Ayesha Ijaz Khan Quoting Madsen on Mumbai
If Madsen had reliable contacts in what we euphemistically call the "agencies" he could with very little effort learn the daily schedule of a certain Ibrahim Dawood - when he gets up, how many laps of the pool he does...etc.....khair this was a digression...on to Ayesha;s excerpt ~t
Wayne Madsen, a Washington DC-based investigative journalist, author and syndicated columnist, who was also a communications security analyst with the National Security Agency in the 1980s and previously an intelligence officer in the US Navy, has written some of the most thought-provoking pieces on the Mumbai incident.
Madsen further makes the claim that more than one group may have been involved in the terrorism. On the one hand, Ibrahim and his group may have attacked the Oberoi-Trident and Chabad House, where large numbers of Israelis were present, who may have been working for the Russian-Israeli mafia that was poised to rival Ibrahim’s gangs in their drug and other smuggling operations. Chabad Houses, Madsen claims, have often been used as fronts for money laundering operations. Moreover, “the Oberoi hostages were shot in the back of their heads, a typical gangland execution method preferred by Ibrahim and not the firing squad method used by LeT,” Madsen explains.
On the other hand, Madsen also believes that some of the terrorists were Hindus, tipped off by RAW officials who sympathise with rightwing Hindus and who learned of the attack beforehand but did not act to prevent it. According to Madsen, the Hindu terrorists killed Hemant Karkare in “false flag” attacks later blamed on the Muslims. Madsen also believes that the photograph being splashed around in the media of one alleged Qasab is actually one of the Hindu terrorists.
In a sense, Madsen projects a gruesome turf war between rival gangs and transnational mob bosses, fiercely protecting their interests in a spectrum of illicit activity with links and cross-links to most of the world’s noteworthy intelligence agencies. Assuming Ibrahim was in Pakistan (though it has also been said that he currently holds a passport from Mali), would it be wise for Pakistan to hand him over to India, as demanded? Which law would be invoked to facilitate this extradition? And would India reciprocate by extraditing Colonel Purohit (after all three brave men who India had tasked with investigating Colonel Purohit mysteriously died in the 26/11 attacks, namely, Hemant Karkare, DIG Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar)? More importantly, would there be justice for Ibrahim in India? Would all illicit links be uncovered? Would ties to the CIA, MI6, Mossad, RAW and ISI, all be explored? Or would Ibrahim be used only to frame Pakistan as the standalone fall guy?
Wayne Madsen, a Washington DC-based investigative journalist, author and syndicated columnist, who was also a communications security analyst with the National Security Agency in the 1980s and previously an intelligence officer in the US Navy, has written some of the most thought-provoking pieces on the Mumbai incident.
Madsen further makes the claim that more than one group may have been involved in the terrorism. On the one hand, Ibrahim and his group may have attacked the Oberoi-Trident and Chabad House, where large numbers of Israelis were present, who may have been working for the Russian-Israeli mafia that was poised to rival Ibrahim’s gangs in their drug and other smuggling operations. Chabad Houses, Madsen claims, have often been used as fronts for money laundering operations. Moreover, “the Oberoi hostages were shot in the back of their heads, a typical gangland execution method preferred by Ibrahim and not the firing squad method used by LeT,” Madsen explains.
On the other hand, Madsen also believes that some of the terrorists were Hindus, tipped off by RAW officials who sympathise with rightwing Hindus and who learned of the attack beforehand but did not act to prevent it. According to Madsen, the Hindu terrorists killed Hemant Karkare in “false flag” attacks later blamed on the Muslims. Madsen also believes that the photograph being splashed around in the media of one alleged Qasab is actually one of the Hindu terrorists.
In a sense, Madsen projects a gruesome turf war between rival gangs and transnational mob bosses, fiercely protecting their interests in a spectrum of illicit activity with links and cross-links to most of the world’s noteworthy intelligence agencies. Assuming Ibrahim was in Pakistan (though it has also been said that he currently holds a passport from Mali), would it be wise for Pakistan to hand him over to India, as demanded? Which law would be invoked to facilitate this extradition? And would India reciprocate by extraditing Colonel Purohit (after all three brave men who India had tasked with investigating Colonel Purohit mysteriously died in the 26/11 attacks, namely, Hemant Karkare, DIG Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar)? More importantly, would there be justice for Ibrahim in India? Would all illicit links be uncovered? Would ties to the CIA, MI6, Mossad, RAW and ISI, all be explored? Or would Ibrahim be used only to frame Pakistan as the standalone fall guy?
posted by temporal at 12/08/2008
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