New Delhi, April 1
With the USA pre-occupied in operation “Iraqi Freedom” an emboldened Pakistan has taken the opportunity to give a fresh impetus to its anti-India activities and has not only opened up new training camps for the mercenaries but has set up “launch camps” at various places along the Line of Control (LoC).

Intelligence reports here suggest that at least five new launch camps have come up along the LoC from where hundreds of mercenaries are waiting for the moment to enter India. Besides, Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has opened various training camps on a big plot of land in Muridke, a region neighbouring Muzafarrabad in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

These new camps have only been set up due to lack of attention the USA is giving to the region. Apparently having almost lost interest in Afghanistan due to its operations in ousting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the USA has also been turning a blind eye to the Pakistan’s anti-India activities.

Government sources here said the “launch camps” have come up in the Hasan region in the forward Kahuta area in Nakiyal, Khoi Ratta, Samahni and Dhali Bagh.

However, what is new about these new camps is that the recruits or the mercenaries have direct instructions from the ISI to get themselves inducted without any pre-activities. There are strict instructions from an ISI commander identified as Brig Nasir Hussain, who is also the Director, Operations, Kashmir Wing, in the Pakistani agency that none of the men to be inducted into India should be seen overboard.

The recruits are presently being taken care by an organisation called the refugee management centre. The instructions for the men are that they must not stay in the screen posts, they should not make any reconnaissance movements along the LoC and that they should be sent in a checked and controlled manner and most importantly there should be no covering fire from the Pakistani forces for these men.

The same instructions have reportedly also been passed on to the Chairman of the Muttahida Jehadi Council (MJC), which has also been coordinating terrorist activities against India.

Intelligence reports further said the plot having the camps was covered with tall trees. More importantly, reports suggest, that a huge signboard of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has been put upright at the entrance of the area. This, despite the fact that the USA and Pakistan have both banned the organisation publicly.