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Friday, June 5, 2009

Terror threat on radar, United States warns citizens in India

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Two days after the United States embassy in New Delhi, posted a message on its website, warning citizens of high threat of terrorism across, the Indian government reacted sharply asserting that India was absolutely safe.

The Ministry of External Affairs directed the Indian embassy in Washington DC to take up the matter with the Obama administration.

“Ambassador Meera Shankar has been asked to give her personal attention to this matter, to ensure that the message is removed,” a source told Hindustan Times.

On the other hand, Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, 53, reacted sharply and said “India is a safe place.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Win hearts of Tamils, Lankan prez tells troops

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At Wednesday's national victory parade to celebrate the defeat of the LTTE, it was difficult to say which was more martial in nature — the military hardware on display or President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech which had a liberal sprinkling of victory, defeat, terrorists, terrorism and motherland.

“Terrorists are no more invincible. It is only you, the valiant troops and our Motherland that are invincible. I recently went down on my knees and worshipped the glorious motherland that obtained its freedom through the sacrifice of the lives of thousands of our heroic troops,’’ Rajapaksa said.

He told troops that it was now time to win over the hearts of the Tamils who should be able to live without “fear and mistrust”.

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Terror comes home to Inter Services Intelligence

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Pakistan's political was attacked yet again when gunmen detonated a car bomb on Wednesday near police and Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) offices that killed about 35 people and wounded 250.

The blast, in which several ISI agents were reported killed, flattened one building and sheared the walls off others in one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan this year.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the bombing could be retaliation to the government’s military offensive to rout Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat Valley.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

INDIA UNDER SIEGE PART 3

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IN THE cobweb of lanes and ghettos called Malegaon, don't mention the Bword. The beat constable - the strongest defender against terrorism-is a relic.

"This is the worst possible place that a policeman can be transferred to," a senior police official said in the Maharashtra town, refusing to be named. "It is as if you've stepped into a different country altogether." In this 'country', three bombs planted on bicycles exploded during Shab-eBaraat, an auspicious day of prayers for the departed, on Sept 8, 2006 at the Hamidiya Masjid. Thirty seven died; more than 100 were wounded.

Courts will decide on the nine accused. But Malegaon represents a larger ailment: the growing alienation of the Muslim community from the country's police.

In New Delhi, a top anti-terror official says the unspeakable. "In many states, there seems to be an unwritten law not to keep Muslims in the intelligence. It hampers investigations," he said. "We have also not been able to reach out to the community which could help us prevent and probe attacks." Of Malegaon's 12 lakh residents, some 75 per cent are Muslims. But the police employ less than 10 per cent Muslims - and there was little information on radicals in the local population.

"Officers can't understand the nuances of the spoken (Urdu) word or reading the hundreds of pamphlets published here," admits a senior officer "The concern is a drying up of human intelligence at the police station level," said an intelligence official in Delhi.

On the day of the blasts, plainclothes inspector Nasir Sheikh stood near the entrance to the mosque, lost in a crowd of thousands he was trying to control - with only three other policemen. It is unclear if that was an oversight or due to the excessive workload. No one was frisked as the crowd - which included thousands of beggars seeking alms on the auspicious day - just streamed in.

At ten to two, a deafening explosion jolted the area. Two more followed.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Brown wants India to be a bigger global player

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BRITISH PRIME Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he hoped that India would join a proposed standby, rapid response international team to provide both civilian and military support to help failing states get back on their own feet. In an exclusive interview to the Hindustan Tirnes, Brown said when dealing with a broken-down state or a conflict zone, there was need not only for peace, but also for reconstruction and development. Supporting India's case for the lifting of restrictions imposed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group on civilian nuclear commerce, Brown said Britain would also back India's entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-led Financial Action Task Force to combat terrorism funding. Brown hinted that the West, which had backed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the war against terrorism, would look at the country closely after the February 18 general elections. "We have see how the polls are conducted," he said. "We're always...

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