Book on counter terrorism in South Asia released
Source: MSN
New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) A historical perspective on prospects for US-India counter-terrorism cooperation, radical influences in institutional structures and armed forces in the Af-Pak region and related issues form some of the chapters of a book released here today on the thorny issues.
Titled ''Counter terrorism in South Asia'', the book is based on a two-day dialogue that took place last year between Indian and US experts in New Delhi organised by Observer Research Foundation and Heritage foundation.
The book, with a keynote address by India''s National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and foreword by his predecessor Brajesh Mishra, has chapters by experts like Lisa Curtis, Wilson John and Siddharth Vardharajan among others.
Unveiling the book, former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor said that even though the probe into the 26/11 case revealed the role of state players in Pakistan in the terror strike "the use of terrorism as a state policy by that country against India is not new".
Tharoor said that the manner in which the criminal case against Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the masterminds behind the Mumbai attacks, was being handled itself was an indicator of the intent of the Pakistan government.
Comparing the conviction of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab by a Mumbai court in the 26/11 case with the trial proceedings in Islamabad, he said if Lakhvi is released then there should be an option with Indian citizens to drag him back to court with a class action suite, a lawsuit brought by one party on behalf of a group of individuals all having the same grievance.
"Even more, Pakistan is accountable before the UN to explain its actions on why no concerted efforts were made to punish the guilty", he said.
The book also mentions the "strained relations" between New Delhi and Washington over the David Coleman Headley issue and how, after much diplomacy, he was finally allowed to be questioned by Indian authorities in November 2010.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) A historical perspective on prospects for US-India counter-terrorism cooperation, radical influences in institutional structures and armed forces in the Af-Pak region and related issues form some of the chapters of a book released here today on the thorny issues.
Titled ''Counter terrorism in South Asia'', the book is based on a two-day dialogue that took place last year between Indian and US experts in New Delhi organised by Observer Research Foundation and Heritage foundation.
The book, with a keynote address by India''s National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and foreword by his predecessor Brajesh Mishra, has chapters by experts like Lisa Curtis, Wilson John and Siddharth Vardharajan among others.
Unveiling the book, former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor said that even though the probe into the 26/11 case revealed the role of state players in Pakistan in the terror strike "the use of terrorism as a state policy by that country against India is not new".
Tharoor said that the manner in which the criminal case against Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the masterminds behind the Mumbai attacks, was being handled itself was an indicator of the intent of the Pakistan government.
Comparing the conviction of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab by a Mumbai court in the 26/11 case with the trial proceedings in Islamabad, he said if Lakhvi is released then there should be an option with Indian citizens to drag him back to court with a class action suite, a lawsuit brought by one party on behalf of a group of individuals all having the same grievance.
"Even more, Pakistan is accountable before the UN to explain its actions on why no concerted efforts were made to punish the guilty", he said.
The book also mentions the "strained relations" between New Delhi and Washington over the David Coleman Headley issue and how, after much diplomacy, he was finally allowed to be questioned by Indian authorities in November 2010.
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