Teeth Maestro: Mumbai Under Attack & Pakistan to blame

What has also sadly transpired within the following day is that the ‘official’ blame game circus is in full swing, contrary to my initial message where I expressed my relief that Pakistan was not being blamed since Deccan Mujahideen were taking the blame, but much to my dismay the good news [?] was short lived and very soon the Indian government was livid at the Pakistani intelligence agencies for having masterminded this attack, in all honesty it might even had been the ISI [ironically we cant trust them either] but whosoever created the mess, Indian or Pakistanis it must be condemned at all costs.

What worries me now is that the mess that we just saw in Mumbai in the last few hours literally pales in comparison of what might be brewing up in Karachi now, tensions between the few ethnic groups have reached an unimaginable and dangerous proportions and I, like many Karachitties, worry that if God Forbid such an incident were to happen its going to be far worse then Mumbai and then do we conveniently point fingers back to India, [which I feel our bureaucracy will do anyway].

Adil Najam: I am a Mumbaikar: In Prayer and in Solidarity

I stand today with Mumbaikars everywhere. In shock at what has happened. In fear of what might happen yet. In anger at those who would be so calculated in their inhuman massacre. In sympathy with those whose pain so hurts my own heart but whose tears I cannot touch, whose wounds I cannot heal, and whose grief I cannot relieve.

CHUP!: At Least 100 Dead in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks…

On the same day that India and Pakistan negotiated a joint anti-terrorism mechanism, agreeing to exchange information on terrorists, coordinated attacks struck India’s commercial capital Mumbai Wednesday. At least eight targets were hit and 100 are said to have been killed, and hostages are reportedly being held in the Hotel Oberoi. Although a previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the string of attacks, MSNBC implied that it could also be linked to Kashmiri separatist groups, like the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Sharafs: Bombay Pakistan and the World

In my assessment, this incident could involve individuals from diverse nationalities. If incidents of the past are to be considered, them even a remote Pakistani connection is but obvious. Having been put into the box, Pakistan after this Bombay incident could be forced into the corner of the box. If Kiani and Co complies further, we head for a Place de la Bastille.

Mosharraf Zaidi: New terrorists in an old context

In the ashes and blood that are strewn across Mumbai there is little doubt that Narendra Modi’s war-mongering manipulation of Krishna’s call to dharma will find more countenance than Ghandiji’s tranquil message of aspiring towards the unfettering moksha. Post-independence India has thus far miraculously survived the almost impossible struggle for equilibrium between these two ice-and-fire orientations within the core spiritual challenge of life. That survival has been predicated on two overarching and unspoken Nehruvian principles. The first is that the Indian establishment can never admit that Indian Muslims represent a unique social, political and economic challenge that must be dealt with in a unique manner. The second is that India’s internal conflicts are a product or manifestation of the troublesome neighbours that have emerged since 1947, Bangladesh to the east, and Pakistan to the west. For Indian politicians of all persuasions, it may be high time to revisit these principles. A fragile equilibrium may depend on it. For South Asian Muslims, however, Mumbai represents an entirely different kind of inflection point: yet another opportunity to introspect. As Mumbai’s archetypal Muslim gangster might say, if not now saala, then when?

Yaseen Khawa

Suicide attacks in 2008 in India alone has killed 200 so far. In such suicide attacks India always accused Pakistan but recently there is strong evidence found against Tamil Tigers and some Hindu terrorists organizations may also be involved in such attacks. A few years back such suicide attack on Sri Lankan lady President killed several people and also resulted in eye loss of the President.

Shaheryar Ali: Freedom and Lights : Ode To Bombay

Once again they have attacked, at the heart of Bombay. Bombay is every thing which they hate. Bombay is Freedom, Bombay is Life, Bombay is Music, Bombay is Light. This is the attack on city of Lights. 100 people have been killed in cold blood. The attack is an attempt to over throw Indian democracy and secularism. The madness which has engulfed this world due to George Bush’s and OBL’s war of Terror has now struck India.

PK Plolitics: Indian Media Goes Bizarre

As Indian media has started a propaganda war against Pakistan without any evidence, logic and reasons. We request visitors to share all such propaganda news to counter it with logical arguments and to expose flaws and lies in these stories.Just like Talat Hussain did a great job by exposing this naked propaganda of Indian Media and government.

