There is a reason why terror attacks have a huge success rate. There is hardly any attack we see foiled. We have become a reactionary object and do not believe in the theory of “offense is the best defence.” The result is here to put us to shame and death. But why we fail on this front, here is the reason:
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
In other countries intelligence agencies preempt and stop terrorist activities, here they are busy in tapping phones of politicians. Sadly our military and intelligence agencies are our biggest enemies.
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
Many a times it has happened that intelligence agencies warned of specific threats but politicians and law enforcers ignored them.
so it is not always the intelligence failure. Pakistanis in general are still pro Taliban. This reflects in their continued support to Taliban linked parties like PMLN, PTI, JUI, JI, etc.
when there was DI Khan jail break, the CM KP was accusing intelligence agencies just like this Taliban ally Ansar Abbasi doing here.
but Dawn reported the same day that intelligence agencies had forewarned of this attack but their warnings were ignored.
DI Khan jailbreak failure of intelligence agencies: CM KP
Jul 30 2013
DI Khan jailbreak failure of intelligence agencies: CM KP
Jailbreak: it wasn?t an intelligence failure for once - DAWN.COM
jul 30 2013
IF it was for intelligence information, Dera Ismail Khan’s Central Prison debacle should not have happened.
On July 27, a letter marked “secret” and “most immediate” by the country’s intelligence agency addressed to the commissioner, deputy commissioner, deputy inspector general of police, district police officer and the superintendent of Dera Ismail Khan central jail, stated: “It has been reliably learnt that miscreants namely Umer Khitab and his associates affiliated with Gandapur Group/TTP are planning to carry out terrorist attack against Central Jail – Dera Ismail Khan on the pattern similar to Bannu jailbreak in near future. According to information, miscreants are in possession of sketch/map of Jail and have reached in the vicinity of Dera Ismail Khan for this purpose.”
The letter went out the day skirmishes broke out inside the prison between prisoners and guards, which say some security officials, was probably the day the attack could have been launched.
To ensure that the letter reached its destination, properly signed receipts were also obtained from offices of the respective officers mentioned in the letter.
The warning was followed by another demarche to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the following day, on July 28, from the National Crisis Management Cell, Ministry of Interior, Islamabad. The letter marked “secret” and “most immediate” “Threat Alert 699” said: “It has been learnt through reliable source that Umer Khitab, along with TTP elements, are planning to carry out Bannu jailbreak-like attack on Dera Ismail Khan Central Prison and for this purpose, the group has reached the vicinity of Dera Ismail Khan.”
The letter went to the KP Home Secretary, Peshawar, Provincial Police Officer, Additional Chief Secretary Fata, Inspector General of Frontier Corps, Inspector General, Prison, KP and Commandant Frontier Constabulary, KP, Peshawar.
To reinforce the urgency of the matter further, officers were again warned through text messages on Sunday to take appropriate security measures. As a consequence, civil and military officers visited the prison to work out a security plan. The home secretary followed up on the threat.
On July 29, hours before the most audacious attack on the prison located in the middle of a populated area, the Dera commissioner held a conference of all law-enforcement agencies and the civil administration to discuss the issue.
The intelligence was not merely confined to information about gathering of militants in Dera. The administration was warned that militants would be launching a three-pronged attack from Sabzi Mandi, Girls Degree College and Town Hall where they parked their 14 vehicles.
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
Whatever it is but GEO is working with India no doubts.
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
There is a reason why terror attacks have a huge success rate. There is hardly any attack we see foiled. We have become a reactionary object and do not believe in the theory of "offense is the best defence." The result is here to put us to shame and death. But why we fail on this front, here is the reason:
Ansar Abbasi is kind a sleeper cell.
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
It was not intelligence failure, but do you realize that there are more than a dozen army checkposts between DI Khan and SWA. Taliban came from SWA and returned without being intercepted??
http://www.dawn.com/news/1077227/di-khan-jailbreak-damning-report
The report notes that over two dozen Mehsud militants, accompanied by several more from Punjab, Uzbekistan and other places, managed to travel all the way from South Waziristan to D.I. Khan. **Once there, they set up pickets at 10 strategic locations around the prison, cutting off security and law enforcement personnel’s access to the area. Shockingly, most of these pickets were located not far from police and military checkpoints. **The militants blew the prison’s gates open with rocket-propelled grenades and over the next 45 minutes or so conducted a “methodical” search of the cells and barracks, freeing prisoners and even identifying and executing four members of a minority sect. Having done so, they dispersed; some headed back to South Waziristan, others melted into the city. All this was achieved with virtually no interference from the security and law enforcement apparatus, which had in the preceding days been beefed up, according to the report.
Re: Ever wondered why terror attacks are not pre-empted?
What is there to wonder about it? We all know the intelligence agency is used against high profile people to keep an eye on them. There is no intelligence coordination among various security agencies. I think they all need Rahman Malik 