The need for Pakistan and India to share intelligence has been felt for long. The Interpol chief's disclosure about a terrorist plot to disrupt the cricket World Cup bonanza is further evidence that this intelligence needs to be spread wide and far, writes Dawn in its editorial. Excerpts: The revelation came amid threats to the Pakistani team by some right wing India-based groups. Shiv Sena is believed by some well-informed Indian quarters to be preparing to make things difficult for Pakistani cricketers should they reach the final, which is to be played in Mumbai on April 2. But more serious still, the arrested suspect was apparently planning to disturb the World Cup in Sri Lanka. This serves to reinforce the need for regional and international cooperation and the exchange of data to keep track of terrorist planning and preempt tragedy. Even though Ronald Noble, the Interpol chief, and Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik did not give details of the arrested suspect, Pakistanis typecast as the international terror-mongers must have been relieved by Malik's declaration that the suspect had ‘no connection' with Pakistan. India and Pakistan had agreed in Havana some years ago to make sincere efforts to jointly combat terrorism. And addressing a press conference along with Noble Thursday, the interior minister said he had informed New Delhi that the Taliban had started their activity in India. The attack in Mumbai in November 2008 which was linked to the jihadi Lashkar-i-Taiba in Pakistan was preceded by the Samjhota Express carnage and the Malegaon bombing; the latter two incidents warned of the growing danger to India from homegrown terrorist networks. This tells us that typecasting a terrorist is an extremely hazardous profession. The terrorist threat has to be combated locally, regionally and globally in all manifestations. __
