There has been no official word on whether the operation in Watertown is linked to either the shooting at the MIT campus or the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

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In 1998, India's nuclear tests were code-named "Operation Shakti, " the Sanskrit word for strength.

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In fact the word from Washington seems to be that it was just at official level and that it's an American operation to which we are now contributing.

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