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India faces more 26/11-like threats: Former US envoy
Blackwill, who has co-authored the report titled “Terrorism against India — Lessons from Mumbai”, was delivering a lecture on the report at a meeting organised here by industry body CII. He said apart from intelligence failure, inadequate coastal security, failure of the government to respond swiftly to such incidents, inability to form a single command centre for operation against terrorists and ill-equipped police force were some of the areas of concern for India.
Speaking about the findings of his report, Blackwill said the only way to stop such attacks was swift and coordinated response and prevent terrorists from achieving their objective — which in the case of Mumbai was to grab maximum international attention. (via India faces more 26/11-like threats: Former US envoy).
LeT's Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi speaks during a rally at Muzaffarabad, in PoK. Photo Courtesy - AP
Trojan horses are used even today
Here is a someone, stoking up India’s fears and insecurities. Allegedly, Blackwill was used by Manubhai to ‘expedite’ the Indo-US Nuclear deal. Is Blackwill, now with RAND Corporation, a ‘respected US think tank’, angling for another assignment – maybe on behalf on some manufacturer of police-intelligence-surveillance equipment companies?
Blackwill’s comments came in during a discussion about the Rand Report on the Terrorist Strike on Mumbai, conducted by CII. (from ‘US policy on Pak terror has failed’, a newspaper report)
Looking at the saturation coverage in the Indian media, there is more to the story than the milk-of-US-kindness!
26/11 - Mumbai Attacks
Saturation Coverage
India faces more 26/11-like threats: Former US envoy
‘US policy on Pak terror has failed’
India faces more terror attacks: US study
26/11 attack shows firearms assault can succeed: Blackwill
India can expect more terror attacks like the Mumbai carnage:US study
India to find its own solution to curb terrorism: Blackwill
Top ex-US diplomat likens Pakistan to Cuban missile crisis
India faces threat of a Mumbai rerun: US study
‘India likely to face more Mumbai-style attacks’
India faces threat of Mumbai like attack: US study
Blackwill warns of US pressure on J&K
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