Showing posts with label Hyderabad blasts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyderabad blasts. Show all posts

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Blasts in Hyderabad: News and Analysis Round-up, September 2, 2007.

Since 1998, the terrorist activities are going on in South India but these continuous incidents show now terrorists are in search of striking at the pleasant atmosphere of communal harmony prevalent in South India.
Tanveer Jafri, Terrorists New Attack on Communal Harmony in India, American Chronicle, August 27, 2007.

Indian intelligence agencies say a new terror channel has emerged that begins in Pakistan, passes through Male in Maldives and then goes to the southern Indian cities that have direct flights to Male.
Siddharth Srivastava, Bomb attacks raise new Indian fears, Asia Times, August 28, 2007.

HUJI's violent past apart, several Bangladeshi officials express surprise at the Indian government's propensity to blame the group for terror acts even before these are investigated. It happened in Varanasi, it has again happened in Hyderabad.
Julfikar Ali Manik, Growth Of A Cancer, Outlook, September 10, 2007.

No one here is fooling themselves that some Bangladeshis spent days and nights plotting to kill Indian civilians in Hyderabad. Most people believe the origins of the ghastly act lie in the city itself.
Saikat Datta, Charminar's Curse, Outlook, September 10, 2007.

In many ways the sites targeted by terrorists in the second attack in the City in a little over three months were also symbols of co-existence—the Gokul Chat Bhandar, where 32 people were killed, situated in the Old City was popular with almost everyone and the Lumbini Park a proud Hyderabadi tourist attraction.
Johnson T A, Target Hyderabad, Indian Express, September 2, 2007.

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After every bomb blast or terrorist incident, security "experts," analysts and media channels repeat similar things that people accept as the gospel truth. However, I have many questions and doubts that need to be cleared before I can accept the explanations given by these "experts."
Nasiruddin Haider Khan,
Some questions related to Muslims and India, India Muslims, August 31, 2007.

Major terror attacks in India
- A Profile, IPCS.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Blasts in Hyderabad: News and Analysis Round-up, August 30, 2007.

Two explosions within minutes killed at least 20 people in Hyderabad on Saturday. One blast was at the Lumbini amusement park and another explosion at a street-side eatery was caused by a exploding gas cylinder.

With pressure mounting to tackle terrorism with a firm hand, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to constitute an elite anti-terror force.

Indian police released the sketch of a person suspected of being linked with one of the twin weekend bombings in the southern city of Hyderabad that killed 42 people.
Bibhudatta Pradhan, Indian Police Release Sketch of Suspect in Hyderabad Bombing, Bloomberg, August 29, 2007.

As terrorists strike at will across the country, good intelligence is appearing to be a major chink in India's anti-terror armour. Though some of our intelligence operatives have been rated on par with the best in the business and have even earned the admiration of their international peers, overall, the country's intelligence set-up is simply inadequate for the challenge.
Untrained force can't tackle motivated terrorists, Times of India, Augusst 30, 2007.

The anti-terror strategy that India has formulated so far lacks a nationwide actionable counterintelligence mechanism, as most of the Indian states do not have a proper counterintelligence wing in their police departments to get prior information of a possible attack and prevent the possible incident.
Kushal Jeena, India plans counterintelligence, United Press International, August 29, 2007.

Indian Railways has identified 185 railway stations all over the country that could be vulnerable to terrorist strikes and is taking measures to upgrade the security system, Union Minister of State for Railways R Velu has told Parliament.

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