Bombs explode in trains in Bombay on the evening of July 11 2006, killing about 200 Indians. Here are three excerpts from news coverage of that atrocity:
- While there is no reason to believe that the terrorist strikes of July 11 might have been carried out by the Arab members of Al Qaeda, the inspiration and planning are likely to have come from the group. The execution could have been through Al Qaeda's surrogates -- Lashkar-e-Tayiba, other Pakistani members of the Al Qaeda-led International Islamic Front, members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India or the followers of Dawood Ibrahim.
- Police suspect Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the banned Students Islamic Movement of India to be behind the serial blasts in the suburban trains of Mumbai on Tuesday evening.
- Even though fingers are being pointed at Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, no evidence has yet been unearthed.
Bombs explode in Malegaon on the afternoon of September 8 2006, killing about 35 Indians. Here are three excerpts from news coverage of that atrocity:
- Anti Terrorism Squad chief, K P Raghuvanshi ... said it was too premature to comment on who the suspects are.
- The crude bombs used and the timing and venues indicate that the Malegaon blasts may not be the handiwork of the usual suspects like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, intelligence sources said. “These could be other people, probably not even Muslims,” a source said.
- [The police are] taking care not to name either Hindu or Muslim groups as suspects.
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A decent related piece:
Malegaon: the road to perdition.
A decent related piece:
Malegaon: the road to perdition.
Clearly the Bombay blasts were the handiwork of Shiv Sena while the Malegaon attack that of Bajrang Dal.
I thought the clown ended the fun?
Mr.DDS makes a valid set of points.
Clearly, the Lashkar , Al-Qaida, SIMI etc. are nothing more than innocent NGOs doing nothing but social service. They are unfairly targetted everytime someone bombs innocent civilains going about their daily lives.
The real terrorists are the Bajrang Dal, and the VHP. No one ever talks about how they have a history of strapping bombs to themselves with the intention of murdering innocents.
In a previous post I said you privide me with much hilarity. Not anymore. Now you just piss me off.
As always,
Red Watch
> Now you just piss me off.
Which may be about the most ringing endorsement of what I do that I've had all year. Thank you!
dilip,
you tickle me...please consider that as a ringing endorsement too.. :)
Glad to see you back.
-Z
He doesn't tickle me. He doesn't succeed resoundingly in pissing me off either. He just disappoints me. I come here with morbid curioty. Can he beat the records he himself set? That is the question uppermost on my mind. Can he plumb deeper depths? That is what I wonder about. Can he make more hideous faces than he made in all his career so far? That's the kind of wonderment that makes me come back here again and again.
Hey Dilip,
Sonia's already announced some compensation for the 30+ vicitms almost on the spot.
Remember her doing that in Mumbai for the 200 plus?
I don't.
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