WikiLeaks: Kayani warned India of possible attack on Israelis
The latest cache of cables released by WikiLeaks revealed Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had warned the United States about a possible terror threat to Israelis residing in India, WikiLeaks reported revealed. According to reports, the whistleblower also reveals that this alert was conveyed to Israel as well.
Reports also suggested Kayani wanted America to convey this alert to India. The warning from the Pakistani army chief came reportedly after Israelis were targeted during November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Nariman House, a Jewish outreach centre in Colaba, Mumbai was seized and attacked by four terrorists during the 26/11 terror strike.
Six of its occupants, including Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, who was five months pregnant, were killed in the attack. Their two-year-old son Moshe survived the attack after being rescued by his Indian nanny, Sandra Samuel.
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari stopped the Pakistan Army chief from conducting an operation in Waziristan, WikiLeaks revealed, a private news outlet reported.
In a diplomatic cable sent to Washington on October 6, 2009 the then ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson wrote about her meeting with Army chief Kayani. According to the cable, Kayani informed her that President Zardari had stopped the operation in Waziristan till spring due to political reasons.
During their meeting, COAS informed the US ambassador that he had met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar, but the purpose of this meeting was not political. ISI chief Lt General Shuja Pasha was also present during the meeting between the US ambassador and COAS.
According to the cable, both Kayani and Pasha opposed certain aspects of the Kerry-Lugar bill stating that they were against the Pakistan Army and would negatively impact Pak-US relations. On the issue of back channel diplomacy with India, COAS said that the US ambassador should speak with President Zardari. The cable also stated that both Kayani and Pasha wanted back channel diplomacy with India to be successful.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 6th, 2011.
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I am surprised how everybody conveniently missed the point in opening paragraph "The warning from the Pakistani army chief came reportedly after Israelis were targeted during November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack." So WHO and HOW did he show ANY intention to warn India or USA against attack on Israelis ????
you mean, he warned "we are planning to attack....." ?
@BruteForce: dumbness has no boundaries?
So if attack has to happen in India you want our ARMY to go and save israelies in india? He shared intel it was the duty of americans and indians to secure Israelis?
@Abdul Wahab:
"Muslims traditionally never ever accepted their land been taken away, they wod die defending their lands and ppl."
All lands were non-Muslim to begin with !! If lands can become Muslim, they can un-become Muslim too.
@Humanoid:
Well, since India is mighty it settles the Kashmir issue then.
Think about it. Who is Hafiz Saeed causing more harm? He might be able to kill a few people here and there in a population of 1 Billion, once every few years. But, how many have his kind killed in Pakistan? How many lives has he ruined by his indoctrination.
Go ahead keep him. How many people have died in the past ten years? I hear 30,000+, according to Pakistani newspapers. How many have died in India, including Mumbai? Few hundred? You do the math.
You are right might is right. Hafiz Saeed is pretty mighty too!
Sir there are some Pakistanis in Pakistan also under threat kindly look forward to them also thanks.
Kayani tried to be calculative and not a good Samaritan based on his anti India outburst in the past. India and Pakistan have diplomatic relations and are neighbours. What prevents Pakistani leadership from informing Indians straight away instead of through third party? Unless and untill Pakistani establishment disowns 'all' terrorists they will find 'good' ones turn against them one day or other.
For all those crying foul over 26/11 please wake up and see the bigger picture.
Both countries will continue working (either covertly or otherwise) against each others interests. Whether its breaking up the other country or attacking their parliament, the seeds of mistrust and hatred will remain until the root cause of of our differences is settled, sadly an issue constantly put on the back burner by the Indian leadership and conveniently obliged by ours!
His effort must be appreciated.
@Sonam Shyam:
Please say some thing new.
@Adeel Ahmed on Feroz
Before advising other to do research you should follow that first. The link you have provided clearly says only leaders not involved, meaning what ?
@Adeel Ahmed to Sonam Shyam some how bigots like you still think Army is hand in gloves with the terrorists…
Do you know why journalist Saleem Shazad was murdered ? by whom ?
@Feroz: If you haven't read or just plain forgotten... let me inform/remind you...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/179550/isi-leadership-not-involved-in-mumbai-attack-planning/
Maybe you should do your research before churning out trash about ISI...
