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Pakistan isn’t involved in attacks, ambassador says

Posted by smeddum on November 30, 2008

Pakistan isn’t involved in attacks, ambassador says
11:22 AM CST on Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bloomberg News Dallas News
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India uncovers Hindu terror group that carried out bombings blamed on Islamists

Posted by seumasach on November 30, 2008

 

Andrew Buncombe

Belfast Telegraph

23rd November, 2008

India is in something of a state of shock after learning from official sources that its first Hindu terror cell may have carried out a series of deadly bombings that were initially blamed on militant Muslims. The revelation is forcing the country to consider some difficult questions.

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The Attack in Mumbai II

Posted by seumasach on November 30, 2008

 

Moon of Alabama

27th November, 2008

The cleanup operation in Mumbai are still ongoing as the police and army search and fight through two big hotels that were attacked. The latest casualties numbers are 125 dead, 327 injured.

As said before, there is something weird about these attacks.

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Mumbai – Who Killed The Other 7 Captured Terrorists?

Posted by seumasach on November 30, 2008

rense.com

29th November, 2008

Two British men were among the 8 captured terrorists in Mumbai. The 
Telegraph reported: Two British-born Pakistanis were among eight gunmen 
seized by Indian commandos who stormed buildings to free hostages, 
Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Mumbai, reportedly said. 

http://beltwayblips.com/story/ british_men_were_among_the_8_captured_mumbai/ 

NEW DELHI  Three of the militants who attacked India’s financial capital 
have confessed they are members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba 
group, the Hindu newspaper reported today. 

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/11/mumbai-attacks-captured- terrorists-admit-to-being-members-of-pakistanbased-lashkaretaiba- jihadi-grou.html 

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Signs Of An Attempted Coup In New Delhi

Posted by seumasach on November 30, 2008

 

 

“Everywhere the talk is of terrorist groups, tribalism, ethnicity, secession and always the hand of Anglo-American subversion can reasonably suspected although not always proven.The goal here is not global conquest but global chaos; it is a scorched earth policy- if the empire cannot prevail then at least no one else will, and privilege will hold sway over democracy in a world of fragmented nation states and local oligarchies.”

This is how I characterised the spirit of the Obama agenda back in January. Is it this that we now see unfolding?

Ahmed Quraishi

29th November, 2008

ahmedquraishi.com

ISLAMABADPakistan—Preliminary signs emerging from India’s power center, New Delhi, paint a picture of an unstable situation. Security is already compromised. But a bigger story is taking place in New Delhi, not Mumbai. There are disturbing signs that India, a nuclear-armed nation of a billion people, is witnessing a ‘soft coup’ attempt involving secular rightwing ideologues and Hindu nationalists.

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