Terrorism: How fair is it to blame Pak?
If Pakistan is aiding and harbouring terrorists, then how come these terrorists are attacking Pak itself? Exactly one day after Pakistan told Interpol that it would help them in the 26/11 attack probe, Sri Lankan cricketers were attacked in Lahore
I WILL be honest, I don’t follow newspapers regularly but over the past three months there is one particular story, which has captured my attention. It was the 26/11 attack in Mumbai. I was interested more in the aftermath of the attack rather than the attack itself.
It may be recalled, the attacks had actually happened at eight locations within Mumbai, killing 173 people and causing considerable damage to property. The attack ignited widespread protests within the country. The people had entirely lost faith in their government, which failed to protect them time and again.
People demanded the need for boundary-less unity and criticised the politicians who supported linguistic or regional separation. A sense of fear developed in the hearts and minds of the politicians. It was a time for them to rethink their strategy, to come up with a new plan, a new strategy to manipulate their victims.
After nine days of burning the brain cells, the ruling party sprung up with a new strategy. A scapegoat was found, the very old rival, the neighbouring nation of Pakistan. The government put pressure on Pakistan to surrender the terrorists it was "harbouring." Through the help of world police, the process was accelerated.
In front of the whole world it was established that Pakistan was on purpose harbouring and encouraging terrorists. The voice of the millions of Indians who demanded justice was silenced by this transfer of blame.
The purposeful rumour about possible war added strength to their support and the government had become unshakeable as before. But is Pakistan really harbouring and supporting terrorists? Well I thought of putting some facts and numbers from Wiki, to assist me:
Malegaon Blasts: Date: September 29, 2008; Organisation: Hindu Jagran Manch (Hindu Extremist Group); Based Out Of: Indore, India
Bangalore Blasts: Date: July 25, 2008; Organisation: SIMI; Based Out Of: India
Mumbai Blasts: Date: November 26, 2008; Organisation: LeT; Based Out Of: Pakistan
Lahore Cricketer Attack: Date: March 3, 2009; Organisation: LeT (rumored); Based Out Of: Pakistan
Well, my question is quite simple, if Pakistan is actually aiding and harbouring terrorists, then how come these terrorists are attacking Pakistan itself. Exactly one day after Pakistan told Interpol that it would help them in the 26/11 attack, Sri Lankan cricketers were attacked in Lahore.
Now when our government says Pakistan is "harbouring" terrorists, do they actually mean that Pakistan is in well control of "their terrorists" and actually aiding them? In that case, is our government well in control of the terrorist organisation based out of our country?
So, when our own nation has been so incompetent to punish our internal terrorist organisations, how are we expecting a country like Pakistan, which is already in the middle of chaos to have control over LeT, which is a terrorist organisation much bigger in magnitude?
Pakistan isn't far behind the blame game and has started catching up, by making its allegations against India for the Lahore attacks. All these make me feel, do either countries have any control of their situation. Is this blame game merely a curtain to their incompetence and failures to protect its very own people? Is our neighbour’s government helpless onlooker while terrorists tear apart both the nations by suicide bombings?
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