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RANJIT SINGH
New York, August 27,07.
I don’t know how much India’s booming economy is benefiting the common man, but on the societal front,
our governments have surely failed him.
A victim to crimes of all kinds-quarrels and riots on petty issues, rapes, kidnappings for ransom and increasing
incidents of terrorism- a common Indian is now a scared lot. If crimes, conflicts, suppression of human rights
and terrorism continue unabated, India would be branded as a failed state on Societal front.
Just a few days ago, on August 25th, a twin blast in Hydrabad (at Gowkul Chat Bhandar and Lumbini Park),
killed 42 and injured and injured 54..Next day, police claimed to have found 19 unexploded time bombs.
Though the police have not made it known how, without arresting any one, they found out 19 bombs, yet,
thanks to them, the cops have saved Hydrabad from the Mumbai Bomb Blasts of 1993.
Just last month, we heard the last chapter of 1993 Blasts verdict with actor Sanjay Dutt’s conviction of six years
rigorous imprisonment. But most probably in this Hydrabad episode, we will not hear of any conviction even
after 14 years. I am predicting this as I hear the police pointing its fingers, as usual, to somebody in
Bangladesh and the Pakistan’s ISI. On the higher level, the politicians are busy instigating, resorting either to
blame game or hate speeches. No body is pondering as to how a few people from outside, not well-versed with
our geography and locations, can perform a bloodbath, without the support of a fifth column lying scattered in
towns and villages.
TERRORISM-A WAR ON INDIA.
INDIA, A BIG LOSER.
Terrorism is a proxy war and like any war, their army cannot advance without their hired and well-financed fifth
column. And they have advanced very much in India.
The associated Press dispatch dated August 25 counted 9 major bombings in India, with 1993 Mumbai Bomb
blasts as first. This, however, does not include recurring killings in J&K, attack on our Parliament, ULFA and
Naxalite activities.
Another report by Shankar Raghuraman(TNN dated August 27,07) tells us that “barring war-torn Iraq”, India is
the top most loser in human lives in terrorist attacks. Iraq lost 3,280 lives, we, Indians have lost 3,674 lives. I
am sure the journalist has not included loss of human lives due to Kashmiri, ULFA, Naxalites and Khalistani
terrorism. The following paragraph by the same journalist in TOI is worth pondering.
”..when we looked in detail, at the worldwide numbers, we found India not only had the highest number of
deaths after Iraq, but also the highest number of terror-related incidents and the injured among all the
countries (again barring Iraq) –more than all the war zones around the globe.”
I will request my readers to pause and read this paragraph again and ponder.
WE TALK, NOT ACT.
Is it not unfortunate? It is happening in a country that boasts of the Budhha, Nanak, viveka and the Gandhian
non-violence.
India is a lesson in governance. Ideology is good but better than that is the legislation that reflects that
ideology. Still better than legislation is its implementation but the best is implementation with justice and without
profiling. Unfortunately, we have stopped at Ideology. This is our biggest weakness.
RID NON-ACTION STRATEGIES:
GO AFTER FIFTH COLUMN
NO PROFILING.
It is high time for the Indians to think and decide if they would like to continue with status quo or mend the
situation. And if correction to ensure a life with freedom is our goal, then we will have to ensure that both the
governments and the people do their duty at their respective levels.
We have been watching the governments’ reactions and responses to the bloodbaths done with impunity.
They point their fingers to foreign hands to avoid politically sensitive actions. Simultaneously, they resort to the
culture of financial support to the victims and their kins to lessen mass anger. The governments should be
compelled to unearth and eliminate the terrorists’ fifth column, who could possibly the loose coalitions of petty
criminals, rioters and hate mongers. It is time our intelligence shall watch those living beyond means and reach
the dens of the killers. The governments need to make the persons entrusted with the job of protecting the
people answerable for such incidents, with ministers and bureaucrats no exception.
On the peoples’ front, especially the NRIs in America, we have starting seeing a heartening posture by the
Muslim community leaders to come forward and condemn killings. (two letters, one by Dr. Sheik Ubaid and
other by IMC-USA are printed below). But as I have been always suggesting, condemnation strategy by
community leaders and the suspicion-strategy by the governments will not work; they have not worked so far.
The terrorists don’t listen to them and even if they listen, they don’t care for them. They are carrying forward
their own agenda, with the active support-paid or voluntary-of their agents. The NRI leaders shall write back
home, to their friends, relatives and religious leaders of mandirs and masjids, not to shelter the fifth column,
rather expose them. And we shall not take it as profiling, as the terrorists across the border may be Muslims
but their fifth columns in India will definitely be a religious mix, consisting of petty criminals, youth looking for
quick bucks and their likes.
