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India's new home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram (3rd R) is briefed by officials during his visit in Mumbai, December 5, 2008.REUTERS/Stringer
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government said on Friday the militant attacks on Mumbai had uncovered lapses in security and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the strike originated on a neighbor's soil, a clear reference to Pakistan.The ruling Congress party-led coalition is under renewed criticism from the opposition that it is weak on security after the three-day rampage by 10 Islamist gunmen in India's financial capital last week capped a series of bomb blasts this year. "I would be less than truthful if I said there were no lapses," new Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters in Mumbai. "These are being looked into. We will address the causes that led to the lapses."Chidambaram took the post on Sunday after his predecessor quit amid public fury at the government's failure to prevent the attacks. Elections are due by May and analysts say Singh must demonstrate decisive action to counter criticism over security.Singh, speaking at a media conference, said the territory of a neighboring country has been used for the crime.Pakistan has condemned the assault, denied state involvement and promised to help the Indian probe. But it wants to see proof first.Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday the Mumbai attackers must not be allowed to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. He reiterated Islamabad's offer to work with India to find out who was behind the "ghastly acts of terrorism.""We should not allow them to succeed in their nefarious designs," he said in a speech to European ambassadors.Mumbai police have said the gunmen were controlled by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, blamed for earlier attacks in India. LeT is on U.S. and Indian terrorist lists.
INDIAN ACCOMPLICE?
There was evidence of some Indian complicity in the attacks, police in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh said.In February, police arrested an LeT-linked Indian named Faim Ansari after an attack on a police station. He was carrying maps of Mumbai, Special Task Force chief Brij Lal said."Ansari, who was later handed over to the Maharashtra police, carried some road maps highlighting several important landmarks of south Mumbai that became the target of last week's terrorist attack," he said.Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria said Ansari was in jail in Uttar Pradesh.The violence in Mumbai killed at least 171 people. India has said nine militants were killed and one captured alive. U.S. analysts said as many as 23 gunmen could have been involved.
INDIAN ACCOMPLICE?
There was evidence of some Indian complicity in the attacks, police in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh said.In February, police arrested an LeT-linked Indian named Faim Ansari after an attack on a police station. He was carrying maps of Mumbai, Special Task Force chief Brij Lal said."Ansari, who was later handed over to the Maharashtra police, carried some road maps highlighting several important landmarks of south Mumbai that became the target of last week's terrorist attack," he said.Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria said Ansari was in jail in Uttar Pradesh.The violence in Mumbai killed at least 171 people. India has said nine militants were killed and one captured alive. U.S. analysts said as many as 23 gunmen could have been involved.
By C. Bryson Hull
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PS:JIHADIST MILITANTS are UNRELIANT in their efforts to bring chaos and death to a region....Sometimes I think they really believe that thru CHAOS they will help USHER the MAHDI's apparition on earth to solve ALL of humankind problems....Their move was well thought to try to bring India and Pakistan to the brink of a regional war.These two nations have nuclear weapons,so it would be a MESS if this would happen.
The trend that I see that is unsettling to me is that IT SEEMS that Pakistan is RADICALIZING by the minute....preying on simple people with fear,lies,religious inflamed speeches and --as we saw in the Mumbai Attack case--being offered huge amounts of money for the families involved in JIHAD,these islamic terrorists seem to easily recruit material for their holy war by the hundreds.
It is appalling how they use illiterate,poor and needy people for this Bloody War of Hatred to EXPAND their CALIPHATE on earth.
Let's pray that militants won't have their way in Pakistan.It would be a DISASTER...A bloody one for sure....
As in the days of Noah...
