6 explosions hit trains in Bombay, India

[SlowwHand]

Sounds like a familiar modus operandi

By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM, Associated Press Writer
27 minutes ago

BOMBAY, India - Six explosions hit Bombay's commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, ripping apart train compartments and reportedly injuring dozens of people, police and Indian media said.


Indian television news channels broadcast video of the wounded sprawled on train tracks and being carried through stations.

The Press Trust of India news agency said six blasts occurred along the city's commuter rail network, which is among the most crowded in the world.

India's financial center of Bombay and the capital of New Delhi were reportedly on high alert.

[LordShiva]

I hadn't heard this. Time to check the news.

There were grenades thrown in Kashmir at tourists earlier today.

[Lorizael]

You go, terrorists. I'm sure those Hindus will want to convert to Islam now, after you've murdered their people. Awesome. Way to go. And there's no way the Indians in power will respond to this in a negative way, not at all. They won't be angry, they won't try to hunt down and kill every last stupid son of a ***** that did this. No, they'll obviously bow down to the superior muslim religion and promise never to hurt or exploit muslims again. Violence is always the answer. Yeah!

[SlowwHand]

Do you get the feeling the Radicals truly have a death wish?

[Lorizael]

Seems that way sometimes. Hard to imagine what's running through their heads. Unfortunate that the world can be such a terrible place that terrorists have a place in it.

[lord of the mark]

[Arrian]

Ugh. Over 100 dead.

-Arrian

[BeBMan]

[LordShiva]

Mumbai Blasts Kill at Least 137 People, Injure 450 (Update1)

July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Mumbai, India's commercial hub, was hit by seven blasts, killing as many as 137 people and injuring 450 in the city's worst terror attack in 13 years. The blasts targeted the suburban rail network during the evening rush hour.

The blasts occurred in a 30-minute span starting just after 6 p.m. local time along the railway lines and stations linking the western suburbs, the city's police commissioner A.N. Roy said in a televised interview. The explosions destroyed rail cars, forcing a suspension of some services.

This is the worst terrorist attack in Mumbai since almost 200 people died in a series of blasts in 1993 that targeted the Bombay Stock Exchange and other commercial landmarks. Mumbai is home to India's biggest equity and money markets, the central bank, companies such as Reliance Industries Ltd. and the country's busiest airport.

The blasts in Mumbai ``are shocking and cowardly attempts to spread a feeling of fear and terror among our citizens,'' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in New Delhi. ``I condemn these shameful acts aimed at our peace-loving people. I reiterate our commitment to fighting terror in all its forms.''

The blasts have taken place in Khar, Mahim, Mira Road, Jogeshwari, Borivali, Matunga and Bandra, Roy said. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blasts.

Some parts of the city's suburban railway network, used by about 6.1 million people daily, were shut after the blasts. The injured have been taken to the city's hospitals.

`Prompt Treatment'

``Our priority now is to ensure that every injured person gets prompt treatment,'' said Johny Joseph, Mumbai's municipal commissioner, said in a phone interview.

The airport at Mumbai, India's busiest, has been put on ``high alert,'' Praful Patel, India's civil aviation minister, said in a phone interview. ``We have to remain alert. Security is being tightened all over,'' Patel said.

Passengers jumped out of carriages packed with commuters during the evening rush hour, the Aaj Tak television channel said, citing eyewitnesses.

The Mumbai explosions came after grenade attacks earlier today by suspected Islamic terrorists that killed eight people in Srinagar, the summer capital of India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian capital New Delhi was rocked by three explosions on Oct. 29 last year that killed at least 59 people. The blasts took place in crowded market areas with people shopping for the festivals of Diwali and Id.

Mumbai generates about 5 percent of India's gross domestic product and contributes more than one-third of the country's tax revenues, according to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. More than 10 million daily passenger trips are provided by the suburban railway and the state-run bus service, according to the authority.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Lorizael
You go, terrorists. I'm sure those Hindus will want to convert to Islam now, after you've murdered their people. Awesome. Way to go. And there's no way the Indians in power will respond to this in a negative way, not at all. They won't be angry, they won't try to hunt down and kill every last stupid son of a ***** that did this. No, they'll obviously bow down to the superior muslim religion and promise never to hurt or exploit muslims again. Violence is always the answer. Yeah!

The goal could be to radicalize the moderates. Let's assume this was carried out by Muslims. By forcing moderate Hindus into the Hindu extremist camp, they in turn force moderate Muslims into the Muslim extremist camp. They will take orders and donate their time and funds to the cause. The stratagem makes co-existence harder and relies on extremists gaining some despite moderates losing more.

[Arrian]

And, unfortunately, it works rather well.

-Arrian

[C0ckney]

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by St Leo
The goal could be to radicalize the moderates. Let's assume this was carried out by Muslims. By forcing moderate Hindus into the Hindu extremist camp, they in turn force moderate Muslims into the Muslim extremist camp. They will take orders and donate their time and funds to the cause. The stratagem makes co-existence harder and relies on extremists gaining some despite moderates losing more.

I understand all that. But in the end, what's the point? What do they honestly hope to accomplish?

[Arrian]

A great big cluster**** of a war which their side wins because God is on THEIR side. Then, once they've won and the bad guys are dead, everything will be great, like it once was in a mythical golden age that never really happened.

-Arrian

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Damn.