Bismillah Sheikh: Mumbai Attacks and the aftermath

Now India has decided to blame Pakistan as being somewhat responsible for these events. Am I surprised? Probably not. It is probably important to investigate within the borders of Pakistan even, but why so fast to automatically place blame on the government? I am sure these terrorist, whoever they were, knew that this would be one of the ripples of their suicide mission of sensless death. This was a coordinate, calculated assault, and not only was the attack carefully thought out, so were the location, timing, and global implications of it. Whether or not they were Al Qaeda, or some independant terrorist group, killing Westerns was clearly a primary goal, as was to further trying to destabilize the South Asian subcontinent, which is only in their self-interest of promoting World chaos. And of course since they will end up being some fundamentalist extreme group who call themselvs “Muslims”, and claim the name of Islam (and I argue they are FAR from being ANY Sort of Muslims) It will only heighten tensions within the Asian sub continent. After a somewhat peaceful time between Pakistan and India, now there are talks of India eliminating the cease fire among other things...

Riaz Haq: World Reacts in Horror as Terror Strikes Mumbai

Such acts of murder are completely unjustified, it is important to understand that the seeds for such support for terror can be found in the anger at America’s “global war on terror”. This “war” has provided a convenient cover to the Hindutva groups and to fiercely anti-Muslim elements within the Indian government apparatus to launch a concerted campaign of terror against Muslims. As expected, however, the finger of blame in India is being pointed at neighboring Pakistan. Pakistan, which has itself been at the receiving end of terror, has strongly condemned the attacks and offered to cooperate with the Indian government to track down the perpetrators of Mumbai.

Emagine: When the Indian Media Can’t Get The Story Right

Now that the Mumbai Terror act is over and the finger pointing/attempts to connect Pakistan to it, I found a series of articles that would make anyone wonder if the Indian government, police, media or the sole terrorist they have caught have any idea what the plan was or how it was executed.

Ahsan: The Mumbai Attacks: The Pakistan Angle

Really? It’s already evident that the group was based outside the country? To be perfectly clear, I don’t know whether the attacks originated from an arm of the Pakistan state (the ISI, for example) - though I consider the probability of our involvement to be anywhere between fairly unlikely to highly unlikely. What I do know is that the Indian government doesn’t know, and yet pretends to know.

Tperacha: The ususal suspects

Maybe we should also borrow a page from our neighbor’s book and God forbid, next time when we have a terrorist attack in Pakistan, simply blame it on RAW and get on with our lives. In fact a lot of analysts believe that foreign elements have played part in the recent attacks in Pakistan, but unlike the Indian government, our government doesn’t have the balls to blame any external element.

It’s about that the Indian media stop its propaganda and do some soul searching as to the actual reasons behind these attacks. A good starting point maybe, the state of Muslims in India.

Dr. Tariq Rahman: Alas - Far Away from Peace

On Sept 13, 2001 I wrote an article advising the US not to lash out at Afghanistan like a wounded bear. But of course the mighty American government did not deign to listen to my voice — why should it? I have neither fame nor power of any kind and, in any case, the mighty prefer war to peace. They think peaceful solutions will make them appear weak. They have intelligence but not wisdom.

Yet I offer the same advice to India. First, the knee-jerk reaction to blame Pakistan — the state of Pakistan — must stop. It is counterproductive since it prevents the Pakistani government from trying to help India. All the top leaders in government are trying to help India but as the Indian media becomes increasingly strident in its tone these leaders will dare not go against public opinion. They will be made to retreat and be on the defensive and this is only in the interests of the terrorists. After all their aim is to destabilise South Asia and this will be achieved if tensions spiral.

Shuja Nawaz: Maximum Terror in Mumbai: Confusion Reigns

The Sachar Commission report of November 2006 confirmed what Indian Muslims had long known: they were well below national averages for education, skills development, employment, and economic opportunities. Some 38 per cent of Muslims in urban areas and 27 per cent in rural areas lived below the poverty line. But today, nearly two years after the release of that report, there is still talk about “targeted intervention” and many of the actions being discussed are still in the future tense. Even when these plans are implemented, at the notoriously slow pace of Indian bureaucracy, it will take years to make up for the ill-effects of previous discrimination. Meanwhile the “youth bulge” in the Indian Muslim population will become increasingly susceptible to the lure of the militants.

One ray of hope came recently at the recent annual conclave of the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind of India, where leading religious scholars spoke against terrorism. As one Mullah stated: “There is a world of a difference between terrorism and Jihad”. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, all countries with huge Muslim populations, and all susceptible to Islamist militancy, would do well to publicize that stance in their battle against terrorism at home and abroad. Whether the terrorism is home grown or imported, the world does not need a repeat of the Mumbai mayhem.