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[13 Jul 2006 | No Comment | 28 views]

�Kuch nahin kar sakte � yeh to hota hi rahega�
 
 

� I have been hearing this in various conversations all around me for the last two days.�
On Rediff, Nitin Chhoda wrote: ��You want to help, but the only thing you can do is make a few phone calls. You want to feel sad, but you are too far away�In essence, you feel helpless.� �
I disagree. �Everyone, in India � and outside � can make a difference.
We can do a lot more than feel sad and make a few phone calls. …

India & Its Neighbours, Islam & Terrorism, LeT, SIMI etc., Terrorism in India »

[13 Jul 2006 | No Comment | 34 views]

A robust analysis that highlights the role of SIMI in these attacks
Date:12/07/2006
A tragedy foretold
Praveen Swami

It could take months to identify the perpetrators of the Mumbai bombings, but the recent past holds some clues.

TUESDAY’S MURDEROUS terror bombing in Mumbai was a tragedy foretold. A least half-a-dozen Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat ul-Jihad Islami cells planning major operations in western India had been interdicted since January: one, sooner or later, was certain to penetrate India’s police and intelligence defences.
Investigators have already begun work that could led them to the perpetrators of the single …