12-17-2010, 11:53 AM
[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/16/wikileaks-india-biological-terrorism-fears"]WikiLeaks cables: US officials voiced fears India could be target of biological terrorism[/url]
Senior Indian diplomat told US in 2006 that concerns about biological weapons were 'no longer academic'
Rahul Gadha will blame Hindus.
Senior Indian diplomat told US in 2006 that concerns about biological weapons were 'no longer academic'
Quote:"[Diplomat YK] Singh reported that Indian intelligence is picking up chatter indicating jihadi groups are interested in bioterrorism, for example seeking out like-minded PhDs in biology and biotechnology," a cable sent to Washington reports.
Quote:Another cable warns that "advances in the biotech sector and shifting terrorist tactics that focus on disrupting India's social cohesion and economic prosperity oblige the [government of India] to look at the possibility of terror groups using biological agents as weapons of mass destruction and economic and social disruption".
It also warns terrorists could easily find the material
Quote:The cable reports Menon telling Boucher: "Let's not insult one another by telling a story that the Pakistan army was not involved ... They're either unwilling to take action, or incapable, or both; any way you look at it, they're involved."
In February this year, P Chidambaram, the Indian Minister of the Interior, told Robert Mueller, the director of the FBI, that Pakistan had "done damn near nothing" to prosecute Mumbai-related terror suspects, according to the cables.
Rahul Gadha will blame Hindus.