South Asia Analysis Group

Kashmir Herlad




October 2005

Bombing in New Delhi


New Delhi Explosions Kill at Least 61


Delhi on high alert after blasts The Indian capital Delhi has been put on high alert after three explosions rocked the city, killing at least 61 people and injuring nearly 200 others.


22 detained in connection with Delhi serial blasts


http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103007750100.htm

Muslim group says it laid deadly Delhi bombs - The Islami Inqilabi Mahaz (Islamic Revolutionary Group) yesterday phoned Indian...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/muslim-group-says-it-laid-deadly-delhi-bombs/2005/10/30/1130607150340.html


Traces from bombs tested in New Delhi - Asia - Pacific ...NEW DELHI Forensic scientists on Monday analyzed traces of explosives found at ... certain whether an obscure Islamic militant group, Islami Inqilabi Mahaz, ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/31/news/india.php


Bomb Blasts in Delhi, 1997-2005 Bomb Blasts in Delhi, 1997-2006 ... October 29, 2005. Sarojini Nagar/Paharganj/Govindpuri. 59. 155. May 22, 2005. Liberty/Satyam Cinema ...
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/database/delhi_blast.htm


CNN.com - New Delhi 'bomb mastermind' arrested - Nov 13, 2005NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A pharmaceutical sales executive who is believed to be the ... Dar also visited New Delhi between October 4 and 6...
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/india.bombs/index.html


Japan Today - News - Group with links to Kashmir rebels claims ...Monday, October 31, 2005 at 07:42 EST. NEW DELHI � A single group was ... the blasts appeared to have been set off by a bomb inside a pressure cooker...
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/353779


Major bomb attacks:

Delhi, Oct 2005: More than 60 die in three explosions in busy markets

Delhi, May 2005: One killed and 49 injured in blasts in two cinemas

Mumbai, Aug 2003: 52 killed in twin bomb attacks in the financial capital

Mumbai, May 1993: More than 250 die in a series of bomb blasts


July 2006

Mumbai train blasts - Over 200 Dead!

India Points Finger at Pakistani Group for Mumbai Bombings

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/07/india_points_fi.html

Mumbai Train Blasts [Warning some photos are graphic]

http://mumbaitrainblasts.wordpress.com/

CNN.com - At least 174 killed in Indian train blasts - Jul 11, 2006 (Watch rescuers pull victims from wrecked trains -- 1:59) ... U.S. officials said suspicion fell on two Islamic terrorist groups whose focus has been...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/

Mumbai death toll hits 200 - South and Central Asia - MSNBC.comNBC Video: India train bombing ... investigator said the Mumbai train attacks that killed at least 200 people could be linked to a Kashmiri militant group. ... (2006)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10958641/

Islamic terrorism in Tenkasi
One need not go to the streets of Baghdad or Kabul to witness gruesome deeds of Islamic terrorism. On 17 December, 2006 at Tenkasi town in Tirunelveli district, a young Hindu Munnani leader Kumar Pandian and his friends Sekar were walking through a Muslim street in Tenkasi. They were way laid by two Muslims. These two Muslims who were later to turn themselves into marauders put this question to Kumar Pandian: 'How the hell can you start an Ambulance Service in Tenkasi? Do you know what will be the consequences for you and your family?'...
http://newstodaynet.com/2007sud/jan07/300107.htm

Explosions in Delhi-Attari train; At least 64 killed Deewana, Feb 19: In a suspected terror attack, 64 people, including some Pakistani nationals, were killed in...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=355081&sid=NAT&ssid (02/07)



(November 2007) ...well-planned attacks outside courts in three Indian cities that killed at least 13 people...
All three cities have a history of communal tensions between India's majority Hindus and its minority Muslims.
One senior police officer, who asked not to be named, said police suspected a Bangladeshi militant Islamist group - Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami ( HuJI) - could be behind the blasts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP300722



India Train Bomb Kills 5 (December 2007) By WASBIR HUSSAIN | AP Writer 1:01 AM CST, December 13, 2007 GAUHATI, India - A bomb tore through a moving train in India's remote northeast Thursday
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-india-train-bombing,1,524740.story


July 2008
41 killed, 141 injured in Indian embassy bombing in Kabul Press Trust of India
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/A598C58F537451A96525747F0055E34C?OpenDocument



