What is 'False Flag Operation' and Why Does Pakistan Think That India Can Do it in the Near Future?
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Sunday once again warned the international community about the possible false flag operation by India, saying, "As India's internal problems are increasing, such as economic woes, farmers' protests, Corona. The Modi government may launch a false flag operation against Pakistan to divert attention from them. But this is not the first time that such a warning has been issued by top Pakistani officials. Earlier, besides Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan National Security Adviser Moeed Yousaf and Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar also said that India had conducted several false flag operations against few times in the last one year. However, there are reasons why India wants to do so, have been stated differently by the Pakistani authorities each time.False Flag Operation is part of a war strategy and refers to a terrorist attack that a country or agency carries out against its own people or territory so that the enemy can blame the country or agency for the attack. Operation Northwoods is one of the most talked about operations carried out by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Cuban President Castro which was done for his removal. The offered options for then-US President John F. Kennedy to carry out terrorist attacks on US soil, targeting a US warship near Cuba and hijacking a US aircraft, for which the US blamed Cuba. He could have been attacked. However, the US president rejected the plan.The Prime Minister of Pakistan has been insisting that India could carry out such a false flag operation against Pakistan. The Prime Minister for the first time warned in August 2019 that the special constitutional status of Indian-administered Kashmir would be terminated by India. At the time, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the reason for India doing so was that India wanted to divert attention from alleged human rights abuses in Kashmir under its administration. When a series of nationwide protests broke out in India, Prime Minister Imran Khan once again issued a warning of the False Flag Operation. In May and June 2020, when tensions between China and India were high at the Gwalior site, Prime Minister Imran Khan issued the warning once and this time, saying that with China and Nepal. Due to rising border tensions, India may launch a false flag operation against Pakistan.
And in a recent warning, the Prime Minister attributed India's alleged intentions to farmers' protests and the deteriorating economic situation.Hepimon Jacob, founder of India's think tank Council for Defense and Strategic Research, says neither India nor the world is taking the warning issued by Pakistan's top officials seriously. "It is true that India is facing a number of problems at the moment. At a time when India's border relations with China are strained, India cannot afford to start a new conflict with Pakistan. Hepimon Jacob, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said that the reason for India's alleged surgical strikes against Pakistan in 2016 and 2019 was the terrorist attacks on the Indian Army in Ori and Pulwama, not India's internal problems. Professor Jacob says that in the current security situation, a possible attack on Pakistan was a topic of discussion in the media, the public and analysts, so this option was also considered by the top leadership of India. The difference between then and now is much different. At the moment, no one in India is talking about such plans, options and Pakistan's warnings, and senior military and government officials are a long way off.Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yousaf says Pakistan has been constantly warning the world against India's impending False Flag operation. "Pakistan has also received reports from other countries that India is thinking of doing so and India has discussed the matter with these countries. It is only after these reports that Pakistan has this time warned the world about India's alleged False Flag operation. Moeed Yousuf said that in case of such an action by India, Pakistan has only two options: one is to inform the world about it after such an offensive operation or before any such action takes place. So that India can be prevented from doing so and that is what we are doing at the moment.
And in a recent warning, the Prime Minister attributed India's alleged intentions to farmers' protests and the deteriorating economic situation.Hepimon Jacob, founder of India's think tank Council for Defense and Strategic Research, says neither India nor the world is taking the warning issued by Pakistan's top officials seriously. "It is true that India is facing a number of problems at the moment. At a time when India's border relations with China are strained, India cannot afford to start a new conflict with Pakistan. Hepimon Jacob, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said that the reason for India's alleged surgical strikes against Pakistan in 2016 and 2019 was the terrorist attacks on the Indian Army in Ori and Pulwama, not India's internal problems. Professor Jacob says that in the current security situation, a possible attack on Pakistan was a topic of discussion in the media, the public and analysts, so this option was also considered by the top leadership of India. The difference between then and now is much different. At the moment, no one in India is talking about such plans, options and Pakistan's warnings, and senior military and government officials are a long way off.Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yousaf says Pakistan has been constantly warning the world against India's impending False Flag operation. "Pakistan has also received reports from other countries that India is thinking of doing so and India has discussed the matter with these countries. It is only after these reports that Pakistan has this time warned the world about India's alleged False Flag operation. Moeed Yousuf said that in case of such an action by India, Pakistan has only two options: one is to inform the world about it after such an offensive operation or before any such action takes place. So that India can be prevented from doing so and that is what we are doing at the moment.
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