Pakistan Connection to Bangladesh Mutiny?

There are strong suspicions now that Pakistans' spy service, ISI, may have played a support role in last week's bloody rebellion in Bangladesh by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). ISI is also suspected of playing a role in the Mumbai massacres in India last November. Two important reports: The Telegraph UK reports: The Times of India quoted sources close to the investigation claiming arrested mutineers had named a senior a Bangladeshi businessman and politician believed to have close links with Pakistan's intelligence service. It was also reported that confession statements suggested the mutineers had received around £100,000 to bankroll their revolt. Full Report from The Telegraph UK... A report from 123 Breaking News makes a very strong case for the Pakistani connection (emphasis added): The preliminary interrogation of some of the rebels has thrown up the name of Salauddin Qadeer Chowdhury, a well-known shipping magnate and reportedly very close to the Pakistan military-intelligence complex and the opposition BNP. According to sources monitoring the situation, about one crore taka has already changed hands to help the mutiny along. Chowdhury, a close associate of opposition BNP leader Begum Khaleda Zia, was closely connected to the Chittagong arms drop case of April 2004 - the arms were apparently intended for ULFA. The ships were caught carrying the arms. Salauddin Chowdhury, belonging to an old Chittagong family, has been close to Pakistan for decades. Full Report from 123 Breaking News... MUST-READ: 1,000 Murderers Hunted in Bangladesh - Chicago News Bench 'We have never raised the temperature with Pakistan' - Business Standard ISI behind BDR mutiny? - Chandigarh Tribune The BDR killings and some hard questions - The Daily Star Bangladesh a Nation under blended conspiracy - Bangladeshi Hindu Pakistan Links with BD Mutiny - Sania Mirza Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

Did Mumbai Locals Help Terrorists? Pakistan Connection Still In Play...

The Times of India reports that this seems to be the case: MUMBAI - Did some Mumbai locals provide support to the Pakistani terrorists? Azam Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist nabbed alive, has revealed names and addresses of at least five people from the city who helped the terror operation. Perhaps those five people hate their own country in same way that this guy does. Meanwhile, the Pakistan connection is still in play: Crime branch has also recovered several fake identity and credit cards from the belongings of dead terrorists. "All the cards are in different names and of different banks. Now we are at least trying to figure out how they procured credit cards from various banks.'' said Maria. The recovery of so many cards with different names have led Mumbai police to suspect the involvement of ISI. Full Story at Times of India...

PAKISTAN BLINKS

Pakistan is on many peoples' minds this weekend in the wake of the horror unleashed in Mumbai. At least a few of the barbarians who brought death and destruction to India's financial capitol are Pakistani. Publicly, Pakistan's leaders condemned the carnage, but Pakistan has a history of supporting such barbarism. Their secret intelligence service, ISI, is known to have backed terrorist attacks inside of India a number of times previously. The average Indian citizen - indeed, the world - cannot help but suspect Pakistani involvement once again. So, when Pakistan offered up its top intelligence chief to "help" investigate the Mumbai chaos, skepticism abounded. Instead of their top man, a subordinate will be sent. Perhaps the Pakistanis have no sense of the urgency of this situation, or perhaps they just have bad diplomatic manners. In either case, they are making an already bad situation worse by adding insult to suspected injury. Two reports explain: Pakistan U-turns on sending spy chief to India ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan on Saturday withdrew a pledge to send its spy chief to India to help probe the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, denting efforts to prevent a crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Indian officials have linked the attacks to "elements" in Pakistan, raising the prospect of a breakdown in a tentative peace process between the South Asia rivals. Full Report at AP... Pakistan to send agent to India, not spy chief Pakistan has condemned the Mumbai attacks and denied any involvement, but the office of the Pakistani prime minister said in a statement that an ISI representative would go to India instead of the director general. Full Report at France 24...