Indian Internal Security - 4

[Husky]

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>More terror groups tighten grip over N-E</b>
06/09/2009 12:54:57  Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi - Daily Pioneer

The security situation in the North-East remains alarming with all parameters of violence increasing over the last five years. The region is virtually sitting on a powder keg, with ground reports indicating an increase in secessionist activities and mushrooming of terrorist groups in the region. These groups, in many cases, are funded and abetted by elements in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Despite round-the-year operation by Indian security forces, there has been no decline in the spatial spread of insurgency even though casualties suffered by the security forces have come down marginally.

A 48-page ‘restricted’ CRPF report on the North-East insurgency states, “Almost the entire region is afflicted by some form of insurgent activity and only two of the seven States are relatively free of violence.” Another troubling aspect of the insurgency in the region is that the terror groups are extracting “insurgents’ cut” in an “institutionalised” manner from all kinds of economic activity to sustain their terror agenda.

The secessionist aspect, fuelled by hardline Islamic groups and their significant mushrooming in the region, is another worrying trend of the ongoing insurgency in the region, warns the report. In addition, the report stated, “The data of violence from the North-East reveals an increase in almost all parameters of violence in 2008 as compared to the previous year. While the incidents of violence have steadily increased over the past four years, 2008 reported a higher degree of rise. The resultant deaths due to these incidents have also been rather steep…. Surprisingly, the rise has been despite a clear jump in insurgent neutralisations and apprehensions. Curiously, the aforementioned (parameters of violence) has been accompanied with marginal declines in civilian and SF (security force) casualties.”

In terms of the number of active insurgent outfits, the North-East dominates the national-level figures. Some States like Manipur even exceed the number of insurgent/terror outfits reported from the hotbed of secessionist activities in Jammu & Kashmir.

“Despite the overall decline in insurgent activity, the spatial spread has not revealed any significant change. Most districts in the region, except some in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, have reported insurgent activities,” the report added.

Even in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh that have been relatively free of violence, insurgent activities committed by small and local outfits or bigger groups from outside these States have been reported, the report stated, adding that insurgent activities had been fairly widespread over the rest of the States.

Significantly, most of the outfits in the region are currently under Suspension of Operation (SOO) agreements. This includes a majority of outfits from Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. However, the outfits exploit the provisions of the SOO agreements to continue with their extortion activity.

Discounting active financial aid from foreign countries for fuelling trouble in the North-East, the report states that the terror outfits in the region are extracting “insurgents’ cut” on all kinds of income generated within their areas of influence to sustain their subversive agenda.

The extortion structure, says the report, is pegged at 5 per cent of project costs from all Government contracts, Rs 150 per truck entering Assam, 1-2 per cent of salaries of Government employees and professionals, Rs 2-3 from tea gardens and Rs 50 to 5,000 from shopkeepers and small businessmen.

“In States like Nagaland and Manipur, this aspect has almost become institutional. Almost all forms of economic activities have been taxed by insurgents in these States. In areas such as Manipur valley, where multiple outfits are operating, the problem has assumed a serious proportion,” says the report. “The problem of extortion remains acute in the region,” it adds.

Another strategy of funding terror in the region is the extensive investment in business by the ULFA leadership in Bangladesh as the group is receiving “substantial contribution” from tea gardens and oil companies in Assam. Even the insurgent outfits under Suspension of Operations agreement with the Centre are involved in extortion, leading to popular reaction against the insurgents and shortage of cadre, a reason why these outfits are inducting Muslims from India and Bangladesh into their fold, says the report.

“Since much of the region is deficient in any kind of independent industrial initiative, the next prominent target is contractors involved in Government-aided projects. Almost all major development projects in the region are threatened by exorbitant demands placed by the insurgents. Even local bodies provided with Government funds for development have not been spared by the insurgents,” says the report.

“The pattern of funding of the various insurgent outfits provides an insight into the dynamics of the growth of secessionist movements in the region. The extent and sophistication of funding of mostly home-grown groups clearly reveals the penetration capabilities of such outfits,” says the report.

It adds, “Active aid from foreign countries has not been extensively reported from the region. Aid to the insurgents by foreign agencies has mostly been in the form of logistical support. Reporting of direct financial support by foreign agencies has been negligible. The circulation of FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes), despite being actively supported from outside the country, has so far not been directly linked with the North-East insurgents.”

