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‘Dangerous organization’ LeT becoming global threat, warns Admiral Mullen | US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, has described the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) as a very dangerous organization, which has become a significant regional as well as a global threat. Addressing
the media at the US embassy in Islamabad , Mullen stressed that there was a strong
need to take stern action against the organization. “This organization is spreading
fast to the West, getting more active in the region and engaging more with other
terrorist groups. It heightens our concern as it has now turned into a regional
and international organization,” The News quoted Admiral Mullen, as saying. “We
will have to place focus on its eradication, this is an emerging threat,” he added.
The LeT was founded by Hafiz Saeed and Zafar Iqbal in Afghanistan in 1990, with
its headquarters based in Muridke, near Lahore . The group allegedly operates
several training camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir . The organization has
been accused of involvement in many terrorist attacks in India , including the
December 23, 2000 , attack in Red Fort, New Delhi , and the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
It is banned as a terrorist organization by India , Pakistan , the United States
, the United Kingdom , the European Union, Russia and Australia . Earlier, U.S.
intelligence officials had claimed that Pakistan ’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) provided intelligence help to the organization. |
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