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Why dismiss the possibility? If there is even the slightest possibility that he may not be Muslim should it not be investigated? If the Indian security and intelligence had been more open minded then there would have been much less accusation and counter accusation between neighbors on previous terrorist acts which were in fact committed by Hindus fanatics.

The modern if doesn't wear skull cap is not a Muslim ? I guess all attacks in Afghanistan are done by these guys.
One should not dismiss the possibilities that he is a Bangladeshi too.
 
One should not dismiss the possibilities that he is a Bangladeshi too.

There is no evidence that he is. The wrist band suggests he might be a Hindu so that should be followed up. Whether he is a Bangladeshi or not is pure speculation and waste of time to investigate at this point. Your intelligence should prioritize according to the info available. Since the wrist band clearly indicates some affiliation that should be the main focus of the interrogation and information gathering.
 
Modernisation of police top priority: Bhujbal
Press Trust of India
Friday, December 05, 2008 4:37 PM (Mumbai)

Chhagan Bhujbal, named as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, on Friday said his top priorities will be to modernise the police force and bring back a sense of security among citizens rattled by the Mumbai terror strikes.

"My immediate priority is to provide the police force with all equipments and facilities to enable them to take on terrorists and other criminals," Bhujbal said in Mumbai after Pawar announced him as the successor of R R Patil.

Bhujbal, a key OBC leader in Maharashtra, will also handle the post of Home Minister. The senior NCP leader, who faced allegations of shielding Abdul Telgi, the accused in the fake stamp paper scam, made light of the charges. "The court has absolved me," he said.

In the wake of the audacious terror attacks, Bhujbal said there will not be any pomp or celebration associated with his swearing ceremony as Deputy Chief Minister. NCP has already announced that Pawar's birthday, falling on December 12 will be a simple affair.

NDTV.com: Modernisation of police top priority: Bhujbal
 
Prominent Muslims join call for black Eid
5 Dec 2008, 0448 hrs IST, Nandita Sengupta, TNN
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New Delhi: Prominent Muslims from the fields of cinema, theatre and media have strongly endorsed the clergy's call for a black-ribbon protest on
Bakr Eid against the Mumbai terror attacks.
They point to a larger purpose behind the 26/11 strikes seeing in them an attempt to trigger communal violence. To that end, the symbolic protest is a call to evoke the spirit of India's secular values and ensure harmony among an agitated citizenry.

"Terrorists expect to polarize communities here, and hope the people will take the violence to the next level. The conflict is between a civil, secular democracy and barbaric forces that want to drag us back to medieval times," says theatre personality Feroz Khan. But he's clear Indians will not allow that. For him, the protest is an important milestone. "You've felt it in your heart, now it's time to show it on the streets," says Khan, who has directed well-known plays such as Tumhari Amrita.

The protest becomes more relevant because it cuts across all communities and sects within Islam. "The coming together of the clergy is momentous because religion is their life and terrorism is an attack on their faith," says actor Jaaved Jaffrey.

"This is no mourning. This is a protest against using terms from Islam for acts of terror."

The protest is also a call to nationalism. The Mumbai terror strikes were aimed at the country, says Qari Muhammad Mian Mazhari, editor of Urdu daily Secular Qayadat. "We are first Indians and then anything else.


The attack was on India, on India's systems. We must convert them into a foundation for the creation of a strong nationality spirit, sadly missing today," he says. He adds: "And for this, it is religious organizations which have to come forward and forge the spirit."

Prominent Muslims join call for black Eid-India-The Times of India
 

Torture signs on Mumbai Jews


Correspondents in Mumbai and Islamabad | December 06, 2008
Article from: The Australian

GRUESOME evidence emerged yesterday that of the six people killed at a Jewish centre in the Mumbai massacre had been tortured, as India claimed it had identified the attackers' handlers and trainers from Pakistan's military intelligence agency.

Police said yesterday some of the bodies found in the Chabad headquarters appeared to have strangulation marks and savage wounds that did not come from gunshots or grenades.


"The victims were strangled," said Rakesh Maria, a senior Mumbai police official. "There were injuries noticed on the bodies that were not from firing."

Members of an Israeli rescue group that had a team in Mumbai said it was impossible to tell whether the bodies had been abused because no autopsies were conducted, in accordance with Jewish tradition.

Investigators now had "the names of the handlers and trainers, (and) the locations where the training was held", The Hindu reported, quoting an unidentified source.

