From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Indian sleuths trained by MOSSAD engaged to fight terroism
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 23:22:31 GMT


Source	: News India, July 24, 1992
Country	: India

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* RAW-Mossad Nexus Fights Terrorism  

U.S intelligence officer confirms their training in Israel

A crack battalion of Indian intelligence agents back from training in
Israel, a new found ally of India, is all set set to launch a major
counter-terrorism offensive against separatist forces in Kashmir,
Punjab and Assam, News India has reliably learnt.
	India is struggling to contain terrorist activity in these
states.
	News of this super-secret, highly motivated force which has
been trained by "Mossad" - the feared Israeli secret service - has
already reached Kashmiri and Khalistani sympathizers in the United
States, Canada and India, according to News India's sources in their
organization.
	The reason for their fears are valid since Mossad holds a
fierce and enviable record among secret services in the world of
tracking and exterminating terrorist leaders and groups.
	Earlier, after Indira Gandhi's assassination, India had sent
the first team of 'Black Cats' for training in the Jewish state, whose
arrival in New Delhi with Israeli-made Uzi submachine guns had created
a sensation in the press.  They were assigned for the security of
Rajiv Gandhi for a while and later shifted to more pressing
assignments.
	The Tel-Aviv returned Indian intelligence agents have already
been dispatched and are operating from Terai region in Punjab and in
some regions of Maharashtra, which has also become an extended base of
Khalistanis, according to News India sources.
	According to a senior U.S intelligence officer, who confirmed
their training in Israel, India has roughly trained about 100 officers
from the Military Intelligence and the Research Analysis Wing(RAW),
which returned to New Delhi via a third country recently.
	Though details of the exact maneuvers and counter terrorist
operations are hard to get, the government of Prime Minister
P.V.Narasimha Rao is extremely happy with their initial performance,
it is said.  They differ from the old-fashioned RAW tactics of waiting
for their prey and instead go all out in deep strikes against
terrorists in their hideouts.
	In a truly Israeli fashion of mixing with the crowd, the
Tel Aviv trained Indian sleuths have dug in terrorist-infested areas
by establishing 'dhabas' and auto workshops within the combat zones.
They are all equipped with Israeli made Uzi guns, which can readily be
assembled in minutes and can be hidden in air-bags or very small
containers of food or spare parts.  They are also equipped with
sophisticated communication equipment manufactured by Tadiran, an
Israeli company specializing in the manufacture of these equipment,
which can rarely be detected.
	According to highly reliable sources, the Israelis too were
impressed with the performance of the Indian agents after their
training.  The Indian government as a special gesture towards the
welfare of their families is reported to have sanctioned attractive
daily allowance and a sizeable insurance coverage to take care of
their dear ones in case of unforeseen events.
	Defense Minister Sharad Pawar is being credited with the
government's decision to train these forces in Israel.  Prime
Minister Narasimha Rao, who was hesitant in the initial stages of
contacts with the Israelis soon after establishment of normal
diplomatic relations with the Jewish state said to have given a
green signal provided the subject was not given any publicity by his
Cabinet colleagues.
	Though India has historically refrained from maintaining
cordial relations with Israel, there were periodic contacts between
RAW and Mossad since 1950s.  The first Indian intelligence Chief,
R.N.Kao had friends among his Israeli fraternity and is said to have
visited Tel Aviv.  The relationship is based on mutual intelligence
sharing flourished when the threat of a Pakistani nuclear bomb became
a reality.
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