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Militants Planned Attack On Indian Software Firms
Alien54 writes "Militants killed in an encounter in New Delhi on Saturday night planned to attack leading software companies in Bangalore in addition to the Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun, Delhi police said on Sunday Indian police claim the men were members of Lashkar-e-Toiba - a Wahabi militant group fighting for an independent Kashmir. Apart from maps of call centers police also recovered 100 kilos of dynamite, 10.5 kilos of RDX explosive, 450 detonators, three AK-56 rifles and a satellite phone."
> Militants? Militant whats? Militant Communists? Militant Republicans? Militant Anti-Caste activists? Militant Hindu Nationalists? Militant Islamists? Militant Christian Doomsday Fundamentalists? Militant Hello Kitty Fans?
> Just saying 'militants' is ignorant reporting.
Perhaps it's militant dislexics who missed the word 'Wahabi' in the overview.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Lashkar-e-Toiba is a millitant group connected with Al-Qiada and wishes to 'free' Kashmir. They are Muslim Islamists and believes that they are in jihad with almost everybody except them. Talk about ignorance!
The "Militants" were a group called the LeT - Lashkar-e-Taiba
Here's some more background on them. Looks like they're tied into the infamous Al-Qaida too.
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
Kasmhir is a part of India. The way you put it it sounds like Kashmiris are not Indians.If you follow news you will find that the government of Kashmir is elected.Also the majority of Lashkar-e-Toiba members are non kashmiris.Read it here
BBC Profile of Lashkar-e-Toiba.
So it is not Kashmiris attacking Indians.Believe it or not most Kashmiris are sick and tired of terrorism.They will rather get on with their life and business.Tourism which was the main source of income for kasmiris declined drastically after the terrorists upped their attacks.
Lashkar started in Pakistan and has its headquartes in Pakistan and after the US declared it as a terrorist organisation it no longer opeartes publicly in Pakistan.
TechSutra
AK-56 is a chinese knockoff of the soviet SKS, which is also manufactured in pakistan.
To be on topic, the LeT is mostly comprised of Pakistani extremists and is a declared terrorist outfit by the USA and one of the first Kashmiri terrorists outfits to be banned by Pakistan. To end on a positive note, read this editorial in the pakistan newspaper Dawn.
I don't think most Americans would notice the difference, other than hold times and chants.
* Winners compare their achievements to their goals, losers compare theirs to that of others.
Yeah, but the ones who planned the terrorist attack are Islamic militants who want Kashmir to go to the Islamic Pakistan instead of being controlled by India as it is now.
My other first post is car post.
Really ? Perhaps you just lived in a non affected area when the blue collar jobs were leaving. I happened to have lived in an area where 15% of the population was supported by 3 factories, when those factories were going to be shut down all hell broke lose. The govenor of NY at the time (Cumo) showed up, even though our town had only ~20k people in it. Why ? Because it was a hot button issue.
Of course there is also the fact that when the blue collar jobs went away there were newer easier jobs to take their place. What exactly is replacing the white collar jobs ?
People worry when it effects them. The presidential campaigns hardly touched this issue even though some media outlets thought it would decide the election. Why wasnt it a major issue ? Because the average american has not yet felt the heat, only the tech sector and the aformentioned blue collar sector have had to feel the full brunt of this issue. This will be a much larger issue in the next two elections as china enters the fray and management level jobs start getting shipped out.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." --Albert Einstein
Apparently you don't know the history. Kashmir is of great strategic importance to India, Pakistan and China. Kashmir was an autonomous state after the British rule ended and India & Pakistan were free. Pakistan invaded Kashmir. The King of Kashmir, Maharajah Hari Singh, sought India's help and agreed that Kashmir will merge with India but still have autonomy. Pakistan was defeated and Kashmir became a part of India. Pakistan tried again few years later and was defeated. The Kashmir issue is screwed up because the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, to become an international peace hero, agreed in hurry to Simla agreement. Ever since then India has been suffering on Kashmir issue. It is ironic that India won three wars against Pakistan but the outcome was never favourable to India, sigh! India lost a war with China over Kashmir too so there is an on going dispute over the borders with China. Kashmir is, and always was, recognized as a part of India by UN.
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Hope that clears up the confusion a little bit
- Jalil Vaidya
Being an Indian I can tell you that Lashkar-e-Toiba is a Pakistani terrorist group. Read my other comment here.
Not entirely accurate.
India had both British provinces and princely states. See The 2nd map
Also check the following Encarta reference . The examples you gave Hyderabad, Junagarh and Kashmir were princely states (Sindh for example was not) that didnt initially decide.
Hyderabad chose independance but was invaded and conquered by India in 1948.
Muslim majority Kashmir's Hindu leaders chose to join India which resulted in the military standoff, rebellion and current bloodshed
Hindu majority Junagardh chose to join Pakistan but a plebescite brought it into India