By not doing so, we will be destroying the secular fabric of our society and help the communal forces to widen
the already existing divide between communities.
The need of the hour is a joint action by the people and governments to unearth the fifth columns of terrorists,
as this seems to be the only route to put a halt to their evil design.
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Two letters of condemnation
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For Immediate Release
Prominent Indian-American Muslims Condemn Hyderabad Bomb Blasts
August 25, 2007
Contact person: Dr. Shaik Ubaid. Tel: (516) 567-0783
Prominent Muslim Indian-American leaders, many of them hailing from the historic city of Hyderabad in India,
condemned the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad on Saturday August 25 as cowardly crimes against humanity.
The leaders of the Indian diaspora in the US expressed their heartfelt condolences to the families of the
victims. They demanded a thorough and transparent investigation from the Indian national and the state
governments and apprehension of those who were involved in the bombings. They appealed to the Indians of
all faiths to stay united and foil the evil designs of the perpetrators of bombings who wish to polarize the city
and country. They announced that as always they will be joining hands with leaders of other religious
communities, leftist groups, human rights organizations and other members of broad-based Indian American
coalitions to show their solidarity with their Indian counterparts and to protect the pluralist ethos of India.
According to the preliminary newsreports, in two near-simultaneous terror attacks, at least 36 people were
killed and more than 50 injured in explosions at a crowded park and a popular eating joint. Twenty-six people
died and 22 wounded when an explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Shop at Kothi locality at around 7.30 p.m.,
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister, K Jana Reddy, told reporters here. Six people, most of them from outside the
State, were killed and 13 injured in another blast five minutes earlier in an open air auditorium in Lumbini Park
near the State Secretariat in the heart of the city when a laser show was on, he said.
Manzoor Ghori, Chairman, Indian Muslim Relief and Charities
Dr. Shakhir Mukhi, President, American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin
Dr. Javed Akhtar, President, American Muslims Physicians of Indian Origin
Dr. Khursheed Mallick, Indian Muslim Education Foundation of North America
Saeed Patel, National coordinator, NRIs for a Secular and Harmonious India
Habeeb Ahmed, Human Rights Commisioner, Nassau County, Long Island, NY
Syed Azmathullah Quadri, Founding Chairman, ImanNet
Dr. Syed Sohail Ahmed, Islamic Medical Association of North America
Dr. Shaik Ubaid, Indian American Coalition for Pluralism
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: IMC-USA condemns the multiple bomb blasts in Hyderabad, India
Date: 8/26/2007 1:31:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: media@imc-usa.org
To: betterindia@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
NRI Muslims condemns the multiple bomb blasts and appeals to all communities for calm.
Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA) (http://www.imc-usa.com), an advocacy group dedicated towards
safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, condemns the multiple bomb blasts in Hyderabad, A.P. and
appeals to all communities to be calm and work together to dissect the source of such terror and remove this
scourge of violence within India
“Violence serves no cause, no religion and no community. Such barbaric acts only serve the agenda of anti-
socials, fascists and extremists” Rasheed Ahmed, President of IMC-USA stated. He further added that “at times
like these, the foremost need is to attend to the victims while urging the government to intensify efforts to
identify the real perpetrators. It is a travesty of justice, that time and again such barbaric acts get politicized
and in the process innocent people get victimized, while the real perpetrators of such terrorist activities stay at
large."
Rahmat Baig, Vice-President of IMC-USA stated that "it is tragic that such barbaric acts are occurring with a
regularity. Only the time and place changes. We have been focusing on foreign sources and agents for a while
without much success. We urge the government to investigate domestic sources as well in the light of
revelation about Nanded and Malegaon blasts and incidents involving a number of fake-encounters" .
IMC-USA urges the State and Central Government to do its best to tend to the victims and their families. IMC-
USA also hopes that a transparent and broad based investigation will be conducted to find the criminals and
punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
Contact:
Zeeshan Farees
6321 W. Dempster St.
Suite# 295
Morton Grove, IL 60053-2848
Tel: 1-800-839-7270
E-Mail: info@imc-usa.org
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“IN ANGER AND PROTEST”
COMMENTS BY A READER BEING ADDED BELOW on 8/29/07
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re: Is India becoming a failed state on Societal Front?
Date: 8/29/2007 3:26:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: city.soil@verizon.net
To: Betterindia@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
"Another report by Shankar Raghuraman(TNN dated August 27,07) tells us that “barring war-torn Iraq”, India is
the top most loser in human lives in terrorist attacks. Iraq lost 3,280 lives, we, Indians have lost 3,674 lives. I
am sure the journalist has not included loss of human lives due to Kashmiri, ULFA, Naxalites and Khalistani
terrorism. The following paragraph by the same journalist in TOI is worth pondering".
