Who is the main culprit – Sri Lankan Team Attack?
Contributed by Nadia Khan
As per media reports, when Jammat ud Dawah (JuD) / Lashker e Tayyaba (LeT) contacted to clarify their role in Sri Lankan team attack they have very strange answer, “We know that this attack would serve India more than any one, so we weren’t there!” Further questioning was responded with strange facts, “We haven’t missed our targets, even once, and this is a failed attack, so you could identify our role in it!”
By looking at the activities, horror skill sets, and commanding nature of attacks carried out so far by the terrorists including JuD/LeT it is safely said that, “normally they don’t miss their targets especially when they carry suicide jackets.”
The painful history has taught us that so far none of the suicide attacks, carried out by radical forces in Pakistan , were unsuccessful including high profile cases.
With this analysis, some more strange facts came to limelight:
1. The duration of attack was 10 or 11 minutes only & terrorists preferred to run away as quick as possible
2. Terrorists had missed the target – the bus – and they didn’t open the fire at the tires of the bus why?
3. Then only the bus could have stopped and terrorists could use the rocket-launcher easily
4. Or they could capture the team players for their reasons
From various videos, it looks like that ‘terrorists’ have been given a task of indiscriminate firing only for few minutes and to run away from the scene leaving all their belongings especially suicide jackets (why were they not wearing them?) biscuits, bags, launcher, bullets, and large amount of ammunition in a car & rickshaw leaving a foot-print that they wanted to hijack the players bus.
TV reports say that there was only one mobile police van protecting the bus carrying Sri Lankan players and umpires and a traffic police sergeant was on a motorcycle clearing the way. Probably eight young terrorists were standing at the three sides of round about and moment the bus had reached the turning point they started firing at the front Police van & the bus. The firing went on for 10 or 11 minutes (8:35am till 8:46am) only and these terrorists dispersed in nearby lanes.
With first burst of fire on front Police van, those policemen sitting on front seats had received the bullets without getting chance to respond including the traffic sergeant who was suppose to clear the way for players bus. Policemen sitting at the back of same van responded the terrorists attack however as they were surrounded from three sides they couldn’t do much. Meanwhile these terrorists moved away from the scene quickly. Two poor – one on motor cycle and one pedestrian caught in between this firing and lost their lives. God bless all of them including Shaheed policemen as they were the victim of someone’s failed drama!
Surprisingly, the impatient governor Punjab has blamed the same group of terrorists who had carried out Mumbai attacks, within 2 hours while visiting the site. Later, his promise to publish the report within 24 hours didn’t come true and it’s getting delayed further. After that in the night time, Punjab Police confirmed that they had caught two of the terrorists, made the whole situation more suspicious.
Keeping the above mentioned facts in mind one can assume the quality of politicised Punjab Police investigations and it would be another “Closed File” case.
As the motive of this terrorism is not yet known, if some how it could be confirmed that terrorists target wasn’t terrorism and real “requirements” were to divert the attention from the issues of Punjab then it would become a larger conspiracy against Pakistan. Wouldn’t be possible, as Pakistan stake is at risk, either Pakistan Army’s Military Intelligence (MI) or ISI could investigate this incident and unearth the local & foreign hands; probably Indian element RAW and its Pakistani associates!!!!
what the hell kind of NONSENSE is this article?
sorry. It sucks!
Agree with TK…It sucks big time!!!
“With this analysis, some more strange facts came to limelight:
1. The duration of attack was 10 or 11 minutes only & terrorists preferred to run away as quick as possible
2. Terrorists had missed the target – the bus – and they didn’t open the fire at the tires of the bus why?
3. Then only the bus could have stopped and terrorists could use the rocket-launcher easily
4. Or they could capture the team players for their reasons”
Hello?
1. Duration of the attack was longer than 11 minures and the terrorists were in no hurry to get away.
2. Terrorists DID NOT miss the target – the bus – and they did open the fire at the bus but shooting out the tires was not their plan? They DID also throw a grenade under the bus — certainly more effective than shooting at tires — but luckily it was a dud.