In e-mail, Islamic group claims India blasts
By R.K. MISRA, Associated Press Writer
July 27, 2008
AHMADABAD, India - An obscure Islamic group claimed responsibility for a series of synchronized explosions that killed at least 45 people in western India, warning of �the terror of Death� in an e-mail sent to several television stations minutes before the blasts.
Another unexploded bomb was found and defused early Sunday, said the city�s police commissioner, O.P. Mathur. He said police had detained 30 people.
�In the name of Allah the Indian Mujahideen strike again! Do whatever you can, within 5 minutes from now, feel the terror of Death!� said an e-mail from the group sent to several Indian television stations minutes before the blasts began.
The e-mail�s subject line said �Await 5 minutes for the revenge of Gujarat,� an apparent reference to 2002 riots in the western state which left 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead. The historic city of Ahmadabad was the scene of much of the 2002 violence.
Saturday�s e-mail, sent from a Yahoo account and written in English, was made available to AP by CNN-IBN, one of the TV stations that received the warning.
State government spokesman Jaynarayan Vyas said 45 people were killed and 161 wounded when at least 16 bombs went off Saturday evening in several crowded neighborhoods. The attack came a day after seven smaller blasts killed two people in the southern technology hub of Bangalore.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_re_as/india_explosions



DELHI, India, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A series of small bombs were detonated in crowded New Delhi marketplaces Saturday, killing at least 30 people, Indian authorities said.
Besides those killed, at least 90 people were injured in the five blasts police said occurred within 30 minutes of each other in the Karol Bagh, Greater Kailash and Connaught Place markets, the Times of India reported. Three more explosive devices were defused, including one at Children's Park at India Gate, the newspaper said.
TV news channel CNN-IBN said it received an e-mail shortly before the blasts from a group calling itself the Indian Mujahedin.
"Do whatever you can. Stop us if you can," the e-mail said.
Indian Mujahedin has claimed to be behind recent bombings in Jaipur and Bangalore.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/13/Explosions_kill_30_in_New_Delhi/UPI-85341221320693/

Islamic group claims Delhi bombs
By Krittivas Mukherjee and Bappa Majumdar
Monday, 15 September 2008
Police are trawling slums and criminal hideouts in India's capital rounding up suspects after serial bombings in the city on Saturday killed at least 21 people and wounded nearly 100.
Police said they were pursuing several leads, including talking to an 11-year-old boy who said he had seen two men drop off a large plastic bag at one of the blast sites.
At hospitals, relatives of victims accused police of failing to protect them. "Down with the police," they shouted, some with tears in their eyes. "We don't trust you any more."
"Helpless?" read the banner headline of the Sunday Times newspaper, expressing growing frustration at the inability of authorities to prevent a string of bomb attacks in recent months...A group calling itself the Indian Mujahedin sent an email to television stations shortly after the first explosion saying it was responsible.  
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/islamic-group-claims-delhi-bombs-930865.html


November 2008 Terrorists target Hotels in India, (at least) 171 dead

 


Christians, Jews Among Those Killed In Mumbai ...
BosNewsLife, Hungary
Indian security officials said at least a dozen attackers slipped into Mumbai by sea in two small dinghies on Wednesday evening, November 26, ...
http://www.bosnewslife.com/asia-pacific/india/3921-breaking-news-christians-jews-among-those-kil
 
Video: India Siege Ends, Death Toll Rises AssociatedPress
http://www.youtube.com/v/KSkw4JF8nzw
 
Mumbai siege ends, toll 195
Express Buzz, India
(AP) MUMBAI: Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's ...
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Mumbai+siege+ends,+toll+195&artid=9Ld8Jjtt6bo=&SectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&MainSectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&SectionName=pWehHe7IsSU=&SEO=mumbai,%20terror,%20taj%20mahal%20hotel
 
Mumbai terror attacks reveal a new tactic by Islamist militants The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24714288-2703,00.html
 
The attacks in Mumbai show a militant movement among Indian- born followers of Islam is aligning its campaign with those from majority-Muslim countries,
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afGfjHwgqvuo&refer=home

Rabbi killed in Mumbai had gone to serve Jews | U.S. | ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) A Brooklyn-based rabbi and his wife killed in the siege on a Jewish center in Mumbai had gone to serve Jews living far from their roots,
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AR52W20081129

