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Coordinated nature of Mumbai shootings points to shadowy Islamist

Gethin Chamberlain

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday November 26 2008 20.40 GMT

With India in the grip of a wave of terrorist attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives already this year, it was only a question of when, rather than if, Mumbai would be hit.

Despite claims by India's security forces to have rounded up many of those involved in the wave of bombings that struck Delhi in September, there appeared to be little national confidence that the killings were at an end.

It was only on Sunday that the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh – announcing the formation of a task force to tackle terrorism - warned of the scale of the threat facing the country.

"I only wish to emphasise here that time is not on our side," he said. "We cannot afford a repetition of the kind of terrorist attacks that have recently taken place in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Guwahati and some other urban centres."

Although tonight's killings involved gunmen rather than the bombs used in the earlier attacks, the degree of co-ordination involved points to the same hand at work.

The most obvious suspect will be a group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen, an offshoot of the banned SIMI (the Students Islamic Movement).

It claimed responsibility for the bombings in Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad and following the Delhi bombings it issued an explicit threat that Mumbai would be next.

In an email – its favoured method of communication – it accused the ciy's anti-terrorism squad of harassing Muslims.

"You should know that your acts are not at all left unnoticed; rather we are closely keeping an eye on you and just waiting for the proper time to execute your bloodshed," the email warned. "You are already on our hit-list and this time very very seriously."

One name that will be at the forefront of the investigators' minds is that of Abdul Subhan Qureshi, also known as Tauqeer, a Mumbai-educated member of the Indian Mujahideen credited with masterminding several of the previous attacks.

Reports from India's intelligence agencies claim he has been able to use his expertise as a computer engineer to stay one step ahead of his pursuers and to coordinate attacks.

His name also cropped up in the investigation into a series of bombings in Assam, with intelligence agencies claiming to have intercepted several congratulatory emails.

He first came to the attention of the authorities after the 206 train bombings in Mumbai and was suspected of involvement in the Ahmedabad and Delhi attacks.

Figures from India's home ministry show that there have been 64 bomb attacks in the space of six months, killing more than 215 people and injuring 900.

Mumbai itself has been a regular target for terrorists since 1993, with six major attacks since then.

In July 2006 200 people were killed and more than 700 injured in bomb attacks on the city's Western Railway line. Seven bombs exploded within minutes of each other.

In August 2003 46 people died in two explosions and in March 2003 a series of bomb blasts killed 257 people and injured about 700. In that attack the terrorists also targeted hotels, along with the Bombay Stock Exchange, theatres, and a number of other sites.

In the aftermath of the other recent attacks, security sources suggested that both Pakistan and Bangladesh had played a part in assisting the bombers and it seems likely that investigators will again look at possible links with those countries to the latest attacks.

Following the Delhi bombs in September Muslims protested in the national capital, blaming SIMI and demanding that Pakistan abstain from involvement in terrorism in India.

India frequently blames Pakistan for involvement in terrorist activity on its territory, particularly in the contested region of Jammu and Kashmir.

However, the Indian authorities have also acknowledged that the country has its own home-grown terrorist problem.

Maoist Naxalite insurgents have grip on large swathes of the country – one estimate suggests they are active in 55 per cent of the landmass – and are fighting a long-running and bitter war which has claimed thousands of lives.

On Sunday the prime minister described the Naxalites as the "most serious internal security threat" facing India today.

He warned a conference of the country's most senior police officers that "the inability of intelligence agencies and the police to obtain pinpoint and actionable intelligence on time has enabled these outfits to carry out some high-profile attacks."
 
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This is an international conspiracy guys. This isn't your average joe terror attack.


Yup absolutely right..........

I think this will ultimately lead India to join WoT in Afghanistan, and yanks and israeli ambition will be fulfilled........

Possible, i mean just look at the sophistication of this attack can a handfull of never before heard terrorist this deccan mujahideen pull this kind of well Co-ordinated attack remember after all india does have an uneasy nature due to its non alignment policy of the past to suddenly jump in the band weagon openly with the U.S.
 
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L^^
Oh no not this again
So US is killing it's own citizens you guys are saying. Oh common now.
 
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This boat which is on the run towards pakistani waters according to TV sources. This boat is suspected to carry the terrosrists to Mumbai

MP Alpha is being chased on high seas, suspected to be involved.
IN and Coastguard involved.
Seems to 200 miles away.

Courtesy-Star News

Errr do India have a Navy? :mod:

Because this type of news looks nonsense to me
 
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What do u mean?????

U want us to show to u?????

Mean its not easy for a terrorists to land in super big city like Mumbai with a boat,where were the coast gaurds?and now they running away to Karachi as if Indian Navy just woke up this morning for the chase.
 