@Sonam Shyam:
Indians need to sort their own mess out. Kiyani was just being a good will ambassador by warning of possible threats since he would have some intelligence about the same. Army is fighting the Taliban and terrorists, have laid down thousands of lives fighting these terrorists, and some how bigots like you still think Army is hand in gloves with the terrorists... what an idiotic thought. It is in fact India and its second most popular political party, ie BJP/RSS that breeds terrorists... one example is Col. Prohit who was a serving army officer and killed dozens of Muslims... India has and will keep having terrorist attacks from Muslim groups, sepratist groups, naxalites, etc, unless India sorts itself and its land-grabbing, human rights violating mentality.
Pakistan is facing its own problems and we are trying to get rid of what Americans and Pakistan together created in the past.
“The cable also stated that both Kayani and Pasha wanted back channel diplomacy with India to be successful.” So what’s the fuss about?
Please find the proof against LET. They are terrorists with the main aim to make India realise its folly in Kashmir, which should now be resolved after 64 years. That is all they want. India shuld also become more m ature in its dealings instead of acting like a small child and uinderstand the motivations of these terror organisations who want the two countries to be enemies so they can continue in their hate. Look at the way the Sri Lankan people acted when their bus of cricketers were attacked how humble they were, no war drums, they understood it was a terror act that could happen anywhere int he world. The fact that Kayani informed about the attack on Israelis, he was doing his job.
@gothmog: You're right. Being from the US I find a lot of reactions to sincere positive intentions that have happened being treated like a part of some fantasy master plan misplaced and ridiculous. I also see many others annoyed when it happens. There's not too much difference in this instance beyond who is at which end of whatever. People should think before saying something negative about this if they aren't a fan of the idea of being a hypocrite.
@gothmog:
Words are cheap. Action is what is required. Since, he knows that the hit is going to be committed by the LeT, why not just arrest its cadres?
None other than than the UNSC has said Hafiz Saeed is a Terrorist. But, he is still roaming free.
The Pakistan Army went out of its way in showing its goodwill. Show some appreciation
9/11 and 26/11 are the incidence which has moulded the world opinion in favour of war against terrorism and athorised the west to take even unilatral action against the Islamic Jehadee force wherever they are breeding and getting shelter .The on going war against terrorism is now irreversible and will continue till there exist the issue of Israil and Kashmir .9/11 and 26/11 are the incidence which has moulded the world opinion in favour of war against terrorism and athorised the west to take even unilatral action against the Islamic Jehadee force wherever they are breeding and getting shelter .The on going war against terrorism is now irreversible and will continue till there exist the issue of Israil and Kashmir .
COAS informed the US ambassador that he had met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar, but the purpose of this meeting was not political
I didn't understand this, is he report like a school boy to him, that I met him and him and him for this and this and this purpose.
Seriously this wikileak is another source of big fitnaa.
They are making people believe what they are saying are authentic and true and blah blah with a little bit of truth.
After a while when people are used too of this news item, they will twist the messages and if anyone wants to stand in front due to change of heart they will black him with the past and since people become prone to rely on Wikileak but not on person. So imagine the consequences of it!!!
If this is news it is a confirmation of what is being denied till date that the ISI was not only well aware of the 26/11 Mumbai massacre but actively involved. The testimony of Tawahur Rana and Daood Gilani in US courts and now the NY case brought by victims of 26/11 will further put the Establismen in the dock. The only innocents in this sordid terror act are the much maligned Politicians, who are always in the dark like in the Kargill fiasco.
If anybody knows it's Kayani and if anybody would lie, it's Kayani once again.Classic catch-22 situation for India.
It's amazing isn't it? Kayani, the de-facto ruler of Pakistan, is either terribly complicit or terrifyingly incompetent, when it comes to tackling jihadis. He is warning against attacks on Israelis in India but he is doing precious little to punish the jihadis who perpetrated 26/11 attacks, which killed 6 Israelis among 160 other causalities. The farcical 26/11 trial in Pakistan is going no where and the LET is still as active as ever. The jihadi assembly line in various Pakistan based, army blessed, terrorist camps is churning out graduates to its full capacity and Kayani has the temerity to pontificate about the potential threats form these same jihadis to the world. What a cruel joke!