 
Indian Army Tries to Clear Mumbai Hotel; Hostages Die (Update3)
Bloomberg
The targeting of Westerners marks a shift in tactics for Islamic militants in India who have attacked Hindu targets in the past
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5o9OKd2Iw5U&refer=home
 
Australian Casualties in Mumbai Attacks May Rise, Smith Says
Australia updated its travel advice yesterday, saying people should reconsider visiting India as terrorists are �deliberately targeting� Westerners. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=angBgVC6r4aE&refer=australia
 
Britain: India attack had some al-Qaida hallmarks The Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0k30wCYJX61fidvPJmS78x7mhzgD94NCVDG1
 
THE Leopold Cafe, in the Colaba district of Mumbai, where much of the violence has occurred, is a legendary venue for Westerners, making it an obvious target for terrorists in pursuit of British and American travellers.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/shadowy-cafe-frequented-by-westerners-a-natural-target/2008/11/27/1227491736629.html
 
Israel says Mumbai attackers targeted its citizens
Los Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours ago
Livni, without elaboration, blamed "Islamic extremists who don't accept our existence or Western values."
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-indiaisrael29-2008nov29,0,4599144.story
 
Saudi funded Mumbai jihadists?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023684.php
 
Translation of Message From 'Deccan Mujahideen' Article
  
NEW DELHI -- Hours after terrorists began their attacks in Mumbai Wednesday, the previously unknown group identifying itself as "Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan" sent an email to few Indian media organizations. Indian news channel CNN-IBN provided The Wall Street Journal with a copy.
 
Some Indian officials have questioned the email's authenticity. One of the attackers, however, called an Indian television station Thursday and insisted on air that he belonged to the group.
 
The two-page-long letter, written in Hindi peppered with Urdu, is in the form of a notice to the Indian government and a warning to India's Hindus. Its title: "Not the Warning but the Fact."
 
The following is a partial translation by The Wall Street Journal's Krishna Pokharel:
 
- We inform and warn India's government to stop the continuing injustice against the Muslims. Return all the states seized from the Muslims. We are that "nation" that never forgets its history and repeats its history again and again. The fresh examples of which are Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Somalia and Kashmir.
Whatever you had to do you did that and what we had to endure we endured that � This is now our innings and we won't let it go from our hands. We will play our innings with style �
- We know India government won't take this warning seriously�. So we are determined that this warning be made real � You have already seen its vivid example in Mumbai.
- Hindus, don't think India's ATS [anti-terror squad] and army are laced with modern weapons and are also courageous.
This attack is a reaction to those actions that Hindus have been carrying out since 1947. There would be no actions now, only reactions. � And it will continue till we take revenge for every injustice done to us. � It will continue till we take back all our seized states �
- Hindus now give up thinking that martyring of Muslims' mosques, weakening Muslims' economic condition through riots, and putting educated youths in prison will weaken the confidence. No, not at any cost. �
Mujahideen Hyderabad Deccan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122790731776065137.html

Timeline of Mumbai terror bloodbath
MUMBAI, Nov 27: This is how the terror attacks in Mumbai, which have left more than 119 people dead, unfolded.
� A series of attacks begins around 10.30pm on Wednesday involving gunmen armed with powerful assault rifles and grenades.
� Maharashtra state police chief A.N. Roy says �unknown terrorists� have opened fire in �at least seven to eight places� across the city. They include two five-star hotels (the Taj Palace and Oberoi-Trident) the main railway station, a hospital and a restaurant popular with tourists.
� Military commandos storm the Taj Palace hotel in the early hours of Thursday, reportedly killing two gunmen and freeing some guests. Flames and a massive plume of smoke billow out of the hotel.
� A Jewish rabbi and his family are taken hostage by the gunmen at an office-residential complex which also houses a Jewish centre, India�s Jewish Federation says.
� One of the gunmen involved in the attacks tells a television channel he belongs to an Indian Islamist group seeking an end to the persecution of Indian Muslims.
� More flames and smoke billow out of the Taj Palace hotel following an encounter between police battling their way through the hotel and gunmen holding the hostages.
� Three loud blasts are heard in south Mumbai, amid media reports that an operation is under way against armed militants who have taken the rabbi hostage.
� With 200 people trapped in the Trident-Oberoi hotel, blaze breaks out in the hotel.
� More than 125 people have been killed in the attacks, a senior police official says.�- The Israeli embassy says 10-20 of its nationals are among the hostages.�-AFP
http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/28/top4.htm

