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Western intelligence led to Canada accusing India of Sikh activist's assassination, US Ambassador says (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave to c/world

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Intelligence gained by the “Five Eyes” network led to Canada’s public accusation that the Indian government may have played a role in the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on Canadian soil, the US Ambassador to Canada said Sunday.

I’m “confirming that there was shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners that helped lead Canada to making the statements that the prime minister made,” US Ambassador to Canada, David Cohen, told CTV’s Question Period with Vassy Kapelos in a Sunday interview.

Five Eyes is an intelligence sharing pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, though the ambassador would not confirm if that shared intelligence came from the US. “I’m not. I wouldn’t in any circumstance,” Cohen said.

Relations between India and Canada plummeted last week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said authorities had been investigating “credible allegations” that New Delhi was potentially behind the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist activist, who was gunned down by two masked men in Surrey, British Columbia.

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[–] Dee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Western intelligence lead to a western nation making a decision? Really hitting some top notch news here, CNN.

[–] cyd 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reading between the lines, it sounds like one of the other Five Eyes (if it was Canada, it would have been easier to say so) bugged Indian diplomatic comms. Probably US or UK.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like there'd be easier ways of finding out than diplomatic comms. Like an informant or bugs elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I mean yeah, duh.

But there is a tiny bit of news here and that's that an official US representative explicitly says that it comes from this source.

This is as close to an official support/approval of the allegations from the US as you're likely to get.