Lashkar, the most dangerous terror outfit and Pakistan, the most dangerous country

According to terrorist Hafiz Saed and recently arrested Abu Jandal, Lashkar-e-Taiba and ISI were directly behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The presence of ISI officer, Major Sameer Ali at the Karachi Control Room during the Mumbai attack on 26^th November, 2008 is sufficient to prove of Lashkar-ISI combine in abetting terrorism against India and the world. It would not be wrong to say that as on today, Lashkar-e-Taiba is more dangerous terrorist organization than al Qaeda and Pakistan has become most dangerous country of the world in this respect. A former ISI officer has also recently accepted that Lashkar-e-Taiba is the most dangerous terror outfit. Former CIA Analyst, Bruce Riddle, who is at present a Professor at Johns Hopkins School, has said that Lashkar is an independently controlled outfit in Pakistan and it continues to maintain strong operational connection with Pakistani security forces and country's spy agency. Since Riddle is working with a private institution, as such his opinion cannot be construed as the official opinion of the US administration, but the views of governments are formed on the basis of country's strategists' considered views. A few days back, Lashkar was not being considered that seriously. It was considered to be a boastful organization, active in the southern part of Pakistani Punjab, who sometimes wants jihadi flag fluttering at Lal Qila and at White House also. The US government thinks that the Lashkar is among dozens of such organizations. US is also not much worried, because it cannot attack it, but 26/11 has also forced it to change its opinion. Bruce Riddle thinks that at present, the status of Lashkar-e-Taiba among the terrorist organizations of the world is highest, because Pakistan government dare not touch it and this outfit has the support of Pakistan Army and its spy agency ISI in one form or the other. According to a report, founder of Lashkar, Hafiz Saed formally participates in the meetings of Corps Commanders of Pakistani Army. There is not a single terrorist organization in the world whose men participate in rallies brandishing their arms and even after revelation of names of its citizens in terror attacks on other country, Pakistan does not restrict its activities and to tell the truth is doesn't care also. To reach to this conclusion, Riddle has linked 26/11 with three major arrests that of Amir Ajmal Kasab, David Coleman and Abu Jindal and based his conclusion on this. One thing is clear from the statements of these three persons that ISI and some officers of the Pakistani Army were also involved in planning the 26/11 attack. Even today, Pakistan considers this attack as the action of 'non-State actors'. A Pak Minister has, recently gone to the extent saying that some persons within India had a major role in 26/11 Mumbai attack. Irrespective of denials by Pakistan, arrests one after other, prove its involvement in these attacks. True face of Pakistan is coming before the world. Bruce Riddle says that if the governments of other Gulf countries display such promptness as shown by Saudi Arabia in arresting Abu Jindal, in providing funds and protection to terror organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, then its back can be broken like al Qaeda's. In fact, the real problem is that the aid given to Pakistan by US finds its way to the coffers of the Lashkar-like terror organizations and so long America would not consider these organizations as headache for itself, it would not evince interest in tackling these outfits. Today, Lashkar-e-Taiba has become the most dangerous terror organization and Pakistan, the most dangerous country.

 -- Anil Narendra