Since 9/11, Muslims have carried out more than 11,000 attacks all in the name of Islam and Muhammad
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again
By Alan Caruba Thursday, November 27, 2008
The attacks in Mumbai, India are the latest in the 1,400 year history of Islam and yet people continue to express surprise that the alleged religion of peace could harbor so many cold-blooded killers of innocent people.
Since 9/11, Muslims have carried out more than 11,000 attacks all in the name of Islam and Muhammad. Americans got a taste of it when 3,000 of their own were mercilessly killed without warning and, I might add, without any better reason than Muhammad�s call to �wage war against such of the infidels as are your neighbors.�
With more than 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, about 21 percent of the world�s population, that�s a lot of neighbors and wherever Muslims are gathered in great numbers or wherever they have immigrated, the demand for unbelievers is always the same, convert or die.
The death toll in Mumbai as of this writing is nearing 130 and the target area, just as with 9/11�s attack on the World Trade Center, is the financial center of India. Islam takes a dim view of capitalism wherever it is practiced, but then Islam takes a dim view of everything that is not Islamic.
To understand Islam is to understand two central factors, its sense of superiority and its certitude. While other religions exercise tolerance for those who do not share their faith, Islam requires that �unbelievers� either convert or be killed.
While not all Muslims seek their neighbor�s blood and many are good and decent people, the single truth about Islam is that its holy book is a call to war. This thought is so frightening that most in the West end up denying the threat it poses to their lives. Terror, however, was a means to secure new adherents from its beginning.
In a new book, �The 9/11 Verses: Terrorist Teachings in the Koran�, author Karl J. Trautwein has painstakingly studied the book that Muslims are taught is the word of Allah and the Haddith a collection of stories about Muhammad�s life that are intended to guide the lives of Muslims. Islam lays down rules for every single aspect of a Muslim�s life and it requires prayer five times a day, always facing Mecca. One can purchase the book from http://www.The911Verses.com.
Muslims often point to the Koran�s verses on tolerance, but Trautwein notes that, �Passages teaching peace and tolerance are believed to come from the early days when Muhammad lived in Mecca. Verses calling for hate and violence are believed to have been revealed in Medina, which was later in his life.� In Medina, after Jewish tribes that lived there refused to accept him as a prophet and convert, Muhammad had between 600 and 900 men killed. Their wives and children were taken as slaves.
Trautwein calls Islam �bi-polar� because it contains two totally opposite beliefs and sets of behavior. The violence that the Koran demands cannot be �misinterpreted� any more than its more peaceful, earlier statements. Even so, the Koran promises great rewards for hunting, harming or killing non-believers. A statistical study of the Koran found that 52.7 percent of the verses are hatred aimed at infidels.
The lesson of 9/11, the attacks in Spain, the United Kingdom, Mumbai, and elsewhere around the world is that neither the West, nor anywhere else can �peace� be achieved with Islam. Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, animists and all others are the legitimate targets for Muslims because they are not Muslims or refuse to submit to Islam.
The 21st century is now challenged by the 7th century and, everywhere, it finds itself bewildered by what appears to be appalling and senseless killing.
It makes perfect sense, however, to those who believe they are practicing Islam as commanded by Muhammad and the Koran. The Koran heaps scorn on both Judaism and Christianity despite incorporating aspects of both faiths that preceded Islam, claiming that Muhammad received the Koran from the archangel Gabriel and is the last of the prophets. This is a thin veneer to suggest the legitimacy of Islam.
Western and other nations put themselves at peril when they seek accommodation with Islam and it is an irony that 9/11 marked a moment in time when many Muslims began to question their faith, often leaving it either openly or secretly.
An �insult� to Muhammad carries with it a death sentence. Perceived insults can result in riots and attacks as occurred when a Danish cartoonist drew an unflattering picture of Muhammad. Apostasy, the act of converting to another religion is a death sentence for Muslims. Adultery, homosexuality, alcohol, and a long list of other �offenses� can get you killed.
It is an irony, too, that Muslim nations such as Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and others find themselves the victims of Islamofascism because Islam does not separate the state from the religion.
The final irony is that the United States of America has elected as its next President, Barack Hussein Obama, born to a Muslim father, adopted by a Muslim step-father while living in Indonesia, and amerced in Islam in his formative years.
Mumbai now becomes another page in the history of Islam�s war on the world when its two major sects, Sunni and Shia, are not making war on one another.
For the West and all around the world, there can be only one response to Islam�
Resistance.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6575

