Webloggin » It’s a Terrifying World

We’ve been keeping such a close eye on Israel and Gaza, other hot spots around the world have dropped from the news. Reading Laer’s great site, I realized that many of us had put India and Pakistan on the back burner even after the atrocities committed in Mumbai by Muslim terrorists. Today India handed over to Pakistan a dossier on its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks. From the Daily Times:

… an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman said that the material handed over to the Pakistani high commissioner included interrogation reports of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman arrested after the attacks; details of the attackers’ communication links with ‘elements in Pakistan’ and data retrieved from GPS and satellite phones. [snip]

Pakistan has decided to form a joint investigation team of its intelligence agencies – including the FBI and IB – to examine the ‘evidence’ handed over by India, a private TV channel reported.

It would be great if these two countries could work together on this and perhaps arrest the people behind the scene who are also responsible for the brutal attacks, mutilation, terror and ultimate deaths of so many innocent people. From AFP:

New Delhi has blamed the attacks — which left 172 people dead including nine of the gunmen — on the banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which is fighting Indian rule in divided Kashmir.

Boucher refused to reveal any details of the evidence he had seen, but said it was “clear that the attackers had links that lead to Pakistani soil.”

He however said Pakistan’s crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an Islamic charity with links to LeT, showed the country’s “commitment to eliminate sources of terrorism on Pakistani soil”.

Barack Obama will have his plate full when he takes office. Whether the Israel - Gaza fighting is over by that time really does not matter. The Arab-Muslim hatred for Israel never cools and will constantly be a problem around the world. Iran, who wants Israel gone as most Muslims do, is still working on their nuclear program, still arming Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as entering Iraq to cause whatever troubles they can there.