Well the unsinkable Indian media in order to cover their humiliating role on MV Suez and their zero effort of saving their Indian citizens, have come up with a new story against Pakistan, instead of being thankful to its citizens who actually paid ransom and sent its frigate for its protection PNS Babur for the once hostages comprising of 11 Egyptians, 4 Pakistanis and 6 Indians, they have cooked up another story on the MV Suez. Plus major chunk of Indian media is'nt covering this story as it shows their govt.'s cowardly stance compared to Pakistan's role of securing their nationals, even after Rana was acquitted in the Headley case, they're now planting stories tying Headley to Dawood Ibrahim plus other anti-Pakistan content:
Did MV Suez rebuff India's help warship?
TNN Jun 17, 2011, 01.57am IST
NEW DELHI: After all the hullabaloo over why India had not promptly dispatched a warship to protect MV Suez during its passage to Salalah port in Oman, missile frigate INS Godavari did sail close to the merchant vessel on Thursday but got no response from it.
Sources said the reason for the "rebuff" could be "competitive politics" since MV Suez, owned by an Egyptian company and captained by a Pakistani national, is now being escorted by Pakistani warship PNS Babar.
The entire drama over MV Suez, which has six Indians among its 22-strong crew, began on Monday after it was released by Somali pirates following the payment of a $2.1 million ransom.
Indian crew members and their families on Wednesday accused Indian Navy of not responding to their pleas for help after the merchant vessel was threatened once again by pirates. Pakistan, in contrast, rushed PNS Babar to escort MV Suez.
The government, however, said its Navy had "actively coordinated" with other foreign navies in the region to ensure "cover" to MV Suez from Tuesday itself. The only Indian warship deployed in the Gulf of Aden, INS Godavari, was at that time busy escorting two other merchant vessels, with 21 Indians on board them, through the Gulf of Aden.
On Thursday morning, INS Godavari tried to repeatedly raise MV Suez over the "mercantile marine band Channel 16" after closing in to its location but the ship's captain chose not to respond.
"After confirming MV Suez was safe and being escorted by other warships, INS Godavari continued with its original task of escorting the two other vessels. The Navy is continuously assessing the situation and monitoring all developments," said a source.
India, incidentally, had earlier blamed the owners of MV Suez for ignoring the Navy's advice to provide "an armed protection detachment" as well as a tug for technical support for its vessel.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...indian-warship-merchant-vessel-somali-pirates
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India-Pak in war of words over MV Suez rescue
New Delhi: A diplomatic spat has come up barely a week before the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan meet to review the relationship between the two nations. India and Pakistan have been exchanging sharp words on an alleged incident on in connection to the cargo ship MV Suez released by Somali pirates.
Pakistan has claimed that India's INS Godavari, sent to escort MV Suez to Oman, brushed the side of the Pakistani Navy's PNS Babur, which was escorting the merchant vessel.
In its protest to the Indian government, Pakistan said that the Indian ship undertook dangerous manoeuvres, hampered humanitarian operations, and violated international regulations and a bilateral pact.
"This incident constitutes a serious violation of international regulations pertaining to safe conduct at high seas and of the India-Pakistan Agreement of 1991 on Advance Notice of Military Exercise Manoeuvres and Troop Movements," a statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, claimed.
"The Indian government has been asked to ensure non-recurrence of such incidents," the statement said.
The Ministry of External Affairs is expected to issue a sharp denial on Saturday. Government sources have dismissed the Pakistani allegations as brazen and baseless.