As investigators stepped up the questioning of the captured gunman, airports across India were put on high alert amid fresh warnings that terrorists planned to hijack an aircraft.

There were fears that 14 terrorists given the same training as the Mumbai gunmen were preparing to mount 9/11-type attacks using hijacked passenger planes.

Defence Minister AK Antony ordered the nation's armed forces to be on guard against "terror strikes from the air" eight days after India suffered its worst terrorist attack in 15 years, when at least ten gunmen struck targets including a hospital, two luxury hotels and a backpacker bar in south Mumbai, killing 171 people.

Ajmal Amir Kamal, the sole Mumbai gunman to be caught alive, has told interrogators he was one of 24 men being trained in militant camps in Pakistan. So far only ten - Kamal and nine others who were killed in Mumbai - have been accounted for. "The whereabouts of the 14 missing men is of utmost concern," a police source said.

The Mumbai police yesterday identified a second Pakistani terrorist as a planner of the bloody assaults on the city and confirmed they were investigating whether a Mumbai man arrested on terrorism charges had scoped out some of the high-profile targets the attackers struck.

The new links to Pakistan added complications to US diplomatic efforts to secure cooperation between India and Pakistan.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended her trip to Islamabad yesterday saying Pakistan's President had assured her his Government would go after anyone connected with the attacks in Mumbai - even as Islamabad continued to express deep scepticism that Pakistanis were to blame. The divide over the source of the attacks - India has put together a case against Pakistan-based Islamic extremist group Lashkar-e-Toiba as the orchestrator - appears to be pushing the two South Asian neighbours toward a dangerous new phase. Pressure is mounting on India to take some action against their country's longtime foe, such as a strike against terrorist camps in Pakistan.

US State Department officials are pushing for dramatic action from Pakistan, including arrests and possible extradition of suspects, in order to alleviate public pressure on India's Government.

In private, US officials acknowledge that such actions might be difficult for Dr Rice to secure, given the potential political backlash against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.

Mr Zardari's civilian Government, Pakistan's first in nearly a decade, is only 10 months old, and there is widespread doubt about how much power he has over the two institutions needed to crack down on militants: the military and the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency, which many terror experts contend has at least some ties to LET.

Indian, US and other Western officials say they link the Mumbai attacks to LET through the confession of the sole terrorist captured and a combination of communications intercepts and human intelligence.

Islamabad's disbelief that the attackers came from Pakistan worries Western policymakers, who fear a repeat of what happened after Islamic militants attacked India's parliament in 2001, killing 15 people. LET was among the groups blamed for that attack, and India and Pakistan had to be talked back from the brink of war.

A Western diplomat in New Delhi said the perception in the diplomatic community was that the situation was deteriorating, as India faces public pressure in the face of Pakistan's refusal to hand over people India wants.

"My sense a couple of days ago was that if Pakistan could make some sort of real gesture, we might be able to get some progress," the diplomat said. "I thought the odds were against some form of intervention from the Indian side; I'm less sure now. There's got to be some gesture. If there isn't, something's going to happen."

Full-blown war still seems unlikely. A conflict would damage India's economy and undermine Pakistan's struggle against Taliban and al-Qa'ida fighters dug in on its border with Afghanistan.

But there is speculation that India could try to launch some kind of limited strike against militant camps in Pakistan.

Torture signs on Mumbai Jews | The Australian
 
Doesn’t right to life mean right to live with safety? asks HC
PTI
Thursday, December 04th, 2008 AT 11:12 PM


Mumbai: Issuing notices to state and Central government over Mumbai terror attacks, the Bombay High Court today raised a query: Is right to live with safety a fundamental right?

“Please examine whether the fundamental right to life also covers right to live with safety and sense of security,”
division bench headed by Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar said.

Two PILs have raised the issue of flawed security apparatus in the city, in the wake of November 26 terror carnage, that left over 170 dead and as many as 300 injured.

The High Court asked both the Centre and the state to file replies within two weeks, explaining what steps have been taken or would be taken to avoid such attacks in future.

The PIL filed by advocate V P Patil alleges that there was a systemic failure which allows the terror attacks to happen.

Another PIL, filed by Society of Indian Law Firms, sought setting up of a citizens committee to tackle the menace of terrorism, and reforms in police machinery.

Advocate Iqbal Chhagala, arguing for SILF, said chief minister had already announced constitution of State Security Council, which meets SILF’s demand for a citizen’s committee.

Chhagla said that Justice B N Srikrishna be made the chairman of the council - he was agreeable - and suggested names of a few others who could be its members.

