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The reports had warned that there could be a possible entry of terrorists into Mumbai through the sea route, a top police official claimed.
"This intelligence was available six months ago and subsequently a barge was found by the locals on Shrivardhan coast in Raigad district four months back," the official, who did not wish to be identified, said.
Locals feared that the barge might have contained explosives but nothing was found when customs and naval personnel inspected it.
The terrorists, who created havoc in Mumbai overnight, came by boats, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said.
Militants armed with automatic weapons and grenades attacked Taj and Oberoi hotels, hospitals and a famous tourist cafe in Mumbai late on Wednesday, killing more than 100 people.
* WHO IS BEHIND THE ATTACKS?
Witnesses say the attackers were young South Asian men speaking Hindi or Urdu, suggesting that they are probably members of an Indian militant group rather than foreigners.
The attacks were claimed by a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen in an e-mail to news organisations. Deccan is an area of southern India.
Analysts say that while it is not clear whether the claim is genuine, the attacks were most likely carried out by a group called the Indian Mujahideen. The name used in the claim of responsibility suggests the attackers could be members of a south Indian offshoot or cell of the Indian Mujahideen.
* WHO ARE THE INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN?
Indian police say the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), but that local Muslims appear to have been given training and backing from militant groups in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh.
SIMI has been blamed by police for almost every major bomb attack in India, including explosions on commuter trains in Mumbai two years ago that killed 187 people.
Police said the Indian Mujahideen may also include former members of the Bangladeshi militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami.
* WHY ARE THEY SUSPECTED OF BEING BEHIND THE MUMBAI ATTACKS?
The Indian Mujahideen have made credible claims of responsibility for most of the recent major attacks on civilian targets in India over the past two years.
The Mumbai attacks appear to have been carefully co-ordinated, well-planned and involved a large number of attackers. A high level of sophistication has also been a hallmark of previous attacks by the Indian Mujahideen.
The Mumbai attacks also focused clearly on tourist targets, including two luxury hotels and a famous cafe.
In May, the Indian Mujahideen made a specific threat to attack tourist sites in India unless the government stopped supporting the United States in the international arena.
The threat was made in an e-mail claiming responsibility for bomb attacks that killed 63 people in the tourist city of Jaipur. The e-mail, signed by "Guru Al-Hindi", declared "open war against India" and included the serial number of one of the bicycles on which the bombs were left.
Witnesses in Mumbai say the attackers in Mumbai singled out Americans and Britons in their attacks.
* WHAT OTHER ATTACKS HAVE INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN CARRIED OUT?
The group first emerged during a wave of bombings in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in November 2007, sending an e-mail to media outlets just before some of the bombs exploded.
Their next attacks were the Jaipur blasts.
On July 25, eight small bomb attacks in the IT city of Bangalore on July 25 that killed at least one person and wounded 15. There was no known claim of responsibility.
But a day later, at least 16 bombs exploded in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, killing 45 and wounding 161. Shortly before the blasts, an e-mail in the name of the Indian Mujahideen was sent to local media warning that people would soon "feel the terror of death" in the name of Allah.
It said the attacks were revenge for the Gujarat riots of 2002, when around 2,500 people, most of them Muslims, were killed by Hindu mobs. A later e-mail accused several state governments of harassing, imprisoning and torturing Muslims and threatened consequences if they did not stop.
In September, at least five bombs exploded in crowded markets and streets in New Delhi, killing at least 18 people.
The Indian Mujahideen sent out an e-mail moments after the first blast in New Delhi, saying the explosions were to prove its capability to strike in the most secure of Indian cities.
* WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE MUMBAI ATTACKS?
All previous incidents in which the Indian Mujahideen are suspected of involvement involved co-ordinated serial bombs.
The Mumbai attacks also show clear signs of coordination but were carried out by gunmen, some carrying grenades.
The tactics -- a military-style assault on soft targets, singling out foreigners, and taking hostages -- is rare and does not fit the usual methods of militant attacks on civilian areas.
However, similar attacks have been carried out before, notably the May 2004 attacks in the eastern Saudi city of Khobar.
Gunmen attacked two oil industry installations and a foreign workers' housing complex in the city, taking more than 50 hostages and killing 22 of them. The attackers asked hostages whether they were Christian or Muslim before deciding whom to kill.
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Its very shame for our country , that we cant give protection to tourist who came here to view our culture and business prospects.where is intelligence ,RAW etc... but when looking at some to cops like Hemant karkare,kadaskar, who gave thr life in encounter,it make to feel pride of security agencies.i think India have to take some strict planning to cope up this Indian muzahudin and terrorist just like US did after 9/11.