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nope it is MA Alpha registered in vietnam

Information on MV Alpha

Port Qasim shipping activity report
KARACHI, Nov 7 (APP): Shipping activity remained active at the Port where three ships scheduled to load, offload containers and palm oil were berthed at Qasim International Container Terminal and Multipurpose Terminal respectively on Thursday.

Meanwhile another container ship also got anchored at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during last 24 hours.

Berth occupancy was maintained at the Port at 60% on Thursday where a total of six ships C.V Dubai Express, C.V CMA CGM Sambhar, M.V Karavador, M.V Kolocep, M.T DL Clover and M.T St. Kitts were occupying berths to load, offload containers, wheat, palm oil, LPG and Iron are respectively during the report period.

A cargo volume of 55,443 tonnes comprising 38,954 tonnes import cargo and 16,489 tonnes export cargo inclusive of containerized cargo 2,453 Containers (TEUs) was handled at the Port during last 24 hours.

Three ships M.T St.Kitts, M.V Sari and M.T DL Clover sailed out to sea during last 24 hours while three more ships C.V Dubai Express, C.V CMA CGM Sambhar and M.V karavador are expected to sail on Friday.

A total of five ships C.V Saudi Diriyah, C.V AI-Manakh, M.V Maria, M.T Royal Aqua and M.V Bison Express carrying container, wheat, palm oil and Live Cattle are expected to take berths at container Terminal and Multipurpose Terminal respectively on Friday, while three more ships M.r AI-Salam-II, M.T Sulawesi Palm and M.V Alpha Afovos with diesel oil, palm oil and Coke are due to arrive at Port Qasim on same day.
 
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Update from Newa

Navy helicopters are chasing a ship, which is believed to have dropped terrorists near Bombay. Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta is closely monitoring the situation.
 
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An Italian national was among around 100 people killed in the attacks on hotels and other targets in the Indian financial capital Mumbai, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
 
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R.I.P

A very sad incident indeed. Indian authorities must eliminate these terrorists.
 
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first of all, may all innocent people killed by those low life terrorists RIP.

shocking, shocking, shocking

the nuclear armed India which operates aircraft carriers are using WWII weapons for anti-terrorism. see the photo below.

my hats off to all your servicemen who are now fighting those terrorists in Mumbai, however I have the concerns on how these great souls got treated by the current regime of India. The rich people stay in that 5 star hotel while the poor are fighting terrorists using such WWII rifle, wtf! Have a look at the following photo, they are not sniper rifle, just some entry level WWII rifle.

Please also look at those servicemen on the front line of anti-terrorism. what kind of gears they received to protect themselves? nothing!



shocking! shocking! shocking! when billions of dollars are being spending to buy aircraft carriers from foreign countries, the current regime of India refuse to provide the very basic body protection gears for their own servicemen. tell me why you ignore the safety of your own servicemen while posing threats to your neighbors? you can afford aircraft carriers, so you must be able to afford those bullet proof gears.

now have a look at how my family's tax money got spent on our servicemen. we don't have aircraft carriers in operation, we don't have any plan to get one in service.



stop putting big $$$ on aircraft carriers which can only be used for offensive missions. spend more money to honor the lives and safety of your servicemen.

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to all Indian nationalists here: here we are talking about the safety of your servicemen, they are the people who deserve to be get those gears, but why billions of dollars are spent on aircraft carriers but not on their safety? because the current regime of India doesn't honor your servicemen and their safety.
 
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Terror attack planned by Lashkar


New Delhi: Ten people reportedly sneaked into Mumbai via the sea route from Karachi and carried out a pre-planned and well-orchestrated strike in India under the aegis of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit.

A report on Times Now quoted intelligence agencies as saying that the timing of the terror attack coincided with efforts at peace talks between the newly elected regime in Pakistan and the authorities in India.

The militants reportedly used speed-boats to get from the coast of Karachi to Mumbai and then spread out into the southern part of the city and spread mayhem around the central business district by storming two major hotels and opening indiscriminate fire at several places.

The report quoted the intelligence agencies as saying that this information came from one of the captured terrorists after last night's heist in India's financial capital that saw more than 87 people lose their lives and 200 being injured with a few hostage dramas continuing for nearly 12 hours.

The report also said that there was no group called the Deccan Mujahideen and the e-mail has been traced back to a fictitious IP address in Russia. It said that the hawkish elements in Pakistan stage-managed this terror attacks to coincide with the visit of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was to visit Chandigarh today in the company of his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, a trip that has since been cancelled.


Terror attack planned by Lashkar - National News ? News ? MSN India - News
 
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