Sir, you are wrong, Not Iraq, but America lost 3280 lives in Iraq, not Iraq. Iraq lost more than million lives in
American Illegal and immoral war and much more lives are on table in coming days and months. Also, India has
lost 3674 lives only because like America, INDIA is also not listening to the plight of the Muslim Community, who
are sandwiched between the militants and the Governments around the Globe. You have quoted Bombay
Bomb Blast, but ignored the reasons behind that and victims of the Babri riots who have not received any
justice, financial or social.
Hope, you may publish the attached article in your newspaper to make yourself free of such bias.
INSIDE THE TIGER'S DEN: Mohite watched as Thackeray ordered his Sainiks to riot, burn, loot and commit
mass murder.
Mumbai: The role of the Shiv Sena is clearly proven in the 1993 Bombay riots, but there is one testimony that
proves that Bal Thackeray coordinated much of the January carnage that Mumbai witnessed in 1993.
Says Witness, Srikrishna Commission Report, Yuvraj Mohite, "Balasaheb baithe they aur jagah jagah se unko
phone aa rahe the aur woh halat poochke bolte the , 'Maro unhe, kaat dalo. Unko Allah ke pas bhej do'.
Balasaheb was sitting and he was getting calls from various places. He would ask what was happening at that
particular place (from where he got the call) and then he would say, 'Kill them. Send them to Allah'."
On the night of January 8, 1993, when the Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray sat in his home controlling the mobs
that set Bombay on fire, journalist Yuvraj Mohite was present at the Thackeray residence.
Mohite watched as Thackeray ordered his Sainiks like a commander, to riot, burn, loot and commit mass
murder.
This is what Bal Thackeray said in February '93 after the riots: "I am proud of what my boys have done. We
had to retaliate and we did. If it was not for us, no one would have controlled the Muslims."
What he saw at the Thackeray home, left Mohite stunned.
"Main yeh sab sunke baukhla gaya tha (I was stunned after hearing all of this)," says Mohite.
And Yuvraj Mohite wasn't alone. Another man, Chandrakant Handore, then Mayor of Bombay and now social
Justice Minister in the Congress-NCP government, is the one who took Mohite to the Thackeray home, and
then told him to forget what'd he'd seen.
"Handore ne mujhe bola ki tum yeh sab bhul jao. Balasaheb to aise hee hain. Aur maine bola ki mein yeh kisi
bhi halat mein nahin bhool sakta (Handore asked me to forget it all, Balasaheb is just like this. I said that I can
never forget this under any circumstances.)"
However, Handore now claims he never saw Thackeray giving orders.
"Jab kuch hua hi nahi tha to main kaise kuch bolo sakta hoon. Aur maine kabhi Mohite ko nahi roka (When
nothing of this sort happened how could I have said anything? I have also never stopped Mohite to speak),"
says Handore.
With Handore claiming he had seen nothing, it was left up to the journalist to stand his ground. In his
deposition before the Srikrishna Commission, Yuvraj clearly spelt out what Thackeray ordered:
* That not one Muslim be left alive to stand in the witness box.
* Asked his men to send the additional police commissioner, A A Khan, to his Allah.
* Ordered his men to retaliate to the Hindu killings in Jogeshwari.
It was this testimony that made the Commission indict the Sena chief.
Justice Srikrishna writes: "Even after it became apparent that the leaders of the Shiv Sena were active in
stoking the fire of the communal riots, the police dragged the feet on the facile and exaggerated assumption
that if such leaders were arrested, the communal situation would further flare up."
And it's Mohite's testimony that helped the commission prove the Sena involvement.
But what made him stand his ground?
"Jo maina dekha tha us se mein shock hogaya tha aur maine bola ki aisi baat jo maine dekhi hai use dabne
nahi de sakta hoon (I was shocked at what I saw. I decided that something that I have seen I will not suppress
it)."
Yuvraj Mohite's testimony is a damning indictment of politicians like Chandrakant Handore and the then state
government, which not only failed to save over 900 lives, but also didn't have the will or the guts to put Shiv
Sena chief Bal Thackeray in the dock.
