Pakistan said two Indian Air Force planes violated Pakistani airspace on Saturday, one along the Line of Control in Kashmir and the other near Lahore in Pakistan proper. Pakistani officials said Pakistani jets on patrol chased the Indians away and that the Indian Air Force, upon being contacted later, told them it had happened accidentally.
The Indian Air Force, though, has told the media that none of its planes had violated Pakistani airspace. There has been no official response from the Indian government.
What is really going on here? Is it a case of nerves jangling, or perhaps the Pakistani establishment is building up war hysteria against a foe they know all too well the country will unite against?
Or, on the flip side, the Pakistanis are right and the intrusions by the Indian jets did take place? Was New Delhi making an aggressive display, part of the “controlled escalation” that some people have talked about to force Pakistan to act for the Mumbai attacks?
[Indian Su-30 fighter jets.Reuters pic}]
These are dangerous times to be making “inadvertent” violations into each other’s territory. You would think if you were flying close to the Line of Control in Kashmir or near the international border in Punjab at this time of heightened tensions, you would be even more careful.
But two violations on the same day, both as some in the Pakistan press have pointed out near camps of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and you begin to think this has to be taken seriously and not dismissed outright.
Stratfor said given the tensions between the two nuclear neighbors after the Mumbai attack, and the details of the intrusions, it is unlikely that these incidents were accidental.
Rather, it said, New Delhi was increasing pressure on Islamabad to take concrete action not just against militants, but more importantly their sympathizers within the Pakistani military-intelligence establishment.
Pakistan has acted by banning the Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a charity linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which India accuses of masterminding the Mumbai attack, and arresting its leaders. But Delhi says Islamabad has banned groups in the past, only to ease the pressure on them later, and that, it says, is now unacceptable.
[A view of a madrasa near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir]
So are the foes on a steady escalation path? And can you really control this from start to finish?
Pakistan is already chafing at the U.S. raids and missile attacks on its western border, the latest one only this week. Does it now face Indian pressure on its eastern flank?
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Well said vijay..
- Posted by nandathe pic shown is of mig-29’s & not of sukhois as mentioned
- Posted by meenal joshiTRUTH UNFOLDED:
- Posted by PeaceAjmal Amir Kasab, an accused in the Mumbai carnage was originally arrested in Nepal and kidnapped by Indian intelligence agencies. Nepal had arrested Ajmal Kasab before 2006 and handed him over to India. It should be noted that there was no visa requirement for Indian nationals and they could visit Nepal even without a passport. Kathmandu had become a hub of Indian intelligence agencies which freely operated there and faced no resistance from law-enforcement agencies even if they chose to kidnap somebody for taking him to their country. source http://www.dawn.com
Indian leadership is weak. India is under tremendous preassure internally to strike. Congress knows that if they strike, they may win the next year election. India violation of airspace was deliberate and was testing PAF capability. Just today the Indian FM issued a statement that All options are on table.
Pakistan should be ready and should strike hard if Indians tries to strike in Azad Kashmir. I don’t want to see a war but limited war may happen, I hope I am wrong. In addition, I don’t see India being any power in this world, all the big powers have safe neighborhoods, India can’t even lead peace in the region, only 10 terrorist can rattle this country.
- Posted by eddyvijay & all other idiots
- Posted by Peacewhat a long stor from you, but nothing specific — use your garbage of words on you hypocratic media — we are not willing to hear you false stories and presumptions on baised believes. Give us the pinpoint answers to the questions asked in my previous comments — well about your immoral country i have nothing to say for a place where even now baby girls are killed on birth or mothers get abortions for carrying girl pregnancy - see kapil dev selling this story now a days on all indian channels. All the statistics shown are not significant for a country representing 1/6 of world population.
Umair/Peace,
I am willing to go to hell 100 times if pakistan is deleted from the map for the life,safety & security of India & this Planet.I am surprised that you find atrocity against muslims, What about east turkestan & xianjing where islam is really buthchered they are nice friendly chinese people for you because they protect pakistani,what about Africa where christians in 1902 from zero went upto 300 Millions.Compare that to india where from 9% muslim population it is now 13% & you brand hindus as the most violent race,I have been to many countries in the world while we may have filth & dirt,everybody can smell fresh air here without exception can u say same thing anywhere including your saudi arabia.You treat us as dogs even if our nurses cares your sickest patient with kindness.What kind of morality & justice is this man,that your bloody sick sheikhs who is 60 year old picks a 14 year old girl for his lust.All your terrorist attacks have been only on poor & ignorant people, why don’t you teach in your madrasa how a dawood can drink in his bar and get himself a strip tease with some bolywood actress and he is the epitome of islam.Is Jihad & fatwa only for people who travel in trains & buses & against poor people in somalia/nigeria/dafur.Is there no fatwa against the chinese who thrust the porks on your islamic brother & hang them in the tree.What about a fatwa against all the people who sell heroin to college grads,what about a fatwa or jihad against people who try to use 14 year old innocent kids to wield AK47, is there no hope for him in the islamic world.
Islam in pakistan is not religion of peace but a religion of terror which unleashes crime against innocent,weak & defenceless people.Don’t talk about Indians as idiots whereever we have gone our companies have built hospitals, educational institutes & trained the workers to earn better salary & contributed to the economy by paying taxes without selling hinduism to the people in africa unlike you who sold islam or the christian missionaries or the chinese who swindle those countries.Our culture of 5000 years has among many traits ahimsa (Non Violence).The most oppressed people in this world are the hindus & the african tribes.When i see the genocide in darfur,somalia,mumbai,nigeria,philipines i hate islam more than ever.If Mohammed & his stupid religion had not given birth in this world we would have saved millions of poor defenceless people.Just because you have oil money is it your right to kill everyone who does not preach islam.
Let us be clear you can call me a dog i will agree, you call me a idiot i will agree but if you call India or Indians anything then my fury will burn you.
The most talented Indians know how to defend ourself by advancing aggressively our advancement in science & technology,without chest thumping we will work in our laboratory day & night to defend ourself from world,s aggressor.Trust me even with the chinese support and many jai singhs within India, we will still crush you decisively.This is for justice against those barbarians who killed us in cold blood poor,defenceless, hardworking people in our railway station.You, Your corrupt army,your ideological terrorists, your cunning, manipulative mind,your stupid maulvis will be brought to book.The chinese will one day take over you, then the iranians & the whole middle east without you noticing also.It is a pity that you,your army, your leaders never got you freedom, you have been cursed for life to be slaves to americans or chinese or saudi arabians or some religious fanatics or taliban.None of you built a country of Pakistan where you thought what was in interest of pakistan.You have identity crisis whether you are a muslim first or a pakistani.If i were a pakistani i would first sort that out by identifying first as a patriot of pakistan & then will allow other consideration.Teach history of turkey in your madrasa not the sheiks book or criminality of osama or hypocracy of dawood.
- Posted by Vijay