Wikileaks - India

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A UK newspaper pointed out that some supposed WikiLeaks cables critical of

India, reported by Paki press, do not exist. The Pakistani newspapers have

acknowledged being duped and have pointed to the sources on the web.



I had informed you earlier about Moin Ansari and his fake newspapers including

"Rupee News".



See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hinducivil...sage/48543

"Muslims seethe at unfair Ayodhya decision" Moin Ansari's "newspapers"



The fake cables purportedly said:



"..An earlier cable described Indian Army in gross Human rights violations in

Indian Held part of Jammu and Kashmir while some Lt. Gen HS Panag, the then

GOC-in-Chief of the Northern Command of the Indian Army was equated with General

Milosevic of Bosnia with regard to butchering Muslims through war crimes.."



"Another cable confirmed that there was a nexus of top Indian army officials and

extremist Hindu outfits. This cable suggested that an Indian Police officer, a

counter terror specialist with the name of Hemant Karkare had exposed this nexus

to some extent when he arrested a serving Colonel of Indian Army, Lt. Colonel

Purohit for blazing a Pakistan bound train. ..The day, Karkare was eliminated

in a pre-planned ambush during the Mumbai attacks, a cable sent to the US read

“we have lost an important link and a vital evidence”. Another cable sent to

Washington termed Hindutva brotherhood in general and Shiv Sena in

particular,.."



See the bogus news at :



"Kashmir genocide like Bosniaâ€"Lt. Col. AK Mathur as ‘Devil’s Advocate’

in Srinagar"

http://www.pakistanledger.com/?p=30705

It is one of the bogus newspapers.



Here is the report from respected Express Tribune:



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http://tribune.com.pk/story/88268/pakist...s-attackin\

g-india-published/



Pakistani media: Fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India published



In the December 9 edition of The Express Tribune, a report was published on page

8 under the caption “WikiLeaks: What US officials think about the Indian

Army”. It now transpires that the story, which was run by a news agency,

Online, was not authentic.



The Express Tribune deeply regrets publishing this story without due

verification and apologises profusely for any inconvenience caused to our valued

readers.



UK-based newspaper Guardian published a report on this issue, which is being

printed for our readers.



The Guardian story



Citing the WikiLeaks cables, major Pakistani newspapers this morning carried

stories that purported to detail eye-popping American assessments of India’s

military and civilian leaders.



According to the reports, US diplomats described senior Indian generals as vain,

egotistical and genocidal; they said India’s government is secretly allied

with Hindu fundamentalists; and they claimed Indian spies are covertly

supporting militants in Pakistan’s tribal belt and Balochistan.



“Enough evidence of Indian involvement in Waziristan, Balochistan,” read the

front-page story in The News; an almost identical story appeared in the

Urdu-language Jang.



If accurate, the disclosures would confirm the worst fears of Pakistani

nationalist hawks and threaten relations between Washington and New Delhi. But

they are not accurate.



An extensive search of the WikiLeaks database by the Guardian by date, name and

keyword failed to locate any of the incendiary allegations. It suggests this is

the first case of WikiLeaks being exploited for propaganda purposes.



The controversial claims, published in four Pakistani national papers, were

credited to the Online Agency, an Islamabad-based news service that has

frequently run pro-army stories in the past. No journalist is bylined.



Shaheen Sehbai, group editor at The News, described the story as “agencies’

copy” and said he would investigate its origins.



The incident fits in with the wider Pakistani reaction to WikiLeaks since the

first cables emerged.



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Well known American Newspaper CS Monitor wrote:



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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Sout...papers-dup\

ed-by-bogus-WikiLeaks-cables



Pakistani papers duped by bogus WikiLeaks cables

Pakistani newspapers carried stunning claims yesterday about India, the

country's long-time foe, wrongly sourced to the WikiLeaks data dump.



...

A number of papers including the Daily Mail and The News of Pakistan carried

these reports, which were not signed. The source of the information? A Pakistani

news wire called "Online News" that appears to be closely tied to the

government.



The News, in apologizing to readers today, leaves the strong impression that the

bogus reports were part of a government misinformation campaign. The paper

writes that the Mohsin Baig, the head of online news, said "he had just returned

from Turkey where he had accompanied the prime minister on his official visit

and was therefore in the dark about how the story was released."



Another editor at Online News said he didn't know the source of the fake cables

and refused to contact an employee who might know the answer. Eventually The

News "learnt from our sources that the story was dubious and may have been

planted" and said the story first appeared in two local papers "known for their

close connections with certain intelligence agencies."



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Pakistani newspaper The News identified the sources:



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http://thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail....574&Cat=13



On further inquiries, we learnt from our sources that the story was dubious and

may have been planted.



A check on the Internet as well as The Guardian report showed that the story was

not based on Wikileaks cables, and had in fact originated from some local

websites such as The Daily Mail and Rupee News known for their close connections

with certain intelligence agencies. The Guardian quoted Shaheen Sehbai, Group

Editor The News, as describing the story as “agencies’ copy” and said he

would investigate its origins.



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There you have it. The Rupee News and the dailymailtimes.com

and dailymailpost.com, what I reported on Oct 3, 2010.



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hinducivil...sage/49921