-
Ismail Poonawala
Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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To: Betterindia@aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:14 PM
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Babri Masjid Demolition in
1992 by the activists of the
Hindutva forces will go into
India's history as the most
obnoxious seed of communal
conflicts after 1947 partition'
1992 by the activists of the
Hindutva forces will go into
India's history as the most
obnoxious seed of communal
conflicts after 1947 partition'
| MUMBAI RIOTS At 1:30 p.m. a powerful car bomb exploded in the basement of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. The 28-story office building housing the exchange was severely damaged, and many nearby office buildings also suffered some damage. About 50 were killed by this explosion. About 30 minutes later, another car bomb exploded elsewhere in the city, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. a total of 13 bombs exploded throughout Bombay. Most of the bombs were car bombs, but some were in scooters. Three hotels, the Hotel Sea Rock, Hotel Juhu Centaur, and Hotel Airport Centaur, were targeted by suitcase bombs left in rooms booked by the perpetrators. Banks, the regional passport office, hotels, the Air India Building, and a major shopping complex were also hit. Bombs exploded at Zaveri Bazar, Century Bazar, Katha Bazar, Shiv Sena Bhawan, and Plaza Theatre. A jeep-bomb at the Century Bazar exploded early, thwarting another attack. Grenades were also thrown at Sahar International Airport and at Fishermen's Colony, apparently targeting Hindus at the latter. A double decker bus was very badly damaged in one of the explosions and that single incident accounted for the greatest loss of life - perhaps up to ninety people were killed. Buildings attacked include Bombay Stock Exchange Building Hotel Sea Rock Hotel Centaur, Juhu Hotel Centaur, Santa Cruz Plaza Cinema Shiv Sena Bhawan Zaveri Bazaar Century Bazaar Passport Office Air India Building Sahar Airport Plaza Theatre, Dadar |
| Riots after Babri Masjid demolition. |
| GUJARAT RIOTS shattered pluralism |
NEW DELHI, May 20 ,2004.- India's
newly appointed prime minister,
Manmohan Singh, vowed
Thursday that his government
would never allow a repetition of
the riots in Gujarat State in 2002
that left at least 1,000 Muslims
dead.
newly appointed prime minister,
Manmohan Singh, vowed
Thursday that his government
would never allow a repetition of
the riots in Gujarat State in 2002
that left at least 1,000 Muslims
dead.
| BUT NO RIOTERS, CRIMINALS, HATE MONGERS AND TERRORISTS DON'T FEAR THE GOVERNMENTS in INDIA. |
Dawood Ibrahim b. December 31,
1955, also known as Dawood Ebrahim and
Sheikh Dawood Hassan, birth name Sheikh
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, is the head of the
organized crime syndicate D-Company in
Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of
Interpol for terrorism, organised crime and
counterfeiting.[1]
Ibrahim is accused of heading a vast and
sprawling illegal empire, in which he acquired
money and political clout. His name has
become a byword in political, business and
law enforcement circles in the manner of Al
Capone and Osama Bin Laden. After the
Bombay Blasts in 1993, which Ibrahim
organized and financed, he became India's
most wanted man. After that incident, most of
the his key Hindu mobsters and even few
Muslims went against him bringing down his
empire.In 2003, the United States
Government declared Dawood Ibrahim a
"Global Terrorist" and pursued the matter
before the United Nations in an attempt to
freeze his assets around the world and crack
down on his operations after significant
diplomatic lobbying by the government of
India. The Bush Administration, under
advisement from the Indian Government, has
imposed sanctions on Ibrahim.[2] Although
Pakistan denies any knowledge of his
existence, Indian intelligence agencies, such
as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW),
believe that Dawood currently resides in
Karachi. [3] Ibrahim is also alleged to have
close links with Pakistan's Inter-Services
Intelligence agency.[4]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TERRORIST ATTACKS /BOMBING STRATEGY as reported by:
The Associated Press
Published: August 25, 2007
_ Aug. 25, 2007: Bombs rip through crowded public areas in the southern city of Hyderabad, killing at least 42
people.
_ May 2007: A bomb at a historic Hyderabad mosque kills 11 people.
_ February 2007: Bombs detonate on train headed through northern India for Pakistan, killing 68 people.
_ September 2006: At least 30 people are killed and 100 injured in twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon in
western India.
_ July 2006: Seven bombs on Mumbai commuter trains kill more than 200 and injure more than 700 others.
_ March 2006: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi kill 20 people.
Kashmiri militants are blamed.
_ October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets one day before a major Hindu festival kill 62
people and wound hundreds. India blames Kashmiri militants.
_ August 2003: Two taxis packed with explosives blow up outside a Mumbai tourist attraction and a busy
market, killing 52 and wounding more than 100.
_ March 1993: Muslim underworld figures tied to Pakistani militants allegedly carry out a series of bombings on
Mumbai's stock exchange along with trains, hotels and gas stations in the city, killing 257 people and wounding
more than 1,100.
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