LeT says will investigate, Hurriyat to convene executive body meet
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar: Media organizations in Srinagar on Friday received a CD statement supposedly from Al Qaeda stating that the organization is declaring a war on India.
The fifteen minute CD showing a man Abu Abdul Rehman Ansari, claims that he is a top Al Qaeda leader. The man appearing in a mask speaks in Arabic and Urdu while announcing 'Jihad' (holy war) against India lashes Hurriyat leaders and United Jihad Council for supporting ongoing peace process in Jammu and Kashmir.
In an attempt to hide the location of shooting, a black background has been given to the speaker in the video.
The speaker railed against mainstream and Sepratist leaders in Kashmir,' naming them as Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat; former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and current Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
He also said the Muzaffarabad-based United Jihad Council and its chief Syed Salauddin were supporting and protecting Hurriyat leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
The VCD showed photographs of all of them as the speaker called out their names.
A pro-Pakistan militant group Lashker-e-Toiba said that it will investigate the contents of the CD by its own way. A caller identifying himself as Dr Abdullah Gaznawi, spokesman of LeT, told News Agency of Kashmir that a similar kind of reports about presence of Al-Qaeda in Kashmir came out about a year back but nothing followed.
"We will investigate the CD and till than we can not comment on it", the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, on the other hand Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Hurriyat conference said it will soon convene a meeting of its executive body to discuss the contents of the video CD.
"This is a serious issue and we think we have to go through the contents of the CD and discuss it in our executive body before commenting on it", Shahid-ul-Islam, secretary to Umar Farooq said.