Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 22:11:04 -0800 From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cordon and search of a terrorist hideout is no joke ...and Pakistan is actually doing it when its democratic Government is hardly in full control. Pakistan cracks down on LeT camp: Report 8 Dec 2008, 0429 hrs IST, AGENCIES ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Sunday reportedly launched a crackdown on activists of the Lashker-e-Taiba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah and raided some offices of the two groups in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. According to reports, security agencies and officials of the PoK administration conducted swoops on several offices of the two groups in Muzaffarabad and its surrounding areas. Mario observes: What counts is what Pakistan does next. They have often taken such action when the heat becomes unbearable, only to quietly release those they have arrested after the heat dies down. For example, under US pressure after the attack on the Indian Parliament they banned the Lashkar-i-Taiba, which, however, continues to operate with impunity within Pakistan and even openly conducts training camps and launches attacks against India. Dawood Ibrahim continues to operate from Pakistan and the Gulf with impunity and has done so for years. The Pakistani governmenmt doesn't seem to have total control over their own security apparatus, much of which is controlled by the infamous ISI.