The reports says that emergence of a “friendly” regime in Bangladesh has reportedly resulted in nervousness among the Indian insurgent groups operating from that country and “tentative” reports suggest movement of insurgent infrastructure towards northern areas of Myanmar, where the reach of the Government there is limited. This could also result in “heightened” activity along the India-Myanmar border.

“The developments in Bangladesh may have repercussions in India, with the possibility of the activation of Islamic fundamentalist groups among the local Muslim population. Hardline elements in Bangladesh may explore the possibility of using these elements to create security problems both in India and Bangladesh,” the report states.

Since the top leadership of most insurgent and militant outfits has retreated to reasonably safer areas, the middle-level leadership has become important for their subversive activities. “The identification and selective targeting of this level (middle level) of leadership may provide desired results in terms of active operations,” advises the report.

Over the past five years, neutralisation of insurgents by the CRPF has steadied around 200-250 per year and the losses suffered by the paramilitary personnel hovered around 75. At least 14 of the 38 active insurgent outfits in Assam reflect hardline Islamist character with a long-term agenda for creating a homeland for Muslims of the region. Likewise, five of the 43 outfits in Manipur exhibit a strong element of Islamic separatism represented by the Pangal community. Attacks on politicians in Manipur suggest the level of insurgent intervention in the affairs of the State.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Vaishno Devi shrine in terror crosshairs</b>
pioneer.com
Mohit Kandhari | Jammu
<b>“Let the holy month begin; we will strike hard.”</b> This loosely translated version of an encrypted message has caused anxiety to the entire security establishment guarding the famous Vaishno Devi shrine and the Katra base camp ahead of the nine-day Navratra festival beginning September 19.

The intelligence agencies mapping routine transmissions among terrorist commanders have already expressed fears of a possible militant strike during the festive season in and around the Katra base camp of Vaishno Devi shrine, nestled in Trikuta hills.

Senior SP (Reasi) Anand Jain told The Pioneer, <b>"In the last two months, terrorist outfits operating in Reasi were hit hard by the security forces and might launch a strike to divert the attention of security forces. We have killed more than 17 top ultras of the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba. Credible inputs suggest that the terrorists might target the pilgrimage.”</b>

The SSP said that immediately after learning of the recent threat, they alerted all the security pickets and set up additional check points to prevent a terror attack on the Katra base camp. “We are not taking any chances. We have already pressed additional forces and woman constables for frisking and patrol duties,” the Reasi SSP added.

The shrine is frequented by more than 40,000 pilgrims each day during the Navratra festival. In the past too, terrorists have targeted the shrine to scare the pilgrims.

The security agencies have already alerted the authorities concerned to beef up security in and around the Katra base camp and at the Bhawan shrine to prevent any possible terror strike. The intelligence agencies have also warned the security establishment against ignoring routine frisking of women and youngsters as terrorists might rely on them to carry out the strike. Police and paramilitary troops manning closed-circuit television cameras installed along the track and at vulnerable points have been told to strictly monitor the movement of suspected persons.

<b>Pointing to certain loopholes in the existing security plan at the Katra base camp, the intelligence agencies have also requested multiple agencies to remain extra vigilant on the track between Katra and Banganga, the starting point of the 13-km trek to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. </b>

Meanwhile, local police authorities in Katra are carrying out routine patrols and identification parades of suspects to pre-empt any terror strike. Police have also requested the local residents and pilgrims to immediately report any suspicious movement or person in their vicinity. "Time to time, our personnel issue warnings to pilgrims and passers-by not to touch any abandoned item as it could be an explosive device," a police officer in Katra said<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[shamu]

Israel warns of threats to India

[Capt M Kumar]

<!--emo&:ind--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/india.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='india.gif' /><!--endemo--> 111 QRTs: 78 in the districts; 12 in Ahmedabad; 6 in Vadodara; 6 in Surat; 3 in Rajkot; 3 in Western Railway (Vadodara); 3 in State Control Room (Gandhinagar).

The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) will brief monitoring and coordinating QRTs.

Each QRT will have six commandos and will be headed by a Sub-Inspector with a Head Constable as second-in-command.

