Yeah! Yeah! I can hear you that Rediff is a pro BJP site and hence this report.
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Pune blast: RDX usage points towards Pakistan
February 14, 2010 19:03 IST

CommentTraces of RDX were found in the bomb that was used in the Pune blast, a fact confirmed by the investigating agencies. It is a well-known fact that everytime RDX is used in a blast, the finger automatically points to Pakistan.

Intelligence Bureau officials say that all terror groups in India [ Images ] source RDX only from Pakistan, since terror groups over there have set up units where RDX is produced.

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ] over the years has set up several units of its own, known as 'terror factories.' The RDX unit is one among the several units that has been set up by the Lashkar in their several camps at Murdike and Manshera.

Sources say that RDX is used for blasts of a larger magnitude. Security agencies point out that even when India-based outfits use RDX for blasts, it is always sourced from Pakistan, since it is not possible for them to manufacture it locally.

The fact that RDX was used in the Pune blast is a clear indication that the substance was sourced from Pakistan and stored at one of the modules in Pune before it was used in the German bakery.

The investigating agencies now have an additional headache, since they are presently trying to find out whether there were more consignments of RDX that were brought alongwith the one that was used in the Pune blast.

IB sources say that RDX is smuggled into India months before a terror strike is carried out. The most common method that was being used at first was to send it in through the terrorists, who used to infiltrate into the country.

However over the years, infiltration has become increasingly difficult. As a result, now the terror groups in Pakistan feel that they should stock up more RDX with their Indian modules.

Hence, off late they have been pumping in RDX in larger quantities and have used the cement export as a route. There have been a couple of instances to show that Pakistan-based groups have sent in RDX alongwith a cement consignment into north India, which was later picked up the Indian modules.

The IB says that these groups are constantly innovating and finding newer techniques to send in RDX in bulk into the country.

Apart from sending in RDX through a cement consignment, it is always a rule that any militant who manages to infiltrate into the country will have to carry more RDX that what is required for the blast he is planning.

Before he goes about his mission, he always drops off some quantity at a designated spot, so that one of the cadres would pick up the same and use it for the next attack.

The IB points out that there have been no instances to show that RDX is being produced in India, since it is extremely difficult to set up a plant of this nature unless the government or the machinery is hand in glove with this.

But in Pakistan the situation is different and terror groups openly produce or procure RDX and pump it into India.

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Originally posted by ILOVENA

Just a quick question, vandemateram . Please pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "pseudo secularism". The reason I ask is this is - this is an oft repeated term, used by groups like the RSS, the VHP & the Bajrang Dal.

As much as waving the olive branch has not helped - do you believe that we have the political will and conviction in India, to fight the militant brand of Islam with guns and bullets? When all the Government of India sees - is the 13 (or is it 14%?) Muslims as the vote-bank, does it have the conviction to fight terrorism like Israel does? I may not agree with some policies of the Zionist state, but I applaud the fact that they never negotiate with terrorists. They will gladly sacrifice a few lives during an assault, but will not cave in to the demands of a terrorist group. No wonder each Israeli citizen can feel proud of his country.

We know how Mrs Indira Gandhi appeased the Arabs, by refusing to recognize the Jewish state of Israel. It was not just the Arabs in the middle east that mattered, but the vote bank, which kept her government in place for many years. Her legacy has continued - with the current government following the same policies of appeasement.

We can not walk proudly as Indians, till s we have the courage to fight violence, with violence. Unfortunately we do not live in the Gandhian era, where a simple satyagraha could yield great results to the most complex issues. Non violence does not work with violent communities - no matter which religion, they belong to.

All this said, let us not say that this couldn't happen in Gujarat or any other state. If it happens in any part of India, it is a matter of shame - let us not divide India further on lines of region, or language. Enough has happened already.

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No one is in denial about vote bank politics in India. That said, the tone of nightmare's post seems to suggest a certain bias in favor of the community that benefits the vote bank politics. That vote bank politics has been around for decades, does NOT make it right. Besides Vandemataram & Ilovena have the right to express their feelings - whether you agree with them or not.

It is not as if writing on this forum is going to change the face of Indian politics. However, if we do not exercise our right to free speech, it wouldn't make sense to participate in any discussion here.

Balasab's words are coming true. He said that Chavan CM of Maharasthra was acting like the security guard at SRK's home.

Now this news. The CM and DPY CM did not know about the terror alert. They are right.

You know why?. In place of safeguarding the people of Maharasthra they were more planning, arm twisting the movie theatre owners and the police of Maharasthra to provide security to the theaters screening MNIK.

It is now known that YB Chavan did not sleep well for the past 7 days due to constant pressure from Soniaji who has personally stepped into protect SRK' s freedom of speech and also his personal business investment. This is well established by the tweets from SRK where he got emboldned after getting the green signal from Janpath Place, New Delhi.

Incidentally during the visit of Rahul Gandhis trip to Maharasthra the home minister personally carried his slippers while the CM carried Rahul bhaiyas jacket. So much for personal dignity, self -esteem and upholding the dignity of the highest office of Maharasthra and the elected representatives of the people of Maharasthra.

It is also official now that the police guards around German