Security Concerns At High Pitch

Strains are surfacing between the United States and Russia, with the Russian President Putin taking up a tough posture. The US image all around is taking a nosedive. Nearer home, Indo-US civil nuclear deal has got stuck up. Nigeria is turning up to be a new theatre of terrorist activity. Turkey’s capital city has also come under the militant’s scanner. Iraq is almost sizzling with loss of lives in suicidal attacks becoming almost near routine. Hamas and Fatah have again starting fighting against each other. Afghanistan is in real crisis with signs of reemergence of the Taliban. Pakistan is in the midst of severe internal conflict testing the wits of President Musharaff. Peace in Nepal still seems to be under trial. In Sri Lanka, the peace agreement between the government and the LTTE is in tatters. The LTTE went the extent of launching air raids on Sri Lankan armed forces. Nearer home, militant Islamist groups were reported to be regrouping in Bangladesh.

The attack on the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, India, marked yet another attempt to set in communal clashes. The ULFA in Assam is playing the dirty game of creating panic amongst Hindi-speaking citizens and have reportedly been indulging in sophisticated and systematic extortion tactics from one and all. The left extremists continued consolidating their hold and amassing weapons snatched from easy targets like complacent or indifferent security forces. India still moves on.

D. C. Nath, IPS (Retd.)
Former Special Director, IB (MHA), Govt. of India,
Executive President & CEO,
International Institute of Security and Safety Management,
New Delhi, India.