Monday, December 01, 2008

Mumbai, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Pakistan and Faridkot...

As Mumbai struggles to return to normalcy in the wake of terrorist attacks, a Pakistani village named Faridkot is being mentioned in the Indian media as the place of origin of the lone gunman arrested by Indian commandos. He has been identified as Ajmal Amir Kasab.

The media, however, conveniently avoids mentioning that there is also a town with the same name in the Indian state of Punjab.

In Pakistan, there are several villages named Faridkot, but three of them — one each in Khanewal, Pakpattan and Okara — attracted the attention of intelligence agencies and media to ‘prove’ that the terrorist was a Pakistani. More...

See also:

  1. Pakistanis on Mumbai: Why do they always blame us?
  2. Mumbai: Would an armed citizenry have prevented the massacre?
  3. Mumbai attacks: intelligence warning "lost in the system..."
  4. Mumbai: signs of an attempted coup in New Delhi?
  5. What is it that Indians have that we don't?

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