FBI team detained at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: A seven-member FBI team was detained at the Chhatrapati Shivaji airport due to some “miscommunication” between officials as it arrived to probe Wednesday’s terror strike but was allowed entry after it provided a list of forensic equipment it was carrying.

Authorities at the airport came in for a surprise when a special plane carrying the FBI team and special forensic equipment landed in the city, official sources said.

The team was detained by the Customs and Immigration authorities as it had neither sought permission to arrive nor had made a request in advance for bringing in the forensic equipment, they said.

Immediately, after being not allowed permission, the FBI team got in touch with their Mission in New Delhi who in turn contacted officials in External Affairs Ministry.

Finally, the issue was resolved and the team was allowed to come in but only after providing the list of equipment that the team were carrying, the sources said.

They attributed this incident to miscommunication between the two sides and added that if prior information was available, the authorities would have placed a liaison officer to receive the team.

FBI would be investigating the case from its side as six American nationals were killed in the three-day-long shootouts.

It was not immediately clear whether the FBI had also registered a case in the matter as it had done in the IC-814 hijacking case of Indian Airlines plane which carried a US national Jennir Moorie.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/fbi-team-detained-at-mumbai-airport-released-later/79432-3.html

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Statement issued by David Ben Gurion, the first Israeli Prime Minister, as printed in the Jewish Chronicle, 9 August 1967:

“The world Zionist movement should not be neglectful of the dangers of Pakistan to it. And Pakistan now should be its first target, for this ideological State is a threat to our existence. And Pakistan, the whole of it, hates the Jews and loves the Arabs.

This lover of the Arabs is more dangerous to us than the Arabs themselves. For that matter, it is most essential for the world Zionism that it should now take immediate steps against Pakistan.

Whereas the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula are Hindus whose hearts have been full of hatred towards Muslims, therefore, India is the most important base for us to work therefrom against Pakistan.

It is essential that we exploit this base and strike and crush Pakistanis, enemies of Jews and Zionism, by all disguised and secret plans.”

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India and Pakistan share common enemy: Rice

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday described the relationship between Pakistan and India as different from what it was a number of years ago, while stressing that “they share a common enemy, because extremists in any form are obviously a threat to the Pakistanis as well as to the Indians”.

Speaking to journalists while flying to London, from where she will depart for New Delhi on Wednesday, Rice said the US has maintained very close contact with Britain and co-operated very closely on issues concerning Pakistan and India. She added that it is fortuitous she is going to be in London for these discussions.

She said President Bush had asked her to go to India to express “our sympathies with and our solidarity with the Indian people, and to express our absolute determination to help in any way that we can to help end this terrorist threat and to bring those who perpetrated this horrible crime to justice.”

Asked whether in her view the Pakistani government was involved, given the sole surviving militant’s reported statement that he was trained in Pakistan and was part of one of the two main Pakistani Muslim militant groups, Rice answered, “Well, what we’re emphasising to the Pakistani government is the need to follow the evidence wherever it leads, and to do that in the most committed and firmest possible way. And I’ve spoken with President Zardari. I’ve spoken with (Indian) Foreign Minister Mukherjee. (US National Security Adviser) Steve Hadley has spoken with his counterpart. And on all scores, the Pakistanis have emphasised their desire to get to the bottom of this and to help in any way that they can. And so I don’t want to jump to any conclusions myself on this, but I do think that this is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and co-operation. And that’s what we expect.”

Rice said, in reply to another question, that Washington has already had very good co-operation with India, and a number of US government agencies are helping support the investigation in any way they can. She added that the US has been concerned about this for some time, the embassy bombing in Kabul being the reason for concern and it would help in any way it can. “In terms of Pakistan, again, the Pakistani government has said that it will be co-operating, it wants to co-operate, and that it’s prepared to follow the leads wherever they go. And that’s what we expect,” she added.

Asked if Pakistan should send its head of intelligence to India as it was at first scheduled, and then abandoned, Rice answered that this is a decision for the Pakistani government to make. She added, “But I do think that it is extremely important that there be the highest levels of co-operation between Pakistan and India at this point, and that means all institutions. And I assume that there is going to be law enforcement co-operation as well as intelligence co-operation in getting to the bottom of this.”

Asked if she was concerned that this could escalate Pakistan-India tensions to the point of actual conflict, Rice’s answer was, “Well, I’d just note that the lines of communication are open between them; that when I speak with the Indians, they talk about the very good initial statements from the Pakistani government. They have talked on the telephone. This is a different relationship than it was a number of years ago. Obviously, they share a common enemy, because extremists in any form are obviously a threat to the Pakistanis as well as to the Indians. So this obviously is a difficult task for this new Pakistani government. It’s still early in the civilian government’s existence. But in speaking with President Zardari and in speaking with the foreign minister, they know that this is a time to step up to the task that they’ve got.”

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\122\story_2-12-2008_pg1_4

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