I liked A. Veronica Fernandes letter to Arab Times and Goanet. It clearly identified some hard realities.
Unfortunately Pakistan's own government does not seem to be in full control of the country. They are only managing to protect Musharraf no doubt at a great cost and with a complex and expensive security network. It is an undeniable fact that along the entire border with Paksitan and especially the NWFP the tribes are active supporters of Taliban and militant Islam. Since the NWFP is self administered it is largely outside the purview of Pakistani administration. The open air arms and ammunition markets in NWFP province where at some point even Sting missiles were on offer are proof of this. While the Pakistan government may not directly order these bombings in Bombay they are either unable or unwilling to crack down and fully regulate the pro- kashmir groups. These groups have retaliated against Musharraf's control attempts by repeatedly trying to assasinate him. India alleges that that these groups provide moral, material and financial support to the likes of SIMI Students Islamic movement of India. The avowed objective of these militant groups (and also of Pakistan) is to get India to quit Kashmir, one way or another. Musharraf who himself played dirty and organised Kargil. Pakistan will turn a blind eye to this proxy war to keep India in check. What Manmohan is trying to do is to get Musharraf to provide greater co-operation and inside information about activities being planned against India. I imagine that unless there is some monetary benefit to Pakistan they are unlikely to provide such help. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
