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With I-day round the corner, Al-Qaeda begins its mission in Kolkata

14 August 2005 6 views 4 Comments

http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20050813120013&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0

Sunday August 14 2005 00:00 IST

KOLKATA: The world famous terrorist organization Al-Qaeda has finally arrived in the city. Members of the dreaded organization are collecting funds through a specially printed coupon and distributing leaflets against the Indian government. The sudden spurt of activity by the organization has taken the police department completely by surprise. Even the state administration is worried that with Independence day just round the corner the militant organization may carry out bombings and attacks. A source in the detective department stated on Saturday that the movement of the terrorist organization had taken them completely by surprise. “We were aware that they were trying to enter the state through the Bangladesh border. But we were unaware of the fact that they already established base here.”

Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee informed that he was aware of the developments. “At this moment, however, I would not like to comment as investigations are on,” he added. The coupon through which Al-Qaeda members are collecting funds is in Urdu. Roughly translated it means, “When a seed is sown it develops into a tree. From the tree comes fruits, which again provides thousands of seeds which later develop into thousands of tree and fruits. Similarly small donations and contributions given in the name of Allah can provide for thousands of Muslims all over the world.” The coupon is marked with a `Khalifa’ stamp along with an address in Dhaka.

Sources in the police department confirmed that the coupons and leaflets are being distributed by an organization called the Mujahideen Al-Qaeda Pacific International. The leaflets are on behalf of Harkat ul Jehad Islami and Al Jehad Islami Oha Al-Qaeda Mujaihedeen. They state that the time has come to pay back the Indian government for their atrocities on the Muslims. It also asks the young Muslims in the city to fight for the religion and become martyrs. These coupons and leaflets are being distributed in only those areas, which have a predominantly Muslim population. Those who are not ready to contribute to the cause are being asked to at least read the two leaflets. Sources informed that the main aim however, of the organization is to develop a base in Kolkata. “The intention is to create a safe passage for the members of the organization in Bangladesh.

As West Bengal and Bangladesh have a very porous border it will be easier for the criminals to escape and take refuge in the neighbouring country. It is a well known that quite a few ISI supported organizations have a strong base in Bangladesh,” stated a very senior police officer investigating the case. He also added that the group will help in transporting arms and explosives from Bangladesh into various parts of India though Kolkata. “More than anything else that is the main reason why they are planning to set up shop in the city,” he concluded. Whatever the plans may be of the Al-Qaeda, Kolkata may soon be transformed into a bloody battlefield.”

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  • 3. satyan6 said:

    FENCING AND KITBUSH ARE THE ANSWER.

    Israel when faced with this infiltration and terrorism menace ,finally fenced off the neighborhood and armed its citizens in the border area.

    If Indian state and treacherous political parties,fail to check this any soon,then citizen initiative is justified and inevitable.

    As the last resort after failing to bring this pressing issue centrestage or force take the right action,citizens must be given funds to arm themselves and groups to patrol the border area.
    They can spot and fire at intruders and this alone will send a clear message that thier demographic aggression will not be a cake walk anymore.

    Even with as little a force of thousand armed units of ten each, taking on aggressors,will make it impossible to infiltrate with impunity.
    For no one knows when and where the raiders will spot and gun them down and only foolhardy fanatics will risk it.

    As we see it,there doesnt seem to be any effective way,since the media is pro jihadi and the polity compromised.

    There are historical turns when a little force can prevent large scale bloodshed.
    For instance ,at the close of the eighties, the mosques in Kashmir valley were increasingly and openly giving calls for jihad agaisnt the hindu minority and indian state.
    The army could have helped with its intelligence and couldve armed the pandits to square off these agent provocaeuteurs.
    Instead , thier misplaced values and sense of right and wrong ,took a haevy toll-of the lives and properties of the entire hindu minority aswell as thosands of jawans.

    They could have taken off these jihadi infiltrators with ten times less casualty and human suffering.

    The Infiltration from bangladesh can only be solved by help arming the hindu natives and the armys help.

  • 4. B Shantanu said:

    From: More terror tracks in Kolkata corridor dt 20th Mar ‘09:

    HuJI, LeT and now al-Badr. The growing list of terror organizations passing through the “safe corridor” of Kolkata is now more than a worry for security and intelligence agencies.

    Blueprints of blasts across the country have been drawn out here. Terrorists have come to Kolkata, taken shelter and left for the attack venue. The arrest of Shahwaz Ismail, a Pakistani national and Al-Badr member on Thursday, follows the same pattern. Ismail’s arrest comes exactly 13 days after LeT operative Abu Taher was picked up from Narkeldanga. Like Ismail, Taher had also sneaked into India and was en route to another destination.

    …One of the most glaring examples of intelligence failure was the arrest of Mohammad Majid, an accused in the Mumbai serial blasts. He was arrested by Mumbai Police’s Anti Terrorist Squad and the agencies in Kolkata had no clue about him. Majid turned out to be a key LeT man who had been to Bangladesh several times, escorted terrorists to Bengal, given them shelter and safe passage outside the state.

    Similarly, Golam Mohammed Dar, a 45-year-old Kashmiri, was arrested from Nadia’s Chapra situated close to the Bangladesh border. Dar was suspected to be an ISI agent involved in fake currency rackets. It was suspected that he used to provide money and shelter to terrorists crossing over to Bengal from Bangladesh.

    In the arrests made across the country, each had a Kolkata link. Jalaluddin alias Babubhai involved in major blasts such as the Shramjeevi train blast and Varanasi’s Sankat Mochan blast was an accused in the Partha Pratim Roy Burman abduction case. A resident of South 24-Parganas, Babubhai was the head of HuJI’s operations in India.

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