<p>Information coming out of a secret State Department cable dated June 19, 2009 released by WikiLeaks indicates that LeT has established a facilitation centre in Sri Lanka and was looking at setting up a base of operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. <br /> <br /> It also reveals the dangerously expanding Lashkar network in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. <br /> <br /> The United States, which has charged the Wikileaks of indulging in a criminal act by stealing and releasing these cables, has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of these documents. <br /> <br /> The secret State Department cable is based on various intelligence inputs received by it, the source of which is not mentioned in the cable. <br /> <br /> The cable notes that the network of Shafiq Khafa - a Lashkar leader - is "striving to stand up two teams in southern India that rely on the support of LT members based in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal". <br /> <br /> Although specific details of planned LeT attacks remain unknown, late-May 2009 intelligence indicates that Khafa's cells were engaged in surveillance activities of potential targets, likely in southern India. <br /> <br /> "Early-May reporting further suggests Kerala or Tamil Nadu may be used as a base of operations following the establishment of a facilitation team in Sri Lanka, with the estimated time of completion for setting up the facilitation route and camps to be two to three months," the cable said. <br /> <br /> It is understood that the specific intelligence information was passed on to India. <br /> <br /> "Separate tearline indicates, & Pakistan-based Shafiq Khafa prepared in mid-June with India-based associate S J for possible operations in India. <br /> <br /> "Khafa was looking for information on possible training sites in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala," the cable said. <br /> <br /> The cable says that LeT's Shafiq Khafa was preparing for operations in India including the assassination of Modi. <br /> <br /> "Tearline reports, & Hussein, an India-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) member, continued operational planning on three tasks in early June. <br /> <br /> "The tasks were associated with a possible operation against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendar Modi, the establishment of a training camp, and unspecified work involving a car. <br /> <br /> "Hussein would coordinate his activities with an India-based colleague identified as Sameer," the cable said. <br /></p>
<p>Information coming out of a secret State Department cable dated June 19, 2009 released by WikiLeaks indicates that LeT has established a facilitation centre in Sri Lanka and was looking at setting up a base of operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. <br /> <br /> It also reveals the dangerously expanding Lashkar network in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. <br /> <br /> The United States, which has charged the Wikileaks of indulging in a criminal act by stealing and releasing these cables, has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of these documents. <br /> <br /> The secret State Department cable is based on various intelligence inputs received by it, the source of which is not mentioned in the cable. <br /> <br /> The cable notes that the network of Shafiq Khafa - a Lashkar leader - is "striving to stand up two teams in southern India that rely on the support of LT members based in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal". <br /> <br /> Although specific details of planned LeT attacks remain unknown, late-May 2009 intelligence indicates that Khafa's cells were engaged in surveillance activities of potential targets, likely in southern India. <br /> <br /> "Early-May reporting further suggests Kerala or Tamil Nadu may be used as a base of operations following the establishment of a facilitation team in Sri Lanka, with the estimated time of completion for setting up the facilitation route and camps to be two to three months," the cable said. <br /> <br /> It is understood that the specific intelligence information was passed on to India. <br /> <br /> "Separate tearline indicates, & Pakistan-based Shafiq Khafa prepared in mid-June with India-based associate S J for possible operations in India. <br /> <br /> "Khafa was looking for information on possible training sites in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala," the cable said. <br /> <br /> The cable says that LeT's Shafiq Khafa was preparing for operations in India including the assassination of Modi. <br /> <br /> "Tearline reports, & Hussein, an India-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) member, continued operational planning on three tasks in early June. <br /> <br /> "The tasks were associated with a possible operation against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendar Modi, the establishment of a training camp, and unspecified work involving a car. <br /> <br /> "Hussein would coordinate his activities with an India-based colleague identified as Sameer," the cable said. <br /></p>