How Mumbai terror unfolded: They came by boat to kill
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/how-mumbai-terror-unfolded-they-came-by-boat-to-kill-14084540.html

Islamofascism hits India hard again! - Value MD Medical Schools Forum BBC NEWS | South Asia | Mumbai rocked by deadly attacks 101 killed as gunmen rampage in India city - Yahoo! News BBC NEWS | South Asia | Witnesses.
http://www.valuemd.com/relaxing-lounge/167965-islamofascism-hits-india-hard-again.html

Why India? Why Now? - The use of the word �Mujahidin� attests to some kind of affiliation with global Jihad of the Bin Laden variety. Therefore, we can say that the Mumbai
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3629898,00.html

group claims responsibility CNN International ...MUMBAI, India (CNN) -- A group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's coordinated and deadly attacks in southern Mumbai, but security analysts know next to nothing about them.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks.responsibility/?iref=mpstoryview

A Night of Terror in Mumbai - Slideshow
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/26/world/1127-MUMBAI_index.html

Murder in Mumbai
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122780174620861745.html

India points to Pakistan for Mumbai "Gilani told Singh that Pakistan is also a victim of terrorism and suffering from this menace like India," the official added...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081128-174967/India-points-to-Pakistan-for-Mumbai

A Night of Terror in Mumbai - Slideshow
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/26/world/1127-MUMBAI_index.html

Not just India's problem any more
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/not-just-indias-problem-any-more/2008/11/27/1227491736645.html

"This was Mumbai's 9/11," the official said... The official also suggested the attackers might have emerged from an outlawed militant group of Islamic students. Photographs from security cameras showed some youthful attackers carrying assault rifles and smiling as they launched the operation.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/27/asia/27group-NYT.php

Mumbai gunmen battle army 27.November 2008, 11:01 Indian commandos freed hostages from Mumbai�s Taj Mahal hotel on Thursday but battled on with gun-toting Islamist militants who launched an audacious attack across India�s financial capital, killing more than 100 people. The gunmen arrived by boats in Mumbai on Wednesday, before fanning out and attacking hotels, a cafe, hospitals and a railway station, firing indiscriminately.
http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2789994/Mumbai-gunmen-battle-army-some-hostages-freed.html

Video: Tragedy In Mumbai
http://www.youtube.com/v/XlmvZHKVc2o

Mumbai Under Assault TIME
http://time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1862566,00.html?imw=Y

Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/27/mumbai-terror-attacks-india4

Maximum Terror in Mumbai: Confusion Reigns
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shuja-nawaz/maximum-terror-in-mumbai_b_146903.html

Islam In South Asia: The Problems Within Islam - TIME
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1862650,00.html

Attacks a message aimed at Obama - The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24718523-5013460,00.html

Six Canadians among Mumbai hostages: report CTV.ca, Canada - The suspected Islamic militant members of a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen staged the attack, with groups of armed men ...
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081127/mumbai_follow_081127/20081127/?hub=TorontoNewHome

The Pakistan Connection
http://www.newsweek.com/id/171056

Battles are still raging between Indian special forces and Islamic Jihadists, who are fighting �room-to-room� in the city after the attacks were sprung at...
http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/27/killin-in-the-name-of

Why We Must Pay Attention to the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6572

Explaining Islamic Terrorism, DUmmy To DUmmy
http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/11/26/explaining-islamic-terrorism-dummy-to-dummy/

In the end, nearly 200 people were killed. And contrary to earlier reports, it appeared that Westerners were not the gunmen's main targets: They killed whoever they could.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-india_30int.ART.State.Edition2.4a6ed87.html

We wanted to kill 5000, says surviving terrorist - World - smh.com.auAJMAL AMIR KASAB, one of the terrorist gang that devastated Mumbai, ... smh.com. au Sydney Morning Herald 2008-12-01 We wanted to kill 5000
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/only-terrorist-to-survive-mumbai-slaughter/2008/11/30/1227979845539.html


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