Three constables will be "fighter operators" while the sixth member -- a constable driver -- will also be "combatised".
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.as...=3227834&page=2

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Israel warns of 26/11-type attacks in India</b>
According to Times of India, Israel on September 17 has warned that a Pakistan-based terror outfit affiliated to al-Qaeda, which carried out the November 26, 2008 (also known as 26/11) Mumbai attacks to hit Western and Israeli targets, is planning to carry out a string of terrorist attacks across India. India blames Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the 26/11 attacks in which 10 militant killed over 186 persons in a three-day rampage through Mumbai. “The terrorist group that carried out the serious Mumbai attack in India is planning to carry out a number of attacks across India, particularly against concentrations of Western or Israeli tourists,” warned a statement from Israel's counter-terrorism bureau at the National Security Council (NSC). Among the targets hit was a Jewish centre run by the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch movement. The statement warned the impending attacks could target other Lubavitch centres in India. The statement said the travel warning was based on “a concrete, very serious threat.” The warning called on Israeli travellers to stay away from crowded places and the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region.
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[dhu]

<b>BJP MP's son killed by suspected Naxals
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Suspected Naxals on Saturday opened fire at the sons of a Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament from Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, leaving one of them dead.</b>

Tansen and Dinesh Kashyap, sons of tribal leader Baliram Kashyap, were shot on Saturday morning in Pairaguda village, a senior police official said. Both were admitted to Maharani Hospital in Jagdalpur, where Tansen succumbed to his injured, police spokesman Inspector General R K Vij said.

The two brothers had gone to their ancestral village for Durga Puja celebrations whey they were attacked by four cycle-borne assailants, who managed to escape, he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->  <b>A yr later, Govt yet to tone up coastal security</b>
Rahul Datta | New Delhi
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Almost a year after terrorists carried out the audacious attack in Mumbai on November 26, the Government is yet to hasten the pace of acquisition of weapons and surveillance and reconnaissance equipment needed to bolster maritime security.

<b>In fact, critical systems — including coastal radars, fast patrol boats, helicopters, maritime surveillance aircraft and specialised weapons for security forces — are still to be inducted despite the Government putting the buying process on fast track.</b>

A week after the 26/11 attacks, the Government announced a slew of measures to tone up security along the 7,000-km-long coastline and asked the security forces to lease equipment from foreign vendors if it was not available off the shelf.

However, the tedious procurement procedures and reluctance by the civilian and military bureaucracy to take decisions was hampering the purchase, sources said here on Monday.

<b>Citing examples, they said the security forces — including the Navy, Coast Guards and State police — needed at least 200 fast patrol boats. While the demand was put up soon after the terror attacks, a deal to buy or lease these platforms with modern communication gadgets and small arms was yet to be finalised.

The plan to install 50 radars along the coastline in all the nine littoral States too is progressing slowly. The radars were needed to detect any hostile or suspicious craft and alert security forces since it was practically not possible for them to patrol the entire sea.

Sources said the tendering process was in the final stages and the vendors would be short-listed soon. As regards the fast-track procedure, they said the normal acquisition process comprised eight steps and the fast-track option reduced these to four. Moreover, the approval for these deals was given post facto, they said.</b>

Elaborating upon the division of responsibility for patrolling the seas, they said the State marine police covers the first 12 nautical miles from the coast, with the Coast Guards securing the next 200 nautical miles. The Navy’s domain starts beyond 200 miles and all these agencies urgently needed more aircraft and helicopters for surveillance.

The existing fleet of Dornier planes for reconnaissance with the Coast Guards and Navy is in the last phases of its operational lifespan and the acquisition plan was put up to the Government even before the Mumbai attacks.

Similarly, the long-range maritime patrol aircraft of the Navy were ageing and a deal was recently inked for the US maritime planes. Moreover, the US had offered to lease out 10 to 12 surveillance helicopters to India and the Government was considering the proposal, sources said.

The Navy, incidentally, was given the overall responsibility of coastal and off-shore security in February this year and asked to coordinate with 15 other stakeholders, including the Coast Guards, State police, Customs, port authorities and the fisheries department.

The Government also sanctioned the setting up of a Maritime Security Agency (MSA) involving all these agencies and Ministries. Given the complexities involved in achieving synergy and coordination, the Cabinet Secretary and the Home and Defence Ministries were still holding consultations to overcome certain issues, the sources added.

