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Wilf Day
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posted 29 October 2005 04:14 PM
At least 51 dead and a state of emergency has been declared in Delhi after shoppers are killed on the eve of Diwali by a series of bombs: quote: Three powerful explosions have ripped through the Indian capital, New Delhi, killing at least fifty one people and injuring scores of others. The country's Prime Minister declared it an 'act of terrorism' . . The devices went off within minutes of each other in a city packed with families and holiday makers. The first blast was in a busy market in the Paharaganj area near the city's railway station. Moments later a second explosion went off at Sarojini Nagar market, followed by the third blast at Govindpuri, a largely industrial area in the south of the city.
Police suspect that the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba is behind the blasts. The first explosion took place at around 1740 IST in the busy Paharganj market in central Delhi in which 11 people died and 60 were injured: quote: The market, which is frequented by foreigners, was bustling with Diwali shoppers.Minutes later another explosion rocked Sarojini Nagar Market in south Delhi killing where maximum casualties were reported. Police Commissioner K K Paul said that the explosive, which went off in Paharganj, was planted either in a motorcycle or a rickshaw.
Obviously a group who want to derail peace between India and Pakistan. One can see why suspicion would immediately fall on those who want to keep fighting to liberate Indian-controlled Jammu & Kashmir. On the other hand, some hindutva fanatics are also unhappy at making peace with the muslims devils. Wait and see.
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Wilf Day
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posted 29 October 2005 07:45 PM
there had been a lull since the Parliament attack in December 2001: quote: In fact, the growing estimate was that Islamic terrorists were on the back foot in Kashmir, spurring them to renewed acts of desperation even in the midst of the killer quake in the Valley. Saturday's attack signals their determination to spread terror elsewhere in the country. Terrorists behind the serial bombing in the Capital on Saturday were just a step ahead of the security and intelligence agencies. Armed with a specific tip-off that terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba were out to avenge the conviction of their comrades in the Red Fort shootout case, security arrangements had been beefed up at all vulnerable points in the Capital. Noted security analyst B Raman stressed that among different terror groups operating in India, Lashkar is best equipped to carry out such well-choreographed attacks, involving simultaneous assaults at different locations.
Most of the people affected were ordinary people out shopping in the festival season. Both the Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali and the Muslim festival of Eid fall next week. Today’s attack on the city is a major intelligence failure: quote: The incident also exposed Delhi Police’s lack of coordination with Central intelligence agencies. “The Delhi Police had been given specific intelligence inputs which stated that the Capital was vulnerable to attacks. However, there seems to be a lack of understanding over this issue,” said a senior officer. The officer told The Statesman that the threat issue was specifically discussed at a recent meeting chaired by the Delhi police commissioner, Dr KK Paul. “But nothing seems to have come of it,” he added. The increasing number of terrorists being arrested from the city and the high quantity of explosives being seized from them should have alerted the law enforcement agency of a major planned strike on the city, he added. The use of TNT and RDX-based IEDs also reveals a well planned and extensively funded attack. “These terrorists must have been in the city days in advance to plan such an extensive assault and the Delhi Police has totally failed to check them,” he added.
Unconfirmed reports said two persons from Kashmir were detained at the New Delhi railway station. Hardly a surprise. Still, this is a strange attack. The softest of soft targets, BBC said. Kashmir militants have usually attacked harder targets. If any one wanted to raise Indian anger against Muslims, this kind of attack would be the way to do it.Also, in May one person died and 49 were wounded by bombs at two Delhi cinemas - an attack blamed on Sikh militants. So I'm not jumping to any conclusions. [ 30 October 2005: Message edited by: Wilf Day ]
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