Let all the nationals of this country reslove that :1. only honest politicians are mandated to govern them.2.that laws are put in place to inflict exampalary punishment to terrorists and their supporters.3. to support a policy to invest more funds in improving image , effeciency of all law enforcing agencies and build an infalliable intellignece system.4. support a polcy whcih fixes accountability for ineffeciency , corruption in all spheres of life/society.Let us mourn the innocents who are dead and salute those who died performing their duty JR Nanda
Now is the time Raj Thackeray , Bal Thakeray , Mamata Bannerjee etc. who claim to fight for peoples causes , should be thrown into the midst of all this . MNS had been fighting to send innocent taxiwallas and bhelpury wallas home violently , let them defend Mumbai ( from Maharashtra , nay Mahanrashtra) from these criminals .
IT IS INDEED DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THE TERRORISTS CAME FROM PAKISTAN AND THEY LANDED IN BOMBAY THROUGH THE SEA, IN A BOAT. IF THIS IS TRUE, THE IMPORTANT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF OUR NAVY, COST GUARD IN GUARDING THE SEA TERRITORIES OF OUR COUNTRY? IF THIS IS THE CASE, ANY WAR SHIPS COULD ENTER THE INDIAN WATERS AND INVADE THE COUNTRY? THIS IS AT A TIME WHEN INDIAN NAVY IS FIGHTING THE SOMALIAN PIRATES IN THE SHIP HIJACKING. IF THIS IS THE CASE, IT IS A BLATANT FAILURE OF OUR DEFENCE FORCES, FOR WHICH THE SIMPLE POLITICIAN ANTONY IS RESPONSIBLE. HE NEEDS TO SUMMON THE NAVAL CHIEF AND SERVE AN ULTIMATUM ON THIS SECURITY FAILURE AND THEN BOW OUT FROM THE OFFICE, KEEPING HIS INTEGRITY STILL HIGH.
All of us Indians should bend down our heads in shame for this lapse in security of the country. Let not the leaders come out with thier customory statements about dastardly act etc., Can they show for once that India can take strong measures to bring this trend to a stop without resorting to vote bank politics? Can they raid all suspect hide outs and recover the guns and explosives which are stashed away in various nooks and corners? Can they carry out arrests of all suspects and leave the onus of proving their innocence on the guilty? Can they stop the unprecedented corruption which has resulted in this? If they can not do all these, then we have to suffer many more such attacks.
Most Stupid Article I have ever seen.Where are our Navy along a 1000 mile route when they come.Please don't disgrace us by publishing such a nonsense articles.We are already struggling to coup out of this.Please who is responsible to checking the articles before publishing it get notice of it.
Nation, please understand the sevearity. It may be hapenning in other city, but it can happen in your own city, it can happen to your own mother, brother, kids. Please wake up. Let us firght against these terrorists.
The Mumbai attack was possible because our intelligence agencies are preoccupied gathering dirty information about opposition politicians
Ashame of Indian security.If terrorists can come via sea does the coast guard sleep?Does politics run behind the scene?It is a check for Indian economy.How come the government cant stop the attacks as it continues for years.Government cant protect indian citizens then how come foreigners be safe here?India is no more safe.Hope in future it wont become headquater for terrorism.
POTA is the need of the hour.Congress govt is spineless and they are into pleasing the minorities. Afsal guru still leavs!!!!!!!! shame on these Indian (or Italian) Congress leadersAnd see a pro poor Marxist leader - always barking against multinationals and the rich-Kerala MP in Taj
I wish all the victims were families of those coward politicians and politicians themselves rather than innocent people. India needs Military rule now stem all kinds of fundamentalism.
Islam says dat a person killin an innocent person means destroyin the whole mankind. in dis religion even durin declared wars islam says dat no women, children or peace loving person should be included or killed. and the person who would do it would commit great sin. People think dat islam says to do this. But this is absolutely wrong. Its very sad to see dat people calling themselves muslims are doing this. its a shame. there is no religion for terrorism. These people should be punished brutally.
this is very horrable. but there is one more where is raj thakry and what is he doing right now ? so far as i think he is another terrorist of INDIA...raj thakrey is big terrorist than who is in mumbai...Indian government should shoot to raj thakrey with these terreorist.
NICE STORY THOUGH,WHETHER FACT O FICTION?TIME WILL TELL?INDIA HAS SENt A PROBE TO LOOK AT THE MOON?ITS NAVY IS GAURDING THE COAST OF SOMALIA FROM PIRATES?AND U R TELLIN THE WORLD THAT A BUNCH OF LUNATICS N MURDERERS QUITELY CAME IN TO THE MOST GAURDED GATE WAY OF INDIA SEA ROUTE AND CREATED HAVOC IN MUMBAI?U THINK PEOPLE R THAT STUPID TO BUY THIS STORY I MEAN THEORY OR CONSPIRACY?(AMEEN).
