US working with India to prevent Mumbai-like attacks
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WASHINGTON: The United States has been working with India, Britain and other partners to prevent a Mumbai-like terrorist attack, says the US State Department.
On Monday, The New York Times reported that the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, which killed 166 people, could have been prevented if there was better coordination among Indian, British and American intelligence agencies.
Also read: US, UK, India spies missed Mumbai terror alerts
“Over the last six years, the intelligence community here in the United States has worked with all of our partners to make sure we’re best positioned to stop attacks like Mumbai before they ever happen again,” US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters in Washington.
The official, however, noted that it’s always challenging to put together all the puzzle pieces from various agencies and depict a comprehensive picture.
She pointed out that after the Mumbai attack US, British and Indian intelligence agencies and their partners had taken steps to improve their ability to prevent these kinds of attacks.
Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2014
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Dec 24, 2014 06:07am
It is such an inspiring thing to see 3 agencies working to prevent terror attacks. I think it is also good for Pakistan to join such forces to avert and stop daily beast attacks of terrorists.
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Dec 24, 2014 06:25am
Forget about Mumbai, your sole focus now should be Peshaware.
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Dec 24, 2014 06:25am
what about preventing palestinian, kashmiri life.
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Dec 24, 2014 06:34am
Why is that one attack more important than hundreds of attacks in Muslim countries including Pakistan. Why not work to stop the attacks in muslim countries.....
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Dec 24, 2014 06:46am
Better intelligence coordination is a plus .. but India isn't that much different than Pakistan and just because your told that something is going to happen doesn't mean you have the will/means to prevent it. Indian's don't want to discuss it .. but they all know what a real "superpower" would have done had a Mumbai Massacre happened on their soil.
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Dec 24, 2014 06:48am
Sometimes I think that India is a mysterious girlfriend of America , she takes from America everything yet enjoy single status without any expectation of giving back , yet at same place Pakistan is like uneducated wife , who thinks that her husband is GOD and she's just born to please her husband.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:09am
She is saying that we are working with india to prevent Mumbai like attacks, but she forgot to mention Peshawar like attacks. I think they are working to carry out another one.
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Dec 24, 2014 07:23am
Shouldn't USA work with both India & Pakistan instead of just India?
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Dec 24, 2014 07:23am
We are working with people here we are working with people there but what are you producing? Anything?
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Dec 24, 2014 07:28am
Has US worked with Pakistan to prevent such attacks? No. And Pakistan is US strategic partner (supposedly).
US has not been to control BLA and TTP activities in Afghanistan. And they have played havoc in Pakistan. Why not?
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Dec 24, 2014 07:51am
Good show....in case of another attack the government in India would be under a tremendous pressure...to make it painful for prepatators of a brutal crime!
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Dec 24, 2014 07:56am
They should work for roit free India also.
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Dec 24, 2014 08:13am
Shouldn't US be working with Pakistan to prevent such attacks by Islamic terrorists *anywhere*?
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Dec 24, 2014 08:20am
Shouldn't they be working with Pakistan??
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Dec 24, 2014 08:24am
fiends are really worried India might be the next
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Dec 24, 2014 08:39am
Why not work with Pakistan also to prevent peshawar like incidents?
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Dec 24, 2014 08:54am
All the good forces should unite against the satanic forces.
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Dec 24, 2014 08:59am
Read the full report http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/world/asia/in-2008-mumbai-attacks-piles-of-spy-data-but-an-uncompleted-puzzle.html?WT.nav=top-news&action=click&module=photo-spot-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=top-news
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Dec 24, 2014 09:22am
Terrorism prevention and control is expensive. It is large drain on economic development. I find that many people sympathize with terrorists by stating "it is due to wrong Middle East policy of US ....". I think these sympathizers must be controlled too, to promote global peace and prosperity.
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Dec 24, 2014 09:24am
You want to prevent? Then push pakistan to hand over saeed to India.
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Dec 24, 2014 09:28am
Why can't they do anything on their own :)
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Dec 24, 2014 09:37am
Very good ..
Dhire dhire hi but sabko akal aa hi gayi that we will have to fight with terrisom together. Keep it up
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Dec 24, 2014 09:49am
If India is so sure of the attackers, why don't they ask the world court to try the case with evidence in open courts of law..
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Dec 24, 2014 10:53am
Tell notonly the Pakistanis when you (USA) did not work with India on any issue.
The USA kept promising that sixth fleet was reaching East Pakistan and did not even after the tragic fall of Dhakka (1971).
Now it is a US newspaper which broke thenews aboutcollaboration of US-UK-India trio beforeeMumbai incident. That too,accordingtoa retiredIndian Officer, had been stage managed by RAW to win your as well as world's sympathies.
SHAMEON US AND INDIA.........................
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Dec 24, 2014 10:54am
7/11 London attacks, 9/11 New York attacks, 27/11 Mumbai attacks, 16/12/2014 Peshawar attacks, was and is an eye openers for all, specially for Pakistan, because of its more links, 7/11 home grown British Born but Pakistan origin who were trained in Afghanistan, 27/11 attackers were from Pakistan.
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Dec 24, 2014 11:05am
@Atta I'm Indian but couldn't stop laughing at you comment. Well put though :-)
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Dec 24, 2014 11:45am
@freeTalker Preventing life? Only terrorists try to do that.
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Dec 24, 2014 11:47am
@Akil Akhtar If the Muslim countries, where most attacks take place but also originate from the previous strategic assets, can be trusted. Recent history has not been rosy about such cooperation.
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Dec 24, 2014 11:50am
USA needs 1B population to sell their toothpastes, sodas, condoms, computers etc etc thus the buttering... snake is no one's friend. its all economics!
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Dec 24, 2014 11:56am
@Akil Akhtar Because the attacks are from within and not external.
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Dec 24, 2014 12:04pm
@freeTalker Kashmiri life may be much better than current Pakistani state of affairs.
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Dec 24, 2014 12:12pm
How about stopping terror in Kashmir at the hands of the Indians. Or maybe it's not best in their interest.
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Dec 24, 2014 12:47pm
Intelligence departments from all countries should unite. Be it US, Britain, India, also include Pakistan and Afghanistan who are the home grounds for terrorists. New York, Mumbai, Peshawar and God knows who next. A joint fight against all forms of terrorism including the current good terrorists like LeT, JuD etc. need to be countered. We need to understand that terrorists are terrorists. Like TTP, even LeT would back fire for Pakistan itself and the world someday.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:14pm
Learning from history since 9/11, all countries working with America to fight terrorism has actually made things worser. Some regional countries which were only providing help to US on the so called war on terror have become the main victims of terrorism. USA please dont care for others and rest countries seem cowards never speaking against the USA. Keep licking the real cause of terrorism.
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Dec 24, 2014 01:58pm
@Akil Akhtar it says "preventing" "Mumbai-like" attacks. How does that give Mumbai more important than any other attack? Wasn't Peshawar a Mumbai-like attack? When so many governments across the world want to contribute towards preventing such attacks, why not use them for Pakistan's benefit? I don't get what's wrong in using Mumbai's name - when so many people relate to it.
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Dec 24, 2014 02:00pm
@Mumbai shouldn't Pakistan be "really" working with them? And not play a double game for 10 years. It will take Pakistan double time to regain the trust it lost - and that too even if it wants to regain the trust.
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Dec 24, 2014 02:08pm
@G o Gujjar Gujjar If mumbai was stage managed by India then Peshawar for sure was stage managed by Nawaz Sharif to show Imran Khan in poor light and end his dharna.
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Dec 24, 2014 02:16pm
They should work with Pakistan to stop terror attacks in the world.
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Dec 24, 2014 02:27pm
@Atta ? Did not really understand your comment? US favor to India and no favor to Pakistan, is that what you meant?
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Dec 24, 2014 02:57pm
In spite of enormity of Peshawar attack world community's reaction is very muted. No one is talking about it where they are still talking about mumbai attack even after so many years.
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Dec 24, 2014 04:00pm
In short, Pakistan is not listening to US. CIA has been driven out of Pakistan. Now they want to pitch tent in India.
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Dec 24, 2014 09:07pm
All intelligence agencies must be on one page.
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Dec 25, 2014 02:42pm
Strange, just review their statements seems like these three agencies are behind Peshawar attack.
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Dec 25, 2014 03:01pm
@Homer fitst Pakistan need yo show some seriousness after that only they can rxpect something in return......
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