It includes Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Jamshed Kanga, former Army Chief V P Malik and Julio Rebeiro among others.
Chief Justice said that to be effective, such a council should have people holding official positions in the government.

Doesn?t right to life mean right to live with safety? asks HC
 
There is no evidence that he is. The wrist band suggests he might be a Hindu so that should be followed up. Whether he is a Bangladeshi or not is pure speculation and waste of time to investigate at this point. Your intelligence should prioritize according to the info available. Since the wrist band clearly indicates some affiliation that should be the main focus of the interrogation and information gathering.

I said possibility illegal immigrants also show affiliation to crimes and terrorism they need to be rooted out why doesn't Bangladesh offer some package for their retrun ?

India is a Secular country otherwise Congress government in India led by Christian Sonia and Sikh MM Singh will be overjoyed with Hindu involvement. The bloody terrorist is alive truth cannot be hidden for long. No government in India can keep silent on this act they will respond.
 
I said possibility illegal immigrants also show affiliation to crimes and terrorism they need to be rooted out why doesn't Bangladesh offer some package for their retrun ?

Stick to the evidence and clues available. There is no indication that illegal immigrants were involved or that Bangladesh has had any role in the attacks. There is significant past evidence of Hindu fanatical involvement in past outrages and that the captured terrorist is wearing an item often identified with this group so this is clearly the best line of inquiry.
 
Stick to the evidence and clues available. There is no indication that illegal immigrants were involved or that Bangladesh has had any role in the attacks. There is significant past evidence of Hindu fanatical involvement in past outrages and that the captured terrorist is wearing an item often identified with this group so this is clearly the best line of inquiry.

There is no significant past evidence. The case is still sub-judice. Regarding the band, it was also there on the hand of Shoaib Akhthar. So that is no-entity in this case.
 
Stick to the evidence and clues available. There is no indication that illegal immigrants were involved or that Bangladesh has had any role in the attacks. There is significant past evidence of Hindu fanatical involvement in past outrages and that the captured terrorist is wearing an item often identified with this group so this is clearly the best line of inquiry.

Bloody idiots are refused burial grounds in India by Muslims, Why would they do that to persons from other religions ?

New from CNN linking Bangladeshi connection yesterday 4th Dec.
Authorities: Mumbai attackers had help - CNN.com

it was also mentioned in post 379
 
The 911 bombers also did not wear Kalavas or symbols of other faiths, like crosses.

Probably for the same reason that I wear my steel bracelet on occasion - as a fashion accessory.

A radical Muslim would not be wearing something that is symbolic of Hinduism.

Orange bracelets are not worn in Pakistan. They are worn in India in significant numbers by the fanatical devotees.

You do have high expectation from these terrorists. They are from the gutter and have no morality. Their only purpose is to kill innocent human beings and get the promised goodies in the other life.

The 9/11 bombers were supposed to have had lap dances. Is that permissible as per their piety?
 
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FBI sleuths to analyse DNA of terrorists
5 Dec 2008, 0359 hrs IST, Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, TNN
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MUMBAI: An FBI team, which is in the city following last week's terror attacks, is in the process of collecting hair and muscle samples from the
bodies of the nine terrorists for DNA profiling
. While eight bodies are in JJ Hospital, the ninth is in the Nair Hospital morgue.

Sources at the JJ morgue said they had received a letter from the Mumbai crime branch asking them to hand over DNA samples of the terrorists to the FBI team. "We will give samples of hair and muscle tissues,'' said a senior doctor at the JJ post-mortem centre. Dr Shailesh Mohite, who heads Nair Hospital's forensic department, said that the FBI team dropped by on Thursday night to collect the samples. Preliminary investigations had shown that the terrorists were young, fair and of South Asian origin. One of the doctors who conducted the post-mortem said they had been circumcised.

Regarding how DNA samples would help the FBI in investigations, Dr Mohite said, "DNA profiling is useful as particular communities show typical DNA strains.'' Another forensic expert said the FBI could also match the DNA samples with locals from provinces where the terrorists are suspected to come from.

Local forensic experts have already forwarded DNA samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Kalina. Since they drew samples soon after they received the bodies, they were also able to send blood samples for analysis. DNA profiling testing is a widely used forensic tool in investigations.

The United States is believed to maintain a DNA database of terrorism suspects, in a move that is often criticised by civil liberty groups.

FBI sleuths to analyse DNA of terrorists-Mumbai-Cities-The Times of India
 

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