Terrorism in India

[Sandeep]

Most (not all) people will not get into conflict if they have something to lose. When you have nothing to lose and you have nothing to do then thoughts start. I am not talking about the brains behind terrorism but about the lakhs who agree to take up arms listening to all the bullshit.

Remember the old saying "An idle brain is the devil's workshop".

[Sundar12345]

Yes absolutely correct. That's what happens most of the time.

[Lambretta]

Who said there is no terrorism in PAK and AFGHAN. AFGHANISTAN terrorism has become so widespread that it became a full fleaded war. Afgans fought for years against USSR, then after Taliban came local warloads kept fighting (though taliban crushed them).

Pakistan the govt doesnt have any control in north western province. You must have read about baluchistan details last week, they had to use airforce plains within the country. Think of Indonesia (Largest population of Muslims who also make up the majority). There also there is terrorism.

Yup, also not to mention the terrorism tat US is spreading around in Iraq in the name of fighting terrorism! 'wonder how long tats goin to continue there....!

[Sundar12345]

US is now becoming a hub for the terrorists

[Lambretta]

US is now becoming a hub for the terrorists

True! :P
Bush was apparently so psyched out abt "smokin' out" terrrorists hidden in the Mid.East, he failed to realise tat the terrorists r burrowing holes in his country itself!

[Sundar12345]

Bush does not realise a hole in his pot and laughes at other's pot holes.

[Lambretta]

Bush does not realise a hole in his pot and laughes at other's pot holes.

good one!

[Sundar12345]

Thank you

[Sandeep]

Kolkata, West Bengal and North East Terrorist hot beds

Always overlooked there is a growing Terrorist activity in West Bengal and rest of North East.

I. Bangladesh factor

The growth of fundamentalism in Bangladesh, with covert blessings from the ruling dispensation, inevitably has ripple effects in West Bengal and the rest of eastern India.

Alarming rise of jehadi fundamentalism in Bangladesh has vowed to create an Islamic state in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has become an international haven for Islamic fundamentalist extremist groups from all over the world like Pakistani groups Lashkar (LeT), Jamayath (JeM). In addition 172 Islamic militant camps are operating in Bangladesh, including members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (responsible for the Indonesian bombings).

II. Liberation movement of 1971

Much of the Islamic militancy in Bangladesh is anti-India. It is a sentiment that goes back to the opposition to the "liberation movement" of 1971. Fundamentalist groups have been noted to draw support from families that had in some way opposed independence from Pakistan.

Much of the violence targets the Opposition Awami League, now led by Sheikh Hasina, which led the liberation war. Several, secular politicians, progressive writers and intellectuals opposed to the militancy were killed.

III. Illegal migration

Every day, 1000s of Bangladeshis cross the border into India.These migrations have support of ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its alliance, 2 fundamentalist groups, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Oikyo Jote, oversee the infiltration into India with the purpose of changing the demographic pattern. A senior Army officer "The demographic changes are very disturbing."

The number of Bangladeshi immigrants in
West Bengal - 79 lakhs.
Assam - 50 lakhs;
Bihar + Jharkhand - 4.75 lakhs
Tripura - 3.75 lakhs

The illegal Bangladeshi migrants are in a position to influence the outcome in the following no: of the total Assembly seats
32% (40 out of 120) in Assam,
18% (52 out of 294) in West Bengal.

This heavy influx, especially in the NE region, has been creating pressure on land and employment, resulting in clashes between the immigrants and the local people.

IV. Then why Kolkata is relatively calm

West Bengal, Kolkata in particular, has reportedly become a safe haven for jehadis and other extremists because of its high density of population. That is perhaps one of the reasons why, in spite of everything - location, illegal immigrants, fundamentalist sympathisers - there is near-complete absence of "performance violence".

V. Whats at stake
(a) West Bengal, particularly its northern part, provides one of the easiest passages for smuggling arms and explosives.
(b) The Siliguri Corridor forms a kind of chicken neck connecting the northeastern region with the rest of the country. The feeder highways of NH 31 and 31A and the North Frontier Railway liness run through it
(c) Vital installations such as the airfields of Bagdogra and Hashimara and oil pipelines are located here.

VI. What are the terrorists doing

(a) The chief of HuJI-BD, Showkat Osman alias Sheikh Farid, was a key signatories to Osama bin Laden's call for jehad against the West, Israel and India in 1998.
(b) HuJI's was responsible in the attack on the American Centre, Kolkata
(c) 7 HuJI terrorists were arrested by the Delhi Police in July the same year when they came down on an assignment to assassinate President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & kidnap cricket stars.
(d) Another HuJI-BD militant was arrested earlier that year along with three Pakistani militants for the abduction of a businessman and other subversive activities in West Bengal.
(e) 3 HuJI-BD militants were arrested in Delhi in connection with the bomb attack on the Special Task Force (STF) office in Hyderabad. They revealed plans of attacking prominent politicians of Andhra, software parks in Hyd and Bangalore, and marketplaces and railways stations.

Much of the Muslim populations on both sides of the border are outside the pale of militancy, more concerned with the business of everyday life than with religious ideologies. Yet the spectre of militancy is a threat to civil society, of which those populations are a part.

[Sundar12345]

sandeep can you give the link from where you get the info?