Obsolutely rubbish. They came from karachi or heaven it does not matter. I fail to understand what the so called boasted eliite Coast Guard where doing? Your sea route is wide open, so any one can come and go at his will. Simply unbelievable and as usual failure on the part of Intelligent Bureau. If they don't know how to stop all these things, then blame the neighbour, which is the most simple thing to do. I wonder, Instead of Mumabi City if they would have attacked some other vital installations, then the damage would be very high. Sadly they have slattered innocent people. One more failure of Great Sivraj Patil
This is very sad. We as Sri Lankans always with our brothers
BJP is a must in this country. BJP is a Nationalist party. They are against Jehadi Terrorism. But, they are not anti-Muslims.
First I will say avery sorrow to the effected families and the people in this attack on bamby.Now the question come that how the hell terrorist came through sea from karachi?Can any body answer this?I think the answer is no as every body knows that now adays every governament is very much attentive to watch thier country boder lines.yesterday more than 100 indian fishermen wree released from karachi jail.A country with modern and advance technology, Can not say that the this attack came through sea route from karachi.India is well advance in all respect and sending the mission to the moon, how can ignore and not noticed the terrorist trafic via sea.It is totally un-believable and no excuses in this regard that it is only blaming game.Please before writng in the media find the facts and expose to people through media.So that there shall not be any missundestanding in between the two atomic powers in sub continent.I wish all the best to the effecties of this attack.
my head today hung with shame by thinkingh that we are being ruled by such week coward eunuch politicians......i am very sorry for bhagat singh ,subhash chander bose ,gandhi ji. i think you wasted your life to get india free and ruled by such besharm politicians who dont care for common citizen life....if any top politician had been died then they would have realised what the life of loss is all about..i am sorry to say we have the weekest prime minister,foolest home minister,nonsense railway minister,useless intelligence .i am sending all the ministers bangles as a symbolic gesture...
Yet another ghastly attack by "well informed" cowards. May God give the bereaved families of victims strength in this difficult moment. But why was Mumbai - the financial capital, taken by surprise, once again? Would be worthwhile to understand from the Government what precautionary strategy was adopted after eecent attacks. Mistakes are committed by humans, but they must learn from them. It's a pity to learn that our policemen didn't have kevlar vests to protect themselves yesterday. Why sacrifice these men who put their lives to stake for citizens. No choppers were used to offer arial help. Was a really sad situation. Kudos to our policemen who were yet putting up the fight espeially those who had to lose their lives in this ordeal. The 1st thing the Govt needs to do is equip forces with latest weapons and technology needed to battle such attacks. Like USA, External affairs ministry must take stern action if neighboring countries fail to proceed against militant groups.
The indian government should learn from US administration to tackle this menace. One must notice that after attack on 11.09.2001, no further attck was made in US by terrorist which is due to the tough security measures and honesty of the American people and govt. The indian politician themselves are party to one or other terror group and to save thier own skin, they do not allow security agencies to apprehend the terror network. It is only innocent indian public which is always the victim. This terror should be crushed in the way Sikh terror was crushed after murderr of Mrs Gandhi. Do India needs murder of another top politician to contain this terror. Does life of innocent indian has no value for the government or the government is impotent. I feel this is the high time, politician from all parties come together and crush this terror by any way to show that govt exist in India.
Indian police should go to Pakistan and perhaps Bangladesh to train..Imagine sending all senior officers in a single vehicle in time of a terror attack. Which police organization will do this kind of totally stupid exercise
Mostly when ever there is incident or terror attack like bumby,the blame are towards pakistan and now bangladesh.Why not to change this kind of attitude and openly accept the reality.Like last week There was a inquiry about terror attack in indian state and One of the militry col was arrested who was involved in the whole oplan.So please I will request the media and the responsable people to change their blaming policy and find the facts.this will be great helpfull to fight against terrarist and make the our land peacfull.Thanks for reading and your time and I wish to all to think about the actual cause of these type of attacks like attack in islamabad hotel,bumby hotel and others places.thanks to all.
These people who killed are just executioners the real terrorists are Raj Thakare / L K Advani / Gilani / Mufti Mohd. These are the people to meet their personal goals fans hate which give birth to terror
How can a ship is able to come from Karachi to Mumbai shores? Here falls the answer. THe corrupted officers of custom and police has taken their share and allowed them to come in and spree. The corrupted officers should be punished severely. Karkare can probe Malegaon blast case thoroughly, why the hell he can't smell this kind of troulbe, before he dies.