Not surprised by WikiLeaks report on Bhopal activists: NGOs

Groups fighting for the Bhopal gas victims today said they were not surprised at revelations that a US-based security think-tank spied for Dow Chemicals on the activists of the 1984 gas tragedy.

"Such things happen as a matter of routine even between nations like America and Iran. We are not worried or surprised about that," Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangthan Convener Abdul Jabbar told reporters here.
    
Private intelligence analyst group Stratfor spied for Dow Chemicals, the owner of Union Carbide, on the activists of the Bhopal gas tragedy, whistle blower website WikiLeaks has alleged.

WikiLeaks has not done any great job by revealing that Stratfor was snooping on Bhopal gas activists, he said. One can appreciate WikiLeaks only if it can reveal the names of people, including senior Indian officials, who were helping Dow Chemicals, Jabbar added.
    
Cases against Dow Chemicals were being currently heard in the US federal courts, the Supreme Court of India and Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabbar said.