The truth has a tendency to pop up, unexpectedly. That is how the
revelations made by Husain Haqqani should be seen. A former Pakistani
Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the US, he has claimed, in his forthcoming
book India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends?, that 26/11 was
the handiwork of Pakistan. He has quoted former chief of Pakistani
intelligence agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) General Pasha who
told him the attack had been carried out by those trained by the agency,
though it was not an ISI operation. However, it does not make a
difference whether the ISI did it officially or unofficially.
The
revelation does not startle India which has evidence galore that the
terrorists who reached Mumbai with Pakistani weapons and communication
equipment were guided by their bosses in Pakistan at every stage of the
operation. They were able to kill 166 innocent people and injure several
more. Pakistan had always been in denial mode whenever 26/11 was
brought up for bilateral discussion. Haqqani has nailed the Pakistani
lie by quoting no one other than a former ISI chief. He has added
strength to his revelation by reiterating that he would not have quoted
Pasha if he was not 100 per cent certain. Under these circumstances,
Pakistani denials will have no credibility.
Haqqani has
credibility because of the access he had at one time to prime ministers
Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto. Whatever little is available about the
book in the public domain suggests that it also exposes American
duplicity in condemning Pakistan-backed terrorism. While the US claims
it is in the forefront of the fight against terror, it has been turning a
blind eye to the nefarious goings-on in Pakistan. The US is spasmodic
in its response to Pakistan, condemning it only as a prelude to
condoning it. Terrorists are arrested at American instance but only to
be released later. The book should prod the US to take a firm stand on
Pakistan-backed terror.
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
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