<b>In a shambles</b>
Govt yet to hasten pace of acquisition of weapons and surveillance equipment for Navy

Critical systems like coastal radars, fast patrol boats, helicopters, maritime surveillance aircraft and specialised weapons for security forces not inducted

Plan to install 50 radars along coastline in all littoral States progressing slowly

Long-range maritime patrol aircraft now ageing and a deal was recently inked for US maritime planes

But aircraft yet to arrive<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Babus and Congress party will buy from biggest bribe gifter supplier.

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Two militants arrested from residence of Manipur Minister</b>
Imphal Free Press reports that Imphal West District Police arrested two cadres of an unspecified militant outfit along with one SLR from the residence of a senior Minister in the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh led Government in Manipur. Sources disclosed that the duo were also among those who have been ed in the recent Police recruitment.

Meanwhile, 12 militants, including five cadres belonging to the Military Defence Force faction of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), four cadres belonging to Military Council faction of the United Kuki Liberation Army, two cadres of the Black Widow (BW) and one cadre from the People''s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), surrendered at Assam Rifles headquarters in Churachandpur District on October 26.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Guest]

<b>Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul involved in terror network</b>

NDTV has exclusive information from film director Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul, who is apparently the Rahul mentioned in emails between Headley and his Lashkar handlers.

Twenty-five-year-old Rahul Bhatt is a fitness instructor and a body builder and he met Headley at a gym, where he says they were introduced to each other by a common friend. The two apparently met several times. But Rahul has denied reports that he helped Headley find a south Mumbai pad.

Headley, a key suspect in a terror plot against India and Denmark uncovered by the FBI, was arrested in Chicago last month.

Rahul has been questioned in the case and said he had been given a clean chit. But sources have said there has been no clean chit given yet.

Rahul Bhatt to NDTV:
I am willing to help the police
Police has given me a clean chit
Lots of rumours regarding my connection to Headley
I never showed him any places neither for residence for work
He was introduced to me by a common friend
I have met Headley 8 - 10 times
When I saw reports of Headley on TV I was shocked
I went to police voluntarily
The pictures of Headley in the media do not resemble the Headley I met
David Headley is a fitness freak
He came to me for guidance on fitness
Talking to NDTV, Rahul said he was shocked when he saw reports about Headley on television and went to the police voluntarily. "I am willing to help the police...the police have given me a clean chit," Rahul said, adding, "I never showed him (Headley) any places neither for residence nor work." (Watch: 'I went to the police')

The fitness instructor said Headley was introduced to him by a common friend. "David Headley is a fitness freak. He came to me for guidance on fitness...I have met Headley 8 to 10 times."

He also said, "The pictures of Headley in the media do not resemble the Headley I met."

Rahul's name comes up several times in Headley's emails to his LeT handlers. The FBI affidavit notes that in an e-mail in July 2009, Headley told Lashkar-e-Taiba Member A that, "I think when we get a chance we should revisit our last location again and say hi to Rahul."

A reply from LeT Member A on the same day reads: "To see Rahul is a good idea coz have some work for you over there too. Matters are good enough to move forward..."

On July 9, Headley writes again: "When you say 'move forward', do you mean in the north direction or towards Rahul..." To this Member A replies: "Towards Rahul."

On July 10, Headley writes another mail to Member A: "The visit to Rahul's place, is it for checking real estate property like before, or something different and if so please tell what you can please. Also is it in Rahul's city or different one?"

To this Member A replies: "There are some investment plans with me, not exactly at Rahul's city but near that. Rest we can decide when meet according to your ease."

The codeword Rahul, FBI notes, certainly pertains to India

[Guest]

<b>Mahesh Bhatt goes wild with NDTV. Video</b>

<img src='http://www.ndtv.com/news/images/RahulBhatt_big.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[Guest]

<b>Retracing the steps of David Headley
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<img src='http://www.ndtv.com/news/images/headleypassport_big.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />


Lashkar operative David Headley's Mumbai and Delhi links emerged at a fast pace on Friday.