MV Suez with PNS Babur escorting it is enroute to Oman and is expected to reach the port by Saturday. The 22-member crew including six Indians, four Pakistanis, one Sri Lankan and 11 Egyptian nationals will then disembark and travel to Muscat. From Muscat, the crew members will be flown back to their respective countries by air.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiapak-in-war-of-words-over-mv-suez-rescue/160346-3.html
Indians reacting to this story:
from Samir More at 11:47 , Jun 18, 2011
Great. Somehow, I like this. Pakistan is never going to improve. So why this one more game of accusations and denials? The spineless government needs to do something about a neighbour that has become too jittery.
from Raghava Rao Karavadi at 11:52 , Jun 18, 2011
Not War of Words only War of Weapons will solve our problems with Paksitan.
from vaithamanithi at 10:01 , Jun 18, 2011
This shows Indian Government's earlier attitude is correct and when the owner is a foreigner and captain is from hostile country, better do not interfere. Let the Media do not make issues from nothing.
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Another story published with the humiliating MV Suez story, regarding the Karachiites who are believed to have paid the ransom:
Indians in Pak ready to work for LeT: Headley
Washington: Some Indians living in Karachi were willing to work with Lashkar-e-Toiba to carry out terror attacks in India, David Headley has said, apparently referring to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port city of Pakistan.
During his five-day testimony before a 12-member jury of a Chicago court that conducted the trial of Mumbai attacks co-accused Tahawwur Rana, Headley made the reference to "some" Karachi-based Indians willing to work with LeT leader Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed aka Pasha for executing terrorist attacks inside India.
In response to a question during the testimony, Headley, a Pakistani-American LeT operative, told the court that Pasha had travelled to Karachi to meet these Indians.
It is well known that Dawood Ibrahim has been living in Karachi for quite some time now and carrying out operations against India. His presence in Karachi, is however, denied strongly by Pakistan, even though India has provided concrete evidence in this regard.
"... he (Pasha) had nationals of India who wanted to work in India," Headley said in response to a question.
"Who did Pasha have?" he was asked.
"He had some Indian nationals in Karachi," Headley said.
"Okay. And when you say work, what were they going to do?" the attorney asked again. "Carry out attacks in India," Headley said in response.
Headley said that after being encouraged by the success of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri wanted him to travel to India again and carry out surveillance for another set of targets, which included the National Defence College in New Delhi and Chabad houses across the country.
"He said that his leadership was very upset about the recent Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, which was in January of that year, and they wanted to retaliate in some way. So he wanted me to go and look at the Chabad Houses again in India," Headley said, referring to his conversation with Kashmiri after the Mumbai attacks for which he said the al-Qaeda leader was very pleased.
By leadership, he meant that the individual was the al- Qaeda number three, whom Headley identified as one "al Masri."
Headley said he agreed to go back to India for further surveillance as the leadership desired. The list of Chabad houses for surveillance was given to him by Pasha, who also directed him to go to National Defence College in New Delhi.
"He (Pasha) said if we were able to conduct an attack on it, we would be able to kill more brigadiers in the Indian army than had been killed in the four wars that Pakistan and India had fought previously," Headley told the court, adding that he received money for tickets, airfare and travelling expenses from Pasha.
Headley said that he copied and pasted this list of Chabad houses in India in a secure email, which was created for security purposes by Rana.
"I thought it would be more secure if I wanted to access it in India," Headley said.
"Why didn't you just keep a handwritten list on your person?" the attorney asked.
"So that if I was stopped and somebody found a list in my pocket, it would not seem right," he responded.
While in India, Headley said he visited New Delhi, Pushkar and Goa. He carried a camera for video surveillance at all these three places and made observations about each location.
In Delhi, he said, he visited National Defence College at least three-four times and took video of the place.
While one of the gates was closed most of the time, the other was open. The security at the National Defence College, he said, was lax.
"I did see a few going in and out of the place. And I noticed the guards seemed very lax," Headley said.
After carrying out the surveillance work, Headley went back to Pakistan where he met Pasha and handed over the videos to him and shared his assessment of these places.
"It (National Defence College) seemed pretty - in my opinion, and I gave that to him (Pasha), that it seemed pretty easy to access that facility," he said.
"He (Pasha) said he was definitely going to work on that," Headley said.
"When he said definitely, did you observe anything about his demeanor?" the attorney asked.
