Where Are We Heading To

While the security situation in Nepal remains rather uncertain, a big positive development in the overall geopolitical scenario was the historic meeting between South and North Korea. Analysts are keeping their fingers crossed. And in Srilanka, the Parliament passed a resolution enabling the LTTE and its opposite action to contest elections in the country.

Iraq and Pakistan continue to burn. Turkey, Thailand, Philippines & Russia also came under the arc of the terrorists during the month. Al Qaeda has declared ‘cyber jehad’ on the West. Pakistan seems to be passing through its worst phase. The first female fidayeen attack in Pakistan was reported. Benazir Bhutto’s reception procession faced explosions on its way. The Taliban not only kidnapped and kept in their custody a large number of Pak soldiers, they even beheaded some of the ‘captives’ brutally. Explosion in a cinema hall in Ludhiana (Punjab, India) were reminders of similar terrorist actions in the past. The ULFA in the northeastern State of Assam continued to show its fangs against the “Hindi-speaking’ people. Sustained violence forced the Central Government in India to declare a ‘war on Naxals.”

And, if you are interested to know:

• Wire transfer agents will soon come under government scanner, as per the latest proposals of the Reserve Bank of India.
• In a welcome judgement, the Supreme Court of India asked a State Government not to go ahead with state-sponsored bandh (Strike).
• In Gurgaon District of Haryana (India), one can now lodge and get a copy of the First Information Report (FIR) to the Police on line.
On October 24, 2007, the largest jetliner with 4 pilots, 30 member crew and 455 passengers has made its maiden flight with the Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Sydney.

‘Hope you will enjoy all this.

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.

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An Assessment: Pak most dangerous country: Newsweek

New York – October 22, 2007 – Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world, and has become a safe haven for terrorists, a media report says. “Unlike countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan has everything that Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden could ask for: political instability, a trusted network of radical Islamists, an abundance of angry anti-Western recruits,secluded training areas and security services that don’t always do what they’re supposed to do,” says Newsweek in an investigative report. Then there’s the country’s large and growing nuclear programme, it adds. “What is new, and more frightening, is the extent to which Taliban and al Qaeda elements have now turned much of the country, including some cities, into a base that gives militants more room to manoeuver,” it adds. Taliban militants come and go as they please inside Pakistan. It says Pakistan is an unstable nuclear power, with distant tribal areas in terrorists’ hands. Guns and supplies are readily available, and in winter, when fighting dies down in Afghanistan, thousands retire to madrasas to study the Koran, it says. “Some of the brainier operatives attend courses in computer technology, video production and even English,” Newsweek says. A Newsweek reporter met Agha Jan, a former senior Taliban defence ministry official, in an orchard outside the city of Quetta, who recounted how he had to change homes every two nights for fear of capture, and he fled when some local villagers approached. Peshawar is perhaps the most important production and distribution centre for Taliban and other Islamist material, Newsweek adds.

PTI
Hindustan Times – October 23, 2007.

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