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CIA activities within the country are of course nothing new for India, but an issue which reminds the government of the need for constant vigilance amongst India’s counter-intelligence agencies “to protect the Indian people”, even at a time when the country’s political leadership is desperately attempting to become a “natural ally” of the US.These events, whether in the Gaza Strip or the US Senate, were all disquieting to America’s allies and opponents alike, and collectively contributed to an atmosphere of heightened international tension reminiscent of the Cold War, which has undoubtedly touched India as well.

The Indian Army was also not too unhappy because it allowed opportunities to follow up hot trails before they got too cold. When spymasters of yesteryears choose to co-author a book, it is likely to be an explosive money-spinner, which the market would eagerly lap up, particularly if the authors in their time headed RAW and ISI — the opposing covert agencies of India and Pakistan respectively.This is the background against which the Government of India, on the urgent representation from chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, ordered the Indian security forces operating against separatist militants there to ease up their operations while yet another offer was made for a month-long Ramzan ceasefire in the Kashmir Valley.The vivid media images of the Palestinian intifada in the Gaza Strip, projected on television screens worldwide, were watched by audiences on the subcontinent too, including in the Kashmir Valley. Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018.To a watching world it was a graphic demonstration of iron-fisted crowd control by the Israeli security forces, circa 2018. Some whose heart beat for Pakistan may choose to take inspiration from the pall of black smoke over the Gaza Strip.33rd Day Of Lockdown Total Cases 26,283 1,835 Recovered 5,939 443 Deaths 825 44 Maharashtra76281076323 Gujarat3071282133 Delhi262586954 Rajasthan208351334 Madhya Pradesh194528199 Tamil Nadu182196023 Uttar Pradesh179326127 Andhra Pradesh101617131 Telangana99030725 West Bengal57110318 Karnataka50015818 Jammu and Kashmir4941126 Kerala4583384 Punjab3087217 Haryana2871913 Bihar251452 Odisha100341 Jharkhand6783 Uttarakhand48260 Himachal Pradesh40232 Chhatisgarh37320 Assam36191 Chandigarh28150 Meghalaya1201 Puducherry840 Goa770 Manipur220 Tripura220 Mizoram100 Arunachal Pradesh110 Opinion, Oped Is the Cold War starting all over again? Shankar RoychowdhuryGeneral Shankar Roychowdhury is a former Chief of Army Staff and a former member of Parliament.Intelligence is a black art regarded by some as almost akin to witchcraft. Two such personalities have chosen to co-author a book.

The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace. And this is exactly what happened. Other events, unconnected in themselves, also occurred almost in tandem elsewhere in the world during the same approximate timeframe.At the other end of the spectrum was the unequivocal reiteration at the hearings by Gina Haspel, (since confirmed as the director of the CIA) that under her leadership the CIA would continue to pursue undeterred its national responsibility of “protecting the American people” by conducting intelligence and covert activities across the world.Across the Line of Control, the ceasefire was rejected by Sayeed Salahudeen and the United Jihad Council based at Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This had occurred earlier, and was bluntly rejected by India before the same body. On its own part, India must remain wary and be prepared for Pakistan attempting an updated replay of its 1965 “Operation Gibraltar”, combining massive intifada-style civil disobedience inside Kashmir, with trans-LoC violence by the Lashkar, Hizbul, Jaish, the newest entrant — Islamic State, together with other similar assorted derivatives. Smoke from volleys of rifle fire aimed into crowds by the Israeli Army, mingled with vertical contrails of teargas canisters dropped from above by Israeli drones.Most significant among these was the tectonic presidential decision by the United States to unilaterally “walk away” from the existing nuclear agreement with Iran, and reimpose economic sanctions earlier lifted from that country, peremptorily waving off anxious remonstrations by its European allies.. The proceedings were remarkably candid for their revelations of America’s quasi-official acceptance “in the national interest” of rendition and torture by its operatives at “black sites” in foreign countries to gather intelligence and launch covert “dirty war” operations against countries like Russia, Iran, China and North Korea, which are perceived as the current “axis of evil”.The offer of a Ramzan ceasefire aside, will the Government of India respond to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in Kashmir with a matching “maximally calibrated minimum force” if an “escalated intifada” is ordered by Sayeed Salahudeen and his cohorts, the United Jihad Council? There may also be a possibility that Pakistan will again seek to exploit the Palestine intifada and attempt to reopen the Kashmir issue with the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). But the lessons to be drawn really pertain to India.The Israeli responses were immediate and harsh.In Washington, sharp divisions within the US Senate emerged during the public hearings of the House Intelligence Committee examining Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s choice as the director of the CIA.

There are many things which are best left unsaid. In making the offer, the government had to consciously override strong objections and opposition from the Indian Army as well as its own intelligence community, who strongly felt that going by past experience, this would only offer a breathing space for jihadi groups to recuperate, rest and regroup. Successful operations had already eliminated a large number of militants in the current year and the Army wanted to continue and follow up the hunt. Media pictures of injured Palestinians being carried away on makeshift stretchers filled television screens all day. In intelligence circles, much value is placed on spycraft, but speaking from a purely Indian perspective, such bonhomie, however grudging, between opposing intelligence professionals might be difficult to explain to the ranks of the special forces who carried out the retaliatory surgical strike in the wake of the Uri incident or the Rashtriya Rifles who stalked and eliminated Burhan Wani in Sopore. (Photo: AP) Even as a direct US EuroPlugs presidential directive relocated the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem, symbolically acknowledging it as the de facto capital of Israel, thick clouds of toxic black smoke from burning rubber tires billowed over Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, ignited by crowds waving Palestinian flags surging forward towards border fences in the Gaza Strip, signalling the commencement of another Arab intifada. Published: May 30, 2018, 1:23 am IST Updated: May 30, 2018, 1:23 am IST To a watching world it was a graphic demonstration of iron-fisted crowd control by the Israeli security forces, circa 2018