"Yes. I thought what I got from him, that it would be in the near future," he responded.
"Did you have a sense that it was an important target?" he was asked. "Yes," Headley said.
"Was it important to you?" asked the attorney. "Yes", he said.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indians-in-pak-ready-to-work-for-let-headley/160600-2.html
Did MV Suez rebuff India's help warship?
TNN Jun 17, 2011, 01.57am IST
NEW DELHI: After all the hullabaloo over why India had not promptly dispatched a warship to protect MV Suez during its passage to Salalah port in Oman, missile frigate INS Godavari did sail close to the merchant vessel on Thursday but got no response from it.
Sources said the reason for the "rebuff" could be "competitive politics" since MV Suez, owned by an Egyptian company and captained by a Pakistani national, is now being escorted by Pakistani warship PNS Babar.
The entire drama over MV Suez, which has six Indians among its 22-strong crew, began on Monday after it was released by Somali pirates following the payment of a $2.1 million ransom.
Indian crew members and their families on Wednesday accused Indian Navy of not responding to their pleas for help after the merchant vessel was threatened once again by pirates. Pakistan, in contrast, rushed PNS Babar to escort MV Suez.
The government, however, said its Navy had "actively coordinated" with other foreign navies in the region to ensure "cover" to MV Suez from Tuesday itself. The only Indian warship deployed in the Gulf of Aden, INS Godavari, was at that time busy escorting two other merchant vessels, with 21 Indians on board them, through the Gulf of Aden.
On Thursday morning, INS Godavari tried to repeatedly raise MV Suez over the "mercantile marine band Channel 16" after closing in to its location but the ship's captain chose not to respond.
"After confirming MV Suez was safe and being escorted by other warships, INS Godavari continued with its original task of escorting the two other vessels. The Navy is continuously assessing the situation and monitoring all developments," said a source.
India, incidentally, had earlier blamed the owners of MV Suez for ignoring the Navy's advice to provide "an armed protection detachment" as well as a tug for technical support for its vessel.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...indian-warship-merchant-vessel-somali-pirates
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India-Pak in war of words over MV Suez rescue
New Delhi: A diplomatic spat has come up barely a week before the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan meet to review the relationship between the two nations. India and Pakistan have been exchanging sharp words on an alleged incident on in connection to the cargo ship MV Suez released by Somali pirates.
Pakistan has claimed that India's INS Godavari, sent to escort MV Suez to Oman, brushed the side of the Pakistani Navy's PNS Babur, which was escorting the merchant vessel.
In its protest to the Indian government, Pakistan said that the Indian ship undertook dangerous manoeuvres, hampered humanitarian operations, and violated international regulations and a bilateral pact.
"This incident constitutes a serious violation of international regulations pertaining to safe conduct at high seas and of the India-Pakistan Agreement of 1991 on Advance Notice of Military Exercise Manoeuvres and Troop Movements," a statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, claimed.
"The Indian government has been asked to ensure non-recurrence of such incidents," the statement said.
The Ministry of External Affairs is expected to issue a sharp denial on Saturday. Government sources have dismissed the Pakistani allegations as brazen and baseless.
MV Suez with PNS Babur escorting it is enroute to Oman and is expected to reach the port by Saturday. The 22-member crew including six Indians, four Pakistanis, one Sri Lankan and 11 Egyptian nationals will then disembark and travel to Muscat. From Muscat, the crew members will be flown back to their respective countries by air.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiapak-in-war-of-words-over-mv-suez-rescue/160346-3.html
Indians reacting to this story:
from Samir More at 11:47 , Jun 18, 2011
Great. Somehow, I like this. Pakistan is never going to improve. So why this one more game of accusations and denials? The spineless government needs to do something about a neighbour that has become too jittery.
from Raghava Rao Karavadi at 11:52 , Jun 18, 2011
Not War of Words only War of Weapons will solve our problems with Paksitan.
from vaithamanithi at 10:01 , Jun 18, 2011
This shows Indian Government's earlier attitude is correct and when the owner is a foreigner and captain is from hostile country, better do not interfere. Let the Media do not make issues from nothing.
