India blames LeT, which means ‘The Army of the Pure’ in Urdu, for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
A top Pentagon commander, US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard, stated that US special forces were also present in four other South Asian countries besides India. These countries are Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
Willard has said that the special forces were working “very closely” with India on their counter-terrorism capabilities.
We are working very closely with India with regard to their counter-terrorism capabilities and in particular on the maritime domain but also government to government, not necessarily department of defence but other agencies assisting them in terms of their internal counter-terror and counterinsurgency challenges.
The US admiral termed LeT a “very dangerous” organisation and said that it was an important threat. He also added that the group was contributing to terror operations in Afghanistan and was also aspiring to work against Asia, Europe and North America.
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This article from International Herald Tribune should set things straight. Both India AND US say tat news about stationing US special forces in India is factually incorrect.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/344930/india-us-term-south-asia-special-forces-group-stationing-as-factually-incorrect/
A U.S. admiral when disclosing that U.S. special forces are stationed in India said they are 'not necessarily Department of Defense' but other agencies. These are CIA teams -- whose presence India's ministries of defence and external affairs spokespersons would not know about and hence are denying -- with the mission of snatching or neutralizing India's nuclear warheads, as similar CIA teams successfully did in Pakistan. Unless India's nuclear forces trigger India's nuclear warheads emplaced in New Delhi, Washington and New York without further delay (see my blog 'Nuclear Supremacy For India Over U.S.' which can be found by a Yahoo/Google search with the title), the result will be worse than in Pakistan because India's RAW and other forces work for the CIA . I have said Bikram Singh, who has been designated as the Army chief beginning May 31 '12 is a CIA-RAW man and that must not be allowed. India's CIA-RAW government has been in a hurry to bring him in as Army Chief to try and take India's nuclear warheads away from patriotic hands and in the hands of traitors. Satish Chandra
I agree with your statement. While in Pakistan they could not touch ‘Strategic Assets’ and ‘Non-State Actors’. Thanks for kicking them out and placing them on India’s side. I congratulate your Agencies handling. No more soft gloves only hard knuckles.
Come on guys,.If the marines are here, because they want to learn back office processing and call centre technologies. After 2014, they may go on the dole, who knows?. So better to get new employable skills. Ha Ha Ha
Marines or no marines, India needs to fight this war (that pakistan based non-state actors have unleashed) on its own. Btw, the Americans are here (in India) not that they wish to "fight for" India but simply to gather more information from pakistani non-state-actors and their local modules, so as to prevent an attack on America.
Its their own self interest thats driving them this far and wide.
Duh! The Indians have just denied it. Expected, whether the US claim is true or propaganda. Either ways, a 'Special' force is there for a 'Special' task. And India, is too big to allow any kind of permanent presence of foreigners ... let alone foreign troops. It is also mindful of the fact, that know how (getting the work done) is better, than know who (having all weather friends).
Wish the Indian army takes out the marines before taking out LeT. These marines ain't saints either.
@sohaib: when you feel week in-front of any one and depend on their aid then you will have issues, but on the other hand if both countries have mutual benefit then they will respect each-other and will have cordial relationship...India offers US a huge market of wealthy 330 million middle class family equal to US entire population - they will never do anything to jeopardise such huge market for their products...
Most of the World has common cause against terrorism and those countries that sponsor it.
To all Indians. Dont rejoice that Americans are here. You will regret and pray they leave.
@yousuf: keep dreaming, better handle Balochistan,sindh etc.otherwise remember BD
@yousuf: This is not a political issue. Cannot be negotiated. Nope. They are in India with a purpose. And till the problem is sorted they will not leave.
As a Pakistani I say good ! - please do the job that our politicians don't have the backbone to do ourselves
Ashok sai just as they have bombed torabora? have they contained any thing? instaed of any benefit after 11 years they are trying upto their limits to take talibans on table and have negotiation and hide their defeat.....India should stop brutality in kashmir...give the freedom to kashmiries...probably this way india can contain such factors.....
I don't believe this. We Have these american terrorist in our country as well. Not a good news for BD.
welcome to India Marines, let us together remove the scum of the world !!
Is Pakistan being surrounded!!!.....
Instead of containing them, they should bomb the terrorists camps from where it operates.
Those US special forces had to find new assignments once the were kicked out of Pakistan.