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| Mumbai on high alert; terror strikes apprehended |
| 2006-08-20 |
| (KUNA) -- India's commercial capital Mumbai has been put on red alert for Sunday, which is the Parsi New Year day, with intelligence inputs of possible terror strikes. Official sources told reporters in Delhi Saturday that they have assessed that Sunday was a crucial day for Mumbai as they have certain intelligence reports about possible terror strikes. The authorities have made arrangements to have extra security around temples, malls, theaters, sensitive establishments, public places and places of economic importance for Sunday, the sources said. Sunday is the Parsi New Year and also the birthday of late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in 1991 in a bomb blast triggered by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of Sri Lanka. The sources said, ''The terrorists have been unsuccessful in their objective of provoking communal riots in Mumbai following the July 11 serial blasts. So they will try again and see if they succeed the next time. But no crime is perfect. These terrorists should remember that." Nearly 200 people were killed and 700 injured in July 11 serial blasts at Mumbai. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I've no information to make that judgement Remoteman. My gut feel is just the zeitgeist of Triumphalist Islam, the same spirit that sends those idiots here to boast about how they are going to destroy Israel and set y'all to cleaning their servants' toilets while they rape your wives and daughters. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-20 14:44 |
| #3 Remoteman, perfect analysis, correct conclusion. I could not agree more. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-20 12:29 |
| #2 So TW, do you think the change she reported is due to increased Wahabbist influence, increased influence from Paki-sourced radicals or something else? Well, it is pretty clear that Islam is going off the tracks worldwide. I think what we are seein is the trickle down of the post-1973 oil price spike that massively increased the amount of money in the Arab-muslim world. It has been used since to spread the rabid version of the religion. It wasn't like the dog didn't have distemper before, but now it is foaming at the mouth and snapping at vapors. Put it down. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2006-08-20 10:13 |
| #1 I had an interesting conversation the other day with an Indian lady who'd moved here from Bombay two decades ago, the wife of the local Indian grocery shop owner. She said she'd gone back to visit this spring, the first time in a number of years, and was appalled by the changed behaviour of the Muslims there. A key piece of background to this conversation is that Bombay is, as I understand it, the financial center of India, with the manufacturing center of Bhopal (yes, the one where the gas was released that killed all those poor people) about 50 km away. So anyway, in the old days a few years ago, the Muslims were well integrated into the city, and dressed and behaved like everyone else; there were things the local Muslims were known for -- food, f'r instance, and application of henna designs for brides -- and everyone went to the Muslim neighborhoods to get those things for special occasions. This last visit, she said, she watched an imam on the special Muslim television station, and in answer to viewers' questions he said that when responding to the greeting of a neighbor it was critical to first know the neighbor's religion; if the neighbor was a Muslim or a Christian, one responded with "Salaam aleikum," but otherwise only ever with "Death to the Jews and Hindus." the women had gone veiled, she said, and for the first time in her life she felt distinctly unsafe walking in the Muslim neighborhoods. Mr. Wife agreed that when he had spent time in that part of the world, back in 1988-91, the religions were well integrated, and the locals had always taken him to restaurants run by Muslims. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-20 07:59 |