US Thought India Will Go To War In 2002, Evacuated Families After Parliament Attack!

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou revealed in an interview that the US feared India and Pakistan would go to war following the 2001 Parliament attack, leading the US to evacuate families from Islamabad. He confirmed US intelligence found proof of Pakistan's support for terror groups, and described how India was forced to practice “strategic patience.” He also warned that Pakistan would lose a conventional war, highlighting deep fractures within Pakistan’s intelligence agencies.

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US Thought India Will Go To War In 2002, Evacuated Families After Parliament Attack!
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US Thought India Will Go To War In 2002, Evacuated Families After Parliament Attack!

IN SHORTFormer CIA officer John Kiriakou revealed in an interview that the US feared India and Pakistan would go to war following the 2001 Parliament attack, leading the US to evacuate families from Islamabad. He confirmed US intelligence found proof of Pakistan's support for terror groups, and described how India was forced to practice “strategic patience.” He also warned that Pakistan would lose a conventional war, highlighting deep fractures within Pakistan’s intelligence agencies.

TL;DR

  • John Kiriakou, ex-CIA counterterror chief for Pakistan, said the US believed war was imminent in 2002 after the Parliament attack, prompting evacuation of families from Islamabad.
  • Kiriakou confirmed Pakistan aided Kashmiri terror groups, later seen in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
  • He criticized global inaction on Pakistan-backed terrorism and said India’s “strategic patience” risked being seen as weakness.
  • Kiriakou assessed that Pakistan would be overwhelmed in a conventional conflict with India.
  • Exposed fractures in Pakistan’s ISI, describing two parallel agencies with competing objectives.
  • Linked Pakistani authorities to Al-Qaeda using evidence from a 2002 raid.
  • US did not pressure Pakistan further due to broader geopolitical interests.
  • Kiriakou, who exposed CIA torture practices in 2007, commented on India's decisive anti-terror operations.

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