Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Terror Attacks In India, Again

My God, here we go again: there's been yet another large-scale terrorist attack in India. Mumbai was hit by seven simultaneous (and particularly cold-blooded) attacks; this time the butcher's bill starts at 80 dead and 250 injured. The tactics used are quite different from the recent terror bombings in Delhi, Assam, and the numerous other attacks that have taken place in India over the last year or so, maybe due to the wave of arrests of potential suspects that took place in the aftermath of those previous serial bombings. No more sneaking around planting remote control bombs in crowded markets or parks, this time the terrorists are simply showing up in person and shooting at people:

Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a couple of terrorists entered the passenger hall of CST [Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus railway station] and opened fire and threw grenades, Mumbai General Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma said.

Three persons were killed in a bomb explosion in a taxi on Mazegaon dockyard road and an equal number were gunned down at Taj Hotel.
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The lobby of the Oberoi hotel was on fire and the hotel evacuated, eyewitnesses said.
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Commandoes were rushed to the CST which wore a deserted look and train services suspended. The NSG commandos were on standby and national disaster response force unit is being rushed to Mumbai, the Ministry of Home Affairs officials said.

Some people were injured in the firing in Oberoi hotel, and taken to a nearby hospital in police vans and ambulance. Firing was also reported in Taj hotel.

Firing was reported at Colaba, Nariman Point and near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal, formerly Victoria Terminus and it was still continuing.
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Godspeed to the families in India forced to endure carnage and murderous deviancy on such a scale that it becomes a weekly occurance. A friend of mine over there told me in a recent email that she has given up reading the daily newspaper, it had become too traumatizing to learn of such massacres at such a frequency. Godspeed especially to her, to find the courage to continue to live in hope...

2 comments:

Dag said...

The New York Times suggests that it could be Rightwing Hindu terrorists upset with the government who did this, and then there's the other suggestion that it could be a Muslim criminal gang avenging the deaths of Muslims sometime somewhere. Anything but Islam.

truepeers said...

Arguing about whether this "Deccan Mujahideen" is being islamically orthodox in its Satanism can go on forever. We can't settle that. We can however call on our governments to take up the causes of the ordinary Indian people to help insure their freedom and continued participation in the global economy. We must stand in solidarity with actual people, with the victims of the left-Islamist alliance that would appease the terrorists, time and again. My prayers go out for the families of those killed and maimed.