12-12-2008, 12:52 AM
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Pakistan crackin' down, India overhaulin' security...
Pakistan shuts down charity over terror links
Thurs., Dec. 11, 2008 - Group banned, assets seized, leaders arrested in wake of Mumbai attacks
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Pakistan banned a charity linked to the Mumbai attacks, arrested its leaders and ordered its assets frozen, officials said Thursday. Information Minister Sherry Rehman said that the government had formally "proscribed" Jamat-ud-Dawa. U.S. and Indian officials say Jamat is a front group for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks.
Central Bank spokesman Syed Wasimuddin said all Pakistani banks had been ordered to freeze any of the group's assets. The U.N. Security Council panel on Wednesday declared Jamat-ud-Dawa a front for a terrorists and thus subject to sanctions including an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. Earlier Thursday, authorities in the country's largest city, Karachi, said they had closed nine premises associated with the group, apparently carrying out the order from the central government.
20 arrests
An Associated Press reporter outside one Jamat office in the city said it was locked up and deserted. It was unclear what was happening at the group's large headquarters close to the eastern city of Lahore. Pakistan has arrested at least 20 people, including two extremists alleged by India to be key players in the Mumbai attacks, but India has made it clear it wants to see more action. The attacks on Mumbai, India's financial center, killed 171 people and sharply raised tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, which have fought three wars over the last 60 years.
More Pakistan shuts down charity over terror links - Terror in Mumbai- msnbc.com
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India to overhaul security, intelligence agencies
Official says Mumbai attacks revealed glaring gaps in security systems
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India will create an FBI-style national investigative agency, beef up security and streamline intelligence gathering after a string of lapses — and a torrent of criticism — tied to the deadly Mumbai attacks, the top security official said. The Mumbai attacks that left 171 people dead revealed glaring gaps in the nation's security systems and a shaky intelligence apparatus that missed several warning signs of the siege, which lasted for three days and paralyzed much of India's largest city.
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, the country's top law enforcement official, acknowledged serious failures Thursday. He outlined a new approach to fight terror in the government's first detailed response since an unprecedented outpouring of public anger and a hail of calls for urgent reform.
Besides creating the National Investigation Agency, Chidambaram said India would strengthen coastal security, improve training of local police, draft tighter anti-terror laws and improve intelligence sharing. "Given the nature of the threat," he said, "we can't go back to business as usual."
'We have identified the gaps'
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