WikiLeaks: Pakistan Tipped Off Israel on Terror Threats in India

(Reuters-Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Lt.-Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, told former U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson that "he had been in direct touch with the Israelis on possible threats against Israeli targets in India," according to an Oct. 7, 2009, diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks. Israel's anti-terrorism headquarters publicized a severe travel warning for Israelis in India one week later, on October 15, 2009, announcing that the terror organization that had carried out the lethal attack in Mumbai in November 2008 was planning new attacks throughout India, especially in locations with large concentrations of Western and Israeli tourists.


2010-12-02 10:12:30

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