initiated by Mann on June 09, 2007 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Holy_war_CD_from_alleged_Qaida_wing/articleshow/2110658.cms)
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: A dramatic declaration by little-known Al Queda Hind, claiming to be a chapter of Al Qaida, of a 'holy war' against India put security agencies on their toes as they began investigating the antecedents of the outfit and its links with jehadi organisations.
While the initial assessment of intelligence officials in New Delhi and Srinagar was that Al Queda Hind is an unknown e more
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: A dramatic declaration by little-known Al Queda Hind, claiming to be a chapter of Al Qaida, of a 'holy war' against India put security agencies on their toes as they began investigating the antecedents of the outfit and its links with jehadi organisations.
While the initial assessment of intelligence officials in New Delhi and Srinagar was that Al Queda Hind is an unknown entity, the possibility of any links with well-known Qaida associates like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba is being investigated. In July last year, a similar threat had been made in Srinagar and the call was ultimately traced to downtown Srinagar.
On Friday, in a statement dropped in a post box of a local news agency, Current News Service (CNS), in Srinagar, the outfit said, "We declare righteous holy war against India on behalf of God the great... Jammu & Kashmir has the status of a gateway for holy war in India."
The statement was accompanied by a CD showing a masked man beside an automatic rifle reading the entire statement. The statement was signed by Abu Abdul Rehman Al Ansari, who claims to be the chief of Al Queda Hind.
The formulation that Kashmir was a ‘gateway’ to holy war against India is not new. It has been articulated several times by LeT chief Hafeez Saeed, who has called it the first step to regaining the lost ‘Muslim’ land of Hindustan.
