don’t understand why the new government of Bangladesh is succumbing to Indian hegemonist designs. They will pay dearly for what they are doing.

Are you threatening violent action against Bangladesh?
I am not threatening anyone. But if Bangladesh has expectations from India and are doing all this to make Delhi happy, they will be quickly belied. They will get nothing for what they are doing.

There are reports that you are seeking, and perhaps getting, Chinese help.
China is upset with India for its growing strategic relationship with the US. A major confrontation between India and China is in the offing.

Be tough on ULFA terrorists. Peace talks can wait
From Jyoti Lal Chowdhury
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/module ... 22&page=26
Indian centre to monitor terror activities in Bangladesh
http://newshopper.sulekha.com/indian-ce ... 983699.htm

India has set up a Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) to monitor and share intelligence with the police in various states about terror operatives in Bangladesh, an official said here Sunday. 'IB (Intelligence Bureau) joint director is the head of the newly constituted MAC and intelligence chiefs of all the states are members of the high profile body,' said Pranay Sahay, Tripura police director general. 'The MAC is closely monitoring the activities of Indian militants in Bangladesh, especially on matters relating to training, support, assistance and shelter across the border.'

All information gathered by the MAC, under the ministry of home affairs, would be shared among the states for effective action. Tripura police intelligence chief Bishnu Debbarma said: 'New Delhi had already asked Dhaka and submitted evidence on the involvement of Bangladesh-based outfits like Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in terror acts in various parts of the country, including their hand in the northeast and in the Hyderabad blasts. A high power committee on strengthening of intelligence in states, specially those affected by militancy and naxalism, has been formed and it would be coordinated and convened by IB,' a police official said. He said: 'The committee comprises police chiefs of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Assam. It would suggest strengthening of intelligence gathering and how to collect adequate information in a faster pace, analysis, dissemination and constant flow of information at all levels.'

The committee headed by the IB chief is now preparing its report that would be submitted to the ministry of home affairs next month. India and Bangladesh share 4,096 km of border, of which 2,979 km cover land and 1,117 km are riverine. 'BSF (Border Security Force) in August during a meeting with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) had given a fresh list of 110 hideouts being operated by the Indian militants,' a BSF official told IANS.

What is more than clear is that top ULFA leaders like Rajkhowa, ‘deputy commander-in-chief’ Raju Baruah, ‘foreign secretary’ Sasadhar Choudhury, and ‘finance secretary’ Chitrabon Hazarika have landed in Indian custody only because Dhaka has cooperated with New Delhi and decided to tighten the noose on the ULFA leaders based in that country. This actually is an extension of Dhaka’s seemingly determined effort to crackdown on terror in general and to dispel notions that the country has become a hotbed of Islamist and other forms of terrorist activity. What is not clear is the reason why Bangladesh is shying away from acknowledging its support to India on the matter. One of Bangladesh’s former Ambassadors had this to tell me: “India has embarrassed us by flashing the news of Arabinda Rajkhowa’s arrest. You want our help and when we help you, you disclose things to the media…”

The overall mood among the majority of objective opinion makers is that Bangladesh should have a mature relationship with India, based on mutual trust, and that New Delhi, as the larger neighbour, should do lot more in so far as reaching out to Dhaka is concerned. As Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said, “India and Bangladesh today stand at a moment of opportunity. We are aware of our secular and pluralist heritage and we are confident of resolving our problems.” Foreign Secretary Quayes would not like to use the word ‘problems’ between Bangladesh and India, he would prefer to talk about ‘issues’ between the two countries. Known for pushing for better ties between New Delhi and Dhaka, Farooq Sobhan thinks an improved relationship with India can add at least two per cent to Bangladesh’s GDP. “In the last 40 years, India-Bangladesh relations did not fulfil the expectations raised by India’s help in 1971. But the path-breaking visit of Sheikh Hasina to India may change things and bring relations back on an upward trajectory,” Sobhan said. It remains to be seen if the circumstances leading to the landing in Indian hands of the top ULFA leaders is an indication of Dhaka’s decision to cooperate with New Delhi and remove the mistrust of the past decade.

Bangladesh Cooperates on Terror: Can India translate it into Success?
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/Banglad ... mar_111209
http://incrediblenortheastindia.blogspo ... -ulfa.html
India can learn from the US experience in securing its borders --- Arvind Gupta
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/Indiaca ... pta_141209

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 17 Dec 2009 09:03

Today at the "Socialist Republic" of Kerala.
1. The anticipatory bail application put up by Sufiya w/o Mahdani will be taken up for hearing. Police out in full force, so that the arrest can be made as soon as the bail plea gets thrown out. Mahdani too seems to have smelt the coffee for the day, and said that he and his wife will co-operate with the police.
2. 'Thadiyan' Nazir did make calls to Sufiya Mahdani just after the Bangalore blasts. The Bangalore police now wants to question Sufiya, but will allow Kerala police to make the arrest.
3. The master-mind behind the bomb blast at the District Collectorate, Kochi has been identified as Sabir @ Ayoob @ Shemeer. He is now believed to be hiding in a country in the Middle east. Sabir also had met up with Tahavoor Rana (of the Headley-Rana duo). The state intelligence had noted that Sabir along with another person had the left the country the very same day after the blasts.

PS: Asianet TV a Malayalam channel during yesterday's News Hour (9PM) had put up a news. Thadiyan Nazir, his accomplices and their families had rented a house in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. It was here they prepared the bombs, which were to be placed at prominent locations in Bangalore city. The behaviour of the Jehadis and their family were so suspicious that the house owners thought that they were all part of a prostituition gang. They informed the police who raided their home. Nazir and his accompolice ran out with the bombs via the back door. This raid shook the confidence of Nazir and Co, who thought that the police were now fully aware of their nefarious ideas. Thadiyan had to dispose off the bombs some where in Bangalore city and scoot.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Dec 2009 09:51

So the police never had any sniffer dogs to sniff for bomb materials in the Hosur house?

sum · Post by **sum** » 17 Dec 2009 10:15

ramana wrote:So the police never had any sniffer dogs to sniff for bomb materials in the Hosur house?

They never went there expecting a bomb..they were just alerted by neighbours about suspicious activities and local pandu ( with his boss) went to have a lookie.I doubt if they were even armed.

IIRC, after the "raid", a panicked Nasir dumped some of the material in Channapatna which had a unintended detonation ( and this happened a day before the actual blasts). Local police there didnt even bother checking out the cause or source of the "mysterious sound" in Channaptana.

sivabala · Post by **sivabala** » 17 Dec 2009 11:31

Stan_Savljevic wrote:...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/Paresh Baruah, Commander-in-chief, ULFA
http://bdfact.blogspot.com/2009/12/bang ... uture.html

There are reports that you are seeking, and perhaps getting, Chinese help.
China is upset with India for its growing strategic relationship with the US. A major confrontation between India and China is in the offing.

So, this is a forewarning for our stratagic planners. Hope, we don't miss it llike 1960.