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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Pakistan still wondering if Lashkar-e-Taiba is a ‘Strategic asset’ or a liability,

Islam,Terrorism and Jihad
Pakistan still wondering if Lashkar-e-Taiba is a ‘Strategic asset’ or a liability
Pakistan: two questions, multiple realities
By Nirupama Subramanian
Nov 27, 2009

The government also launched an investigation into the planning of the Mumbai attacks in Pakistan. The probe named the LeT as the group behind the attack. The government made multiple arrests, registered a case and put seven people, including Lakhvi and Abdul Wajid, on trial.

Analysts and officials in Pakistan feel that all this only goes to show that no state “elements” could have been involved in the Mumbai attacks. The government could not have taken any of these actions without the consent of the ISI and the Army. Even the investigation by the Federal Investigating Agency, they say, would not have been possible, but for the assistance provided by intelligence agencies.

There is a real worry within the military and the intelligence agencies, these analysts say, that if there is another attack of a similar nature in India, it could trigger an India-Pakistan at a time when its forces are tied up battling the Taliban on the western borders. This, they say, is a “nightmare scenario” that the Pakistani authorities are trying their best to avoid.

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