Comments on: Blast In Samjhauta Express

By: B Shantanu

B Shantanu — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:53:06 +0000

Why are people not talking about this? The inconvenient truth behind Samjhauta blastsâ€¦ Or have I stirred a hornet's nest? B Shantanu

By: jyothsnay

jyothsnay — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:44:13 +0000

at the outset,
I would like to express my deeply felt condolences for the victims and their families….this is one more attack aimed at
commoners who have no association with Governments and their idiotic deliberations on terrorism n peace…blah blah

leftist thugs ? no or yes, am not sure.Hindu extremists?no or yes, am not sure. Zionists ? no or yes, am not sure….well, the “Guess who games” seems boundless here.
I probe why there is not much an energy being spent on cursing the Government and its inadequacy in ensuring every kind of measure for passengers’ safety and proactive systems in & around railways…this is not one of its kind. Mumbai blasts, and usage of kitchen appliances like Pressure Cookers is a big lesson…
all these talks n summits n falls n trips over edges of the mountains & ranges take the commoner nowhere…the Govt officials gamble with time, precious lives of people…
Instead of announcing monetary support for the families, the Govt could have installed apt security systems, knowing the fact that the General bogies of any train is crammed with goods n humans, which conveniently offers space n reason for the terrorists to play around with lives. they want to project the intensity of their frustration through the no.of victims ….it’s not even hi-tech weaponery or sophisticated technology, crude devices were used…why did nt the security raise an alarm or press a suspicion button when one is entering the railway compartments with blast-friendly materials? are they unable to insert simple mechanism like regular checking…these security personnel are trained to identify the suspects n be aggressive towards this kind of elements
thorough investigation after the disaster?after loss of so many lives? not much of use…we cant afford to watch n express grief over such huge loss of human lives time n again…

By: Ravindra

Ravindra — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:15:53 +0000

Apollo,

You\’re right. Here it comes….

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/20samblast13.htm

Now very soon all the pseudo secularists, Bidwais and Roys inc. will catch on to this theme!

By: confused

confused — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:50:27 +0000

Sriram,

Luckily, I can’t watch NDTV since their videos are gated!

Apollo,

Well, everyone is a suspect except the Jihadis!

Manu,

Yes.

Nasiruddin,

You are absolutely right. Every possibility must be carefully considered. I for one, suspect the hand of a certain Mr. Pai. If you find something against him, please do tell.

By: Nasiruddin

Nasiruddin — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:45:07 +0000

The hand of Zionists cannot be ruled out either.

While on the subject, is it true that Mumbai police arrested a couple of Basque terrorists at Bandra-Kurla complex last December? Apparently they were on a mission to target the Tarapur plant? Can anybody confirm this? Is the Understanding Express’s bombing related to this arrest? Just wondering.

I am inclined to believe that the LTTE maynot be responsible though. The reason is, this attack happened in northern India where Tamil is not spoken and so the terrorists could not have bought train tickets.

By: Manu

Manu — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:23:37 +0000

I would not discount the possibility of a Hindu extremists in this event. Even if that turns out to be true, Pakistan’s support of terrorist organizations is real.

By: The Acorn » More burned than a train

The Acorn » More burned than a train — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:05:56 +0000

[...] It is reasonable to speculate—for that is what it is at this stage—that the carnage on the Attari Express was intended to throw a spanner in the works. Since most of the passengers were Pakistanis, simplistic speculation would either see the hand of Hindu terrorists or more conspiracy theoretically, that of elements in the Indian establishment opposed to the peace process. Yet this line of thinking suffers from a major weakness: that both the Indian government and Indian public opinion would become more determined to ensure that the peace process does not falter. Just look at the UPA government’s actions despite the spate of terrorist attacks across the country. The unprecedented jihadi offensive against India met with an unprecedented response—the Havana appeasement. [See this at Retributions.] So yes, if the intention of the attackers was to shame the UPA government for its failure to prevent such attacks from happening, then they might arguably have succeeded. But if their intention was to dissuade it from settling with Pakistan, then this act will prove counterproductive. And unless they are fools, they would know this very well. [...]

By: Apollo

Apollo — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:20:45 +0000

This tragedy will become the focal point for the leftist thugs in the media and government to gloat over and paint both pakistan and India as “joint victims” of terror. just watch the drama from now on. They will even go as far as to blame “Hindu extremists” if they haven’t done so already. Perhaps they will even blame global warming and martian invasion too. Anything and everything just to get their favorite radical islamist thugs off the hook.

just watch and Puke(to borrow a phrase from nilu).

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » India, Pakistan: 66 people killed on the “Peace Train”

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:10:25 +0000

[...] At Retributions, the blogger wonders if Pakistan is being absolved of its responsibility by the media because Pakistani nationals died in the attack. Even more strangely, CNN-IBN is parroting President Musharrafâ€™s line of India and Pakistan being equal victims of terror-just because a few Pakistani nationals were also killed in the attack. While any loss of life is regrettable, Pakistani role canâ€™t be ignored just because itâ€™s nationals were also killed. Despite proclamations to the contrary, it continues to support anti-India terror organizations. [...]

By: Sriram

Sriram — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:50:19 +0000

NDTV went a bit further. It kept insisting that this is the first instance of both India and Pakistan targeted and also that this would be a test for the joint anti-terror mechanism. Pakistan authorities maintained a high-handed “we havent got any official account from India” stand, thereby blaming India for whatever slow progress is being made in the investigation.