Pakistani media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India

[Joanne98]

Source: The Guardian

Comments alleged to be from WikiLeaks US embassy cables say Indian generals are genocidal and New Delhi backs militants


They read like the most extraordinary revelations. Citing the WikiLeaks cables, major Pakistani newspapers this morning carried stories that purported to detail eye-popping American assessments of India's military and civilian leaders.

According to the reports, US diplomats described senior Indian generals as vain, egotistical and genocidal; they said India's government is secretly allied with Hindu fundamentalists; and they claimed Indian spies are covertly supporting Islamist militants in Pakistan's tribal belt and Balochistan.

"Enough evidence of Indian involvement in Waziristan, Balochistan," read the front-page story in the News; an almost identical story appeared in the Urdu-language Jang, Pakistan's bestselling daily.

If accurate, the disclosures would confirm the worst fears of Pakistani nationalist hawks and threaten relations between Washington and New Delhi. But they are not accurate.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/09/pakistani-newspaper-fake-leaks-india