3. They DID use the rocket launcher but they missed
4. Capturing “the team players for their reasons” seems hardly to be the plan as the writer herself suggests in the very next sentense:
“it looks like that ‘terrorists’ have been given a task of indiscriminate firing only for few minutes and to run away from the scene leaving all their belongings” What is even more interesting is that the same sentence ends like this:
” leaving a foot-print that they wanted to hijack the players bus.” Huh??? Which one is it? “to run away from the scene” or “hijack the players bus”?
@immature analysis….
I do though agree that RAW is involved and Rehman Malik and Taseer kamina would and have tried their utmost to save India and RAW or perhaps their own failure to protect the respected guests.
the involvement of foreign hands is obvious
nobody should have any doubt about it
the only doubt could be the question, which foreign hand?
it was a failure of security forces, no doubt
but only on the basis of security failure
nobody should say that it was planned
its not a political issue, and this hasn’t made any difference to any politician
i would request pakistanis not to blame pakistan in front of the whole world
I am not sure about the facts which were mentioned in this article but I do suspect that that illegitimate government could be involved. I cannot believe that none of the attacker was caught and they flew flawlessly. At any given time dozens of government agencies operate in big cities. They know every thing. Try to slap an army officer even in plain cloth and run they will arrest you instantly. Or police is so well informed that they even know who is sleeping and on which plang (charpai ).
Our police do not catch criminals, they catch who they want to, and now a days that would be any body who is with the justice movement.
Rule of Thumb:
“Whoever gets the most “benefit” out of an incident “IS” the one responsible for it”.
All of you clever/smart agencies/people.
Here, the most beneficiary is India. Open your eyes.
Havent plowed through a bigger mound of humbug, than this artile, in a long time!
the role of india was quit clear in these attacks but very alarming failure that Govt failed to encash these incidents to get the favor of the international community.
but these politiciens are realy faked people, the role of Sharif Brother was also -ve in this issue.
the real remedy was that everyone should clearly advocated this in the way that india is responsible and in the 15 days the situation would in the favour of pakistan and Mr.zardari had missed the chance to divert the attension of the nation to this issue as the nawaz brother issue’s effects would be diluted in this incident, but sorry the Governor is busy in horse trading & Basent festival preparation,
Sharif brothers are angery and not in power so it is not there responsibility as they are pakistani only when they are in power..
MQM is not interested as it is in lahore not in karachi, ANP is only related to NWFP so leave them, Qazi, Fazal ur rehman not interested, Musharaf is not the president of the country, Chaudries need power from PPP so deaf,
Sorry they people are not responcible but only responcible is the poor pakistanis and their belief towards islam & Pakistan is willing friendship with India but they are not willing the presence of Pakistan the reality based thinking by Pakistanis,
the slogan is fit Pakistan first but PPP says Punjab first…………………
Shame on Pakistani leaders.
LONG LIVE PAKISTAN
I am confused after reading this article. What is the writer trying to imply?
@pakistanimunda
Beats me!
i think this is what happened:
The goal of these terrorists was to take over the bus full of cricketers – create a huge hostage situation that is broadcast live to the whole world and when the rescue attempt is tried kill everyone including themselves.
Luckily due to a faulty grenade, a missed rocket and fast thinking by the bus driver they suddenly realized that they had failed in their goal. So they thought it prudent to run and be able to kill another day.
I am no fan of india but I dont think they are behind this – if it ever cameout that india was behind this the damage would have been tremendous. Furthermore, they already have tons of world sympathy after the bombay attack so the marginal benefit vs. risk was not great. The really sad aspect of the whole attack was that additional police forces did not go to the scene to help their falled comrades. If you read the news accounts this attack took place a few streets from a police station and a police mobile unit was in the adjacent street but they for whatever reason didnot try to kill or capture these terrorists who were literally strolling through the square.
I think the government needs to work on training the police force better!
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