Lashkar-e-Tai-Notgunnawork in Pakistan Anymore

Pakistan says it has shut down five training camps, all publications and banned all websites of the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa and Laskar-e-Taiba terrorist groups, that latter of which has been widely accused of carrying out the attacks in Mumbai.

Is it Clear that I'm Sick of Writing Headlines Yet?

UK Foreign Secretary David Milliband, who made headlines the other day (seen here checking out a goat's arse) decrying the Bush administration's use of the term "war on terror", travelled to Pakistan today to urge the governement to move quicker in their probe of the Mumbai terrorists.

Milliband said he believes Islamabad is committed to uncovering the facts, but says the "whole international community wants Pakistan to go further and go faster."

Milliband has disagreed with India that the attacks were carried out by Pakistani state institutions, but that he has no doubt the attack did originate from within Pakistan.

124

Pakistan arrested 124 suspected militants across the country today. None have been linked directly to the Mumbai attacks. Officials say the moves are part of a larger, seven-weeks-long-so-far operation to rid Pakistan of militants. The operation has also shut down networking websites and publishers of "questionable material."

Gilani

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday that the government had reviewed the information provided by India connecting the Mumbai attackers to Pakistan and concluded the evidence was insufficient.

Gilani said he wants to work with New Delhi to find the truth about the attacks.

Communication Breakdown

Officials with the Indian government announced yesterday they plan to break all business, transport and tourist ties with Pakistan if the latter does not step up efforts in investigating the Mumbai attacks, reports the Pakistani newspaper the Daily Times.   

The official, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, said Pakistan has done "nothing" in assisting India.  

British delegates are meeting with Chidambaram later today.  

Chidambaram did not say when such actions will be taken but said cooperation is needed immediately.  

Ongoing

Spokesmen from India have declared that the lone surviving member of the Mumbai attack is Pakistani citizen, specifically from a small town near Okara.  Pakistan still rejects the claims, demanding more evidence. At the same time, Pakistan and its ISI say they have launched their own investigation.  

Talkin' Smack

India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ratcheting up the rhetoric in his latest accusation of Pakistani official involvement in the Mumbai attacks. Yesterday he made statements saying their is enough evidence, based on the high tech tactics of the attacks and the fragility of the Pakistani state, that the government was involved. "The more fragile a government, the more it tends to act in an irresponsible fashion," he said.

Pakistan denies any official involvement and has called Indian evidence "not credible."

Just to keep in mind, these are two nuclear armed states we're dealing with here.

Uh-Oh

India signaled they may be becoming more assertive in claims of Pakistan's official ties to the Mumbai attacks. I think we better get some diplomats into South and Central Asia, quickly.

Evidence

India handed over the evidence Pakistan requested in tying the Mumbai attacks to "elements in Pakistan," as India is diplomatically putting it. No word on whether or not Pakistan is convinced. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving militant of the attack, claimed to have received his training in Pakistani and calls himself a Pakistani national, though Pakistan claims no record of his being a citizen.