India, Israel cooperate on bomb investigation

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Israeli forensic teams arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to assist in the investigation of the bombing attack against an Israeli embassy car a day earlier, as India’s foreign minister said his country would cooperate fully with Jerusalem.

“Whatever information we get, we pass it on to the Israeli authorities, and whatever information they have, which could possibly be of assistance to us in the context of the investigations, I am sure they will share it with us,” Foreign Minister SM Krishna said in a television interview with India’s CNN-IBN.

“We are in touch with the Israeli foreign minister,” he said. “Any kind of cooperation that Israel wants, we will be happy to help.”

Indian media outlets said Israel provided the Indian authorities with information on two suspects in the attack connected with Iran.

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=257830

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1. Curiously Related: Israeli Car Attack: NSG Not Allowed To Gather Data From Spot

Published: Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012, 17:13 IST
Place: Gurgaon | Agency: PTI

In a surprise departure from norms, investigators of the NSG post-blast study team were not allowed to gather vital data of the terror-struck and burnt Israeli embassy SUV citing "diplomatic reasons".

NSG's National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC) is the central nodal agency for monitoring, recording and analysing all bombing incidents in the country and it acts as the vital repository of all domain knowledge in this regard.

"Let me clarify, we were not involved in the analysis of this particular incident (sticking of magnetic bomb in an Israeli embassy vehicle). Having said that, I can only make a educated guess like you that it is an explosive device," NSG DG RK Medhekar told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here when asked about the analysis of his blast study team in the February 13 terror incident.

The National Security Guard chief, however, did not elaborate on the reasons but senior officials of the elite force said they were asked not to visit the spot near the Prime Minister's residence due to some "diplomatic reasons".

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2. Not unsurprising

Embassies tend to take the sovereignity of their residences and vehicles seriously and have a strict hands off policy for host countries.