Arundati puts forward 13 questions in her book on the parliament attack of Dec 13: Question 1: For months before

the Attack on Parliament, both the go ernment and the police had been sa!ing that Parliament could be attacked" #n 1$ December $%%1, at an informal meeting the Prime &inister Atal 'ihari (a)pa!ee warned of an imminent attack on Parliament" #n 13 December Parliament was attacked" *i en that there was an +impro ed securit! drill,, how did a car bomb packed with e-plosi es enter the parliament comple-. Question $: /ithin da!s of the Attack,the 0pecial 1ell of Delhi Police said it was a meticulousl! planned )oint operation of 2aish3e3&ohammad and 4ashkar3e3 5oiba " 5he! said the attack was led b! a man called +&ohammad, who was also in ol ed in the hi)acking of 613718 in 1997" :5his was later refuted b! the 1'6"; <one of this was e er pro ed in court" /hat e idence did the 0pecial 1ell ha e for its claim. Question 3: 5he entire attack was recorded li e on 1lose 1ircuit 5( :115(;" 1ongress Part! &P =apil 0ibal demanded in Parliament that the 115( recording be shown to the members" >e was supported b! the Deput! 1hairman of the ?a)!a 0abha, <a)ma >eptullah, who said that there was confusion about the details of the e ent" 5he chief whip of the 1ongress Part!, Pri!aran)an Dasmunshi, said, +6 counted si- men getting out of the car" 'ut onl! fi e were killed" 5he close circuit 5(camera recording clearl! showed the si- men", 6f Dasmunshi was right, wh! did the police sa! that there were onl! fi e people in the car. /ho was the the si-th person. /here is he now. /h! was the 115( recording not produced b! the prosecution as e idence in the trial. /h! was it not released for public iewing. Question 8: /h! was Parliament ad)ourned after some of these questions were raised. Question @: A few da!s after 13 December, the go ernment declared that it had +incontro ertible e idence, of Pakistan,s in ol ement in the attack,and announced a massi e mobiliAation of almost half a million soldiers to the 6ndo3 Pakistan border" 5he subcontinent was pushed to the brink of nuclear war" Apart from AfAal,s +confession,, e-tracted under torture :and later set aside b! the 0upreme 1ourt;, what was the +incontro ertible e idence,. Question B: 6s it true that the militar! mobiliAation to the Pakistan border had begun long before the 13 December Attack. Question C: >ow much did this militar! standoff, which lasted for nearl! a !ear, cost.>ow man! soldiers died in the process. >ow man! soldiers and ci ilians died because of mishandled landmines, and how man! peasants lost their homes and land because trucks and tanks were rolling through their illages, and landmines were being planted in their fields. Question 7: 6n a criminal in estigation it is ital for the police to show how the e idence gathered at the scene of the attack led them to the accused" >ow did the police reach &ohammad AfAal. 5he 0pecial 1ell sa!s 0"A"?" *eelani led them to AfAal" 'ut the message to look out for AfAal was actuall! flashed to the 0rinagar Police before *eelani was arrested" 0o how did the 0pecial 1ell connect AfAal to the 13 December Attack. Question 9: 5he courts acknowledge that AfAal was a surrendered militant who was in regular contact with the securit! forces, particularl! the 0pecial 5ask Force :05F; of 2ammu D =ashmir Police" >ow do the securit! forces e-plain the fact that a person under their sur eillance was able to conspire in a ma)or militant operation. Question 1%: 6s it plausible that organiAations like 4ashkar3e3 5oiba or 2aish3e3&ohammed would rel! on a person who had been in and out of 05F torture chambers, and wasunder constant police sur eillance, as the principal link for a ma)or operation. Question 11: 6n his statement before the court, AfAal sa!s that he was introduced to +&ohammed, and instructed to take him to Delhi b! a man called 5ariq, who was working with the 05F" 5ariq was named in the police charge sheet" /ho is 5ariq and where is he now. Question 1$: #n 19 December $%%1, si- da!s after the Parliament Attack, Police 1ommissioner, 5hane :&aharashtra;, 0"&" 0hangari identified one of the attackers killed in the Parliament Attack as &ohammad Easin Fateh &ohammed :alias Abu >amAa; of the 4ashkar3e35oiba , who had been arrested in &umbai in <o ember $%%%, and immediatel! handed o er to the 2D= Police" >e ga e detailed descriptions to support his statement" 6f Police 1ommissioner 0hangari was right, how did &ohammad Easin, a man in the custod! of the 2D= Police, end up participating in the Parliament Attack. 6f he was wrong, where is &ohammad Easin now. Question 13: /h! is it that we still don,t know who the fi e dead +terrorists, killed in the Parliament Attack are.