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Terrorism and Insurgency – India is Lashkar’s true goal: US (Central Chronicle)

India is Lashkar’s true goal: US (Central Chronicle)
Agencies Washington, Mar 13: A resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would no longer satisfy Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the terrorist outfit responsible for 26/11 and attack on Indian Parliament would continue to pose a serious threat to both India and the western world in particular the US, top experts have told American lawmakers.

India-US nuke deal on track: Nirupama Rao (The Economic Times)
India-US nuke deal on track: Nirupama RaoIndia-US nuke deal on track: Nirupama Rao

India, not Kashmir, is Lashkar’s true goal: US congressman (The Economic Times)
India, not Kashmir, is Lashkar’s true goal: US congressmanIndia, not Kashmir, is Lashkar’s true goal: US congressman

Counter-insurgency, then and now (Asia Times)
In Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead , an operation on the fictional island of Anopopei comes to a successful conclusion, but owing to the campaign’s intricacies, no one is quite sure why. Headquarters writes a report crediting the commanding general and in time it becomes official history.

LeT ambitions extend beyond India US experts (Hindustan Times)
Leading South Asia experts say the US should be prepared to take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks, if Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act against the terror outfit that remains its spearhead against India.

Resumption of dialogue with Pak difficult: India (rediff.com)
Voicing concern over Pakistan’s inaction against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, including Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, India on Monday warned that its restraint should not be confused with weakness and said it is ‘very, very difficult’ to resume composite dialogue at present.

‘The biggest threat from Lashkar is to India’ (rediff.com)
In his book Lashkar-e-Taiba, From 9/11 to Mumbai, author Stephen Tankel points out that the 60-hour terror siege on Mumbai had catapulted the LeT to international notoriety.

India warns Pakistan to stop encouraging terrorism (Sify News)
Warning Pakistan that its policy of restraint should not be taken as weakness, India has again asked Islamabad to cease encouraging terrorism saying it can deal effectively with those ‘that pursue destructive agendas against India.’

Resolving Kashmir will not satisfy LeT: Experts (rediff.com)
A resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would no longer satisfy the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the terrorist outfit responsible for 26/11 and the attack on Indian Parliament would continue to pose a serious threat to both India and the western world in particular the US, top experts have told American lawmakers.

Resolving Kashmir will not satisfy LeT: Experts (Business Standard India)
A resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would no longer satisfy Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the terrorist outfit responsible for 26/11 and attack on Indian Parliament would continue to pose a serious threat to both India and the western world in particular the US, top experts have told American lawmakers.

Fiction Chronicle (New York Times)
Novels by Dominick Dunne, Sadie Jones, Melanie Benjamin, Brian Hart and Elizabeth Kostova.

Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raid (8:40 a.m.) (Sun Star)
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit that th read more

For Members (Heritage Foundation)
In the media, President Hugo Chavez seems to be portrayed more commonly these days as a threat to golf, which he considers bourgeois and is trying to eradicate in Venezuela, than to regional stability.

Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raid (AP via Yahoo! News)
The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit that the country’s battle against resurgent extremists is far from over.