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The events of 9/11 transformed India's priorities as well. India saw an opportunity to use the global consensus against terrorism to malign the freedom struggle in IIOJK. Its objectives were facilitated by two incidents that occurred in quick succession.
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First was a militants' attack on the state legislative assembly complex in Srinagar, barely three weeks after 9/11. Two months down the line, five intruders attacked the Indian Parliament building in Delhi. Several Indian parliamentarians were reportedly inside building.
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In the ensuing shoot out, all intruders were killed. The Indian government made a demarche the very next day to our High Commissioner in Delhi that Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Muhammad were involved.
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#FakeNews alert!!!⚠️
#FactCheck: Misleading image linked to 2019 Pakistan's #OperationSwiftRetort.

We did a fact check on the image linked on some online posts and found it to be from 2015.

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Claim: A photo of an Indian fighter jet is claimed as aftermath of #OperationSwiftRetort.

Fact: The image of crashed jet is actually from 2015 where an Indian trainer jet crashed in Odisha state on June 3, 2015.
A trend started on Feb 26-27, 2022 on Twitter to highlight Pakistan's #OperationSwiftRetort in response to India's #BalakotAirStrike. Amid several posts, we found some posts featuring an image of a crashed fighter jet as if its result of an aftermath of the operation by Pakistan.
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#OnThisDay 3 years ago Pakistan Air Force carried out airstrikes targeting Indian garrisons in Kashmir, code named #OperationSwiftRetort
2× Mirage VPAs from No 15 squadron #Cobras launched H-4 SOWs targeting depots in Naushera and Rajauri. Bombs were guided by 2× Mirage IIIDAs
In same instant two JF-17C Block 2 Thunders from No 16 MR Squadron #BlackPanthers launched 4× GPS guided Mk-83 REK bombs. All bombs landed in open grounds in Garrisons as PAF had delibrately steered them away. India claimed that bombs went off targets.
PAF Strike package was being escorted by sizeable number of fighters incl F-16s from No 9 Squadron #Griffins and No 29 Squadron #Aggressors and JF-17s from CCS #Dragons. SSS AEW&CS from No 3 squadron #Angels and DA-20 EW from No 24 Squadron #Blinders provided much needed support
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