-------------------------------------------------------
Another story published with the humiliating MV Suez story, regarding the Karachiites who are believed to have paid the ransom:
Indians in Pak ready to work for LeT: Headley
Washington: Some Indians living in Karachi were willing to work with Lashkar-e-Toiba to carry out terror attacks in India, David Headley has said, apparently referring to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who is based in the port city of Pakistan.
During his five-day testimony before a 12-member jury of a Chicago court that conducted the trial of Mumbai attacks co-accused Tahawwur Rana, Headley made the reference to "some" Karachi-based Indians willing to work with LeT leader Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed aka Pasha for executing terrorist attacks inside India.
In response to a question during the testimony, Headley, a Pakistani-American LeT operative, told the court that Pasha had travelled to Karachi to meet these Indians.
It is well known that Dawood Ibrahim has been living in Karachi for quite some time now and carrying out operations against India. His presence in Karachi, is however, denied strongly by Pakistan, even though India has provided concrete evidence in this regard.
"... he (Pasha) had nationals of India who wanted to work in India," Headley said in response to a question.
"Who did Pasha have?" he was asked.
"He had some Indian nationals in Karachi," Headley said.
"Okay. And when you say work, what were they going to do?" the attorney asked again. "Carry out attacks in India," Headley said in response.
Headley said that after being encouraged by the success of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, al-Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri wanted him to travel to India again and carry out surveillance for another set of targets, which included the National Defence College in New Delhi and Chabad houses across the country.
"He said that his leadership was very upset about the recent Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, which was in January of that year, and they wanted to retaliate in some way. So he wanted me to go and look at the Chabad Houses again in India," Headley said, referring to his conversation with Kashmiri after the Mumbai attacks for which he said the al-Qaeda leader was very pleased.
By leadership, he meant that the individual was the al- Qaeda number three, whom Headley identified as one "al Masri."
Headley said he agreed to go back to India for further surveillance as the leadership desired. The list of Chabad houses for surveillance was given to him by Pasha, who also directed him to go to National Defence College in New Delhi.
"He (Pasha) said if we were able to conduct an attack on it, we would be able to kill more brigadiers in the Indian army than had been killed in the four wars that Pakistan and India had fought previously," Headley told the court, adding that he received money for tickets, airfare and travelling expenses from Pasha.
Headley said that he copied and pasted this list of Chabad houses in India in a secure email, which was created for security purposes by Rana.
"I thought it would be more secure if I wanted to access it in India," Headley said.
"Why didn't you just keep a handwritten list on your person?" the attorney asked.
"So that if I was stopped and somebody found a list in my pocket, it would not seem right," he responded.
While in India, Headley said he visited New Delhi, Pushkar and Goa. He carried a camera for video surveillance at all these three places and made observations about each location.
In Delhi, he said, he visited National Defence College at least three-four times and took video of the place.
While one of the gates was closed most of the time, the other was open. The security at the National Defence College, he said, was lax.
"I did see a few going in and out of the place. And I noticed the guards seemed very lax," Headley said.
After carrying out the surveillance work, Headley went back to Pakistan where he met Pasha and handed over the videos to him and shared his assessment of these places.
"It (National Defence College) seemed pretty - in my opinion, and I gave that to him (Pasha), that it seemed pretty easy to access that facility," he said.
"He (Pasha) said he was definitely going to work on that," Headley said.
"When he said definitely, did you observe anything about his demeanor?" the attorney asked.
"Yes. I thought what I got from him, that it would be in the near future," he responded.
"Did you have a sense that it was an important target?" he was asked. "Yes," Headley said.
"Was it important to you?" asked the attorney. "Yes", he said.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indians-in-pak-ready-to-work-for-let-headley/160600-2.html
