35 GUOUPS INVOLVED IN MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS!.

In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks in which six Jews were killed,Israel's Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs, also called the security cabinet, has declared 35 groups, mainly active in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and North Africa as terrorist organizations.

'In a comprehensive discussion held on the issue of Global Jihad, Israel's security cabinet recently decided that these organizations, with affiliation to Al-Qaida and Taliban, will be subject to strict monitoring and enforcement actions as per the laws against money laundering and financing of terrorism,' security sources told.

'These declarations are a significant measure in the international struggle against the financing of terrorism and are designed to put Israel in line with those Western countries, especially the United States, that are also using economic means in dealing with terrorism and it will also assist Israel in locating funds designated for terrorist organizations in the Middle East,' they said.

The decision is said to have been based on extensive staff work by the National Security Council and even though these organizations do not necessarily act againstthe Jewish state, Jerusalem is taking measures to aid international efforts against financing of terrorism. The decision obligates banks and financial institutions to report any activity suspected of being related to these organizations to the Israel Money Laundering and Terror financing prohibition Authority.

Among the notable Pakistani organizations included in the list are Aid Organization of the Ulema, Al Akhtar Trust International, a financier of which has been linked to the murder of Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief, Daniel Pearl, Al Harmain Foundation of Pakistan, Al Masjid Al Aqsa- Aqsa Foundationand Al Rashid Trust.

All these organizations have been accused of having links to Taliban and the global Al-Qaida network.
The Al Harmain Branch of Bangladesh and several organizations of Afghanistan have also been listed among terrorist organizations, sources said.

The National Security Council is likely to submit names of additional foreign individuals and organizations for security cabinet approval to aid the fight against global Jihad.

Pakistan ready to ban Jamat-ud-Dawah :Yousuf Raza Gilani

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani confirmed on Wednesday that Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who Indian investigators suspect to be the mastermind behind the Mumbai attacks, had been taken into custody in a crackdown on the group.He also hinted that Pakistan is prepared to impose a ban on the LeT front Jamat-ud-Dawah and take action against the founder-leader of both, Hafiz Saeed, if it was designated as a terror group by the United Nations Security Council.
In addition, he confirmed that Zarar Shah, named in a New York Times report as a communications expert of the LeT and a “central character” in the plot, and a possible “liaison” between the group and the Inter-Services Intelligence, was also in custody.
Speaking to reporters in his hometown Multan, Mr. Gilani, however, said he did not know about the reported action against Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. A Pakistani newspaper had said authorities had “confined” Azhar to his home in Bahawalpur which, like Multan, is in southern Punjab province.
“About the other two [Lakhvi and Shah], yes. We are investigating them,” Mr. Gilani said, in reply to a question about all three. “As far as Maulana Masood Azhar is concerned, I have not received any report about him.”
The Prime Minister said if India provided evidence of any Pakistani’s involvement in the Mumbai attacks, action would be taken against that person or persons in accordance with Pakistani law.
“If the Indian government provides evidence, we will take action; we have already started taking action on our own, and that is a good message for our neighbour country and for the whole world that Pakistan is a responsible nation and is taking action on its own,” he said.
He denied the actions were being taken under pressure from India and the U.S. Mr. Gilani declined to answer a question about the Indian allegation that all attackers were Pakistanis, and said he would wait until full investigations had been conducted.
Asked about the possibility of a ban on the Jamat-ud-Dawah in case the U.N. Security Council designates it as a terrorist group (Pakistan’s permanent representative to the U.N has said this could be considered) Mr. Gilani said the world did not differentiate between the JuD and the LeT. “Lashkar-e-Taiba is a banned organisation. If the office-bearers of [the LeT] become part of a new group, then tell me what should we call such an organisation. They are not making a differentiation between the [LeT and the JuD]. They are considered one and the same.”

“U.S. verifying reports”

Warning of “unintended consequences” if Pakistan did not act against the “non-state actors” who used its territory to stage attacks in Mumbai, the U.S. on Wednesday said it was “working hard” to verify what Islamabad was actually doing against such elements.
“... I think we have to be concerned because it’s obviously a time of great outrage in India. And what I emphasised was that this was a threat to both Pakistan and India, these terrorists,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview to the National Public Radio.

‘Army not mobilising troops on border’

New Delhi:

The Army is not mobilising troops on the border with Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai terror strikes, a senior Army official said on Sunday, scotching speculation in this regard.
“We have not received any orders from the government for moving our troops to the borders and there will be no [2002] Operation Parakram-like mobilisation,” the official told PTI here.
After the Parliament attack in December 2002, India had mobilised troops on the western front creating an eyeball-to-eyeball situation for 11 months but no war was fought.
The official also said the border ceasefire was well in place.