A copy of Headley's passport has been found in Delhi and it is now confirmed that the mysterious Rahul named in mails between Headley and his Lashkar handlers is none other than Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul Bhatt. Rahul, a fitness instructor, says he met Headley, a "fitness freak" at a gym in Mumbai. (Read and Watch: How Rahul Bhatt met David Headley)

Rahul denies that he helped Headley look for a flat in the city, but a property dealer Sunny Singh says Headley approached him a month and a half ago to look for a flat to rent in Bandra. The deal, he says, fell through because he refused to give his visa documents and other papers. (Read and Watch: Headley wanted to rent flat in Mumbai: Sunny Singh)

Headley and his associate, Tahawwur Rana, were arrested in Chicago by the FBI last month in connection with terror strikes planned in Denmark and in India and for links with the Lashkar e Taiba. Headley visited India nine times between 2006 and 2009, once after 26/11 and the investigative teams are conducting inquiries in the cities he went to. (Read: Headley's travel and stay in India)

Quick points:
Headley's duration of stay is about 12 months
Rana was here once before the 26/11
No clean chit to Rahul Bhatt yet
All previous terror strikes being re-examined
Headley and Rana never figured in the intelligence net in any connection till now
Initial investigations indicate multiple city multiple strike (Sources)
A distinct 26/11 trail is also emerging. David Headley apparently stayed at the Trident, one of the hotels attacked during the 26/11Mumbai attacks, and booked a room at the Taj.

Tahawwur Rana too visited Mumbai once and left the city just five days before the 26/11 attacks. India will now ask for the extradition of both Headley and Rana.

In the capital a team of the Delhi Police Special Cell has visited both the hotels Headley stayed in and have questioned hotel managers and owners. Police found a photocopy of Headley's passport in a Paharganj hotel, Anand Hotel, where he stayed in March 2009 in Room no 40. Before that he stayed for a day at the Holiday Inn Hotel's Room no 205.

Headley's passport was issued from Washington, has an India visa stamp on it and describes the terror suspect as David C Headley, citizen of the United States. Headley had submitted his passport to the hotel while checking in.

While in Delhi, Headley traveled by auto and cycle rickshaws. No one ever saw him going by a car. Neither was anyone ever seen coming to either pick him up or drop him.

The FBI had revealed in its chargesheet that Delhi's National Defence College was the target of the Lashkar-e-Toiba-Headley terror plot.

Fresh evidence available with NDTV shows that Rana had a much bigger role to play than David Headley in the terror plot against India, which was uncovered by the FBI last month. It now appears that Rana not only instigated Headley but also directed his operations. (Read: Headley took orders from Rana)

In Headley's email exchanges with unidentified Lashkar commanders about a Mickey Mouse Project, he says: "Rana is trying to prepare me. If this happens you should act like this and if that happens you should do that and fear nothing except God.

[ramana]

Where did Rahul Bhatt go to school? Hope it wasnt those on target list.

[Guest]

<b>Rahul Bhatt to be probed on Headley link
</b>

Rahul Bhatt, son of film producer Mahesh Bhatt who was befriended by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, may not be

TOI had broken the story of a prominent film director's son allegedly having links to Headley a couple of days ago, without naming either Rahul or Mahesh Bhatt.
in the clear just yet. A senior officer in the Union home ministry said Rahul would be questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as he was an important link in the probe into Headley's long stay in Mumbai.

‘‘No one has been given a clean chit so far,'' said the official, adding the NIA is still to gather all details in order to ascertain whether or not Headley might have got some work done through Rahul.

The NIA, which has been mapping Headley's contacts by screening his acquaintances, cellphone and email records, will call Rahul for questioning to verify if they travelled “together or otherwise” in or outside Mumbai. ‘‘We will have to find out whether Headley had used Rahul, and if yes, how was he used, knowingly or unknowingly,'' said the official.

The mystery of Rahul (whose name appeared in the FBI affidavits against Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana) was solved only when he reportedly contacted the Mumbai Police voluntarily after seeing Headley's name on TV channels and informed them about whatever he knew of the US citizen.

Till then, there had been much speculation on whether Rahul, whose name appeared in Headley's email communication, was Rahul Gandhi or actors Rahul Bose or Rahul Khanna or whether the name referred to Shah Rukh Khan, who has often played characters named ‘Rahul'.

TOI had broken the story of a prominent film director's son allegedly having links to Headley a couple of days ago, without naming either Rahul or Mahesh Bhatt.

Rahul Bhatt's name appeared when David Headley in his July 8 email to his Pakistan-based handler (mentioned in the affidavit as LeT Member A) wrote while discussing terror plots in India: ‘‘I think when we get a chance we should revist our last location again and say ‘hi' to Rahul.''

There is the suggestion that Rahul could be a good cover, as on the same day the LeT Member A replied to Headley saying ‘‘to see Rahul is a good idea coz have some work for you over there too (Mumbai). Matters are good enough to move forward...'' The next day, Headley responded: ‘‘When you say move forward, do you mean in north direction or towards Rahul.'' The same day LeT Member A responded: ‘‘I mean towards Rahul.''

Rahul's name appeared in more such communication with the last one being recorded on July 10 when LeT leader said: ‘‘There are some investment plans with me, not exa-ctly at Rahul's city but near that. Rest we can decide when meet according to your ease.''
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Atlast Mahesh Bhatt has been captured in black & white. Next is Javed Akthar & Shabana Azmi.

[Guest]

<b>Muslims asked to quit UK army for Islam
</b>

A top Iranian spiritual leader has asked Muslims to quit the British army, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is forbidden by Islam.

Ayatollah Abdolhossein Moezi, who is Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in Britain, asked Muslim personnel in the British Army to quit the military.

The 65-year-old cleric, who has been personally appointed by Khamenei to be his special envoy to the UK, underlined that it was wrong for followers of Islam to serve in the British military, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq where Muslims were being killed, The Times newspaper said on Saturday.

"Not only do I not accept it for Muslims to go there, I don't accept non-Muslims to go there as well," Ayatollah Moezi was quoted as saying by the British daily.

Ayatollah Moezi, the director of the Islamic Centre of England, said "Muslims are not allowed to go and kill Muslims". "Do you think that Christians are allowed to go and
kill Muslims?"

Ayatollah Moezi, the most senior Iranian spiritual leader in Britain with thousands of followers from the Shia sect, believes that Islam and politics are "inter-mixed" because religion "could not be ignorant of social issues". "And part of social issues is politics, therefore Islam should have some sort of eye on political issues," he said.

[G.Subramaniam]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...bMrYZ10TR29UGpw

Inside the Maoist camps, there are strict rules forbidding corruption, lies and adultery and leaders keep a close eye on the conduct of every cadre, four former rebels told AFP in a series of interviews.

All disputes between the camp members are decided within 24 hours by the camp leader, with punishments ranging from demotion, detention to physical labour.

Religion and superstition is also forbidden.

"I was not allowed to worship the trees and the birds in the camp," said 32-year-old Dhuna, a former rebel and tribal villager from a Maoist-dominated area of the densely forested, impoverished state.

"From humble forest dwellers we were forced to become brutal soldiers."

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Does this ban on superstition extend to ban on islam and xtianity ?

[Guest]

Are they going to perform Brain scanning on Rahul Bhatt or it is reserved only for Hindu Sadhus?

[Guest]

<b>Pak spy held at Delhi airport with vital documents</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An alleged Pakistani spy who had been living in Delhi for the last four years was arrested at the international airport just as he was about to leave the country.

Mohammed Sayeed alias Amir Ali (37) was stopped at Immigration on Saturday. On examination, his passport too was found to be false.Mohammed Sayeed alias Amir Ali (37) was stopped at Immigration on Saturday. On examination, his passport too was found to be false. “A Pakistani spy was arrested at the IGI airport yesterday,” Union Home Secretary G K Pillai confirmed on Sunday.

“Pictures of the Meerut Cantonment and sketches of other army bases have been recovered from him,” said a police officer,  who was part of the team that questioned Sayeed. Sayeed has been booked for violating the Official Secrets Act. “He was trying to carry away Indian defence secrets,” the officer added.

<b>Police have also searched Sayeed’s residence in Shahdara, East Delhi. A Pakistani driving licence and other identification papers have been recovered. “We are trying to find if anyone else helped him get the sensitive information he had,” </b>said a  police officer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Guest]

<b>Headhunting took Canadian terror suspect to Kochi</b>

[Guest]

<b>NIA asks Rahul Bhatt not to leave Mumbai.
</b>

<b>Shame on NIA. This is not the way to treat a informer. U have to record his statement not question him.</b>

[ramana]

I think they think he has more to reveal. It could be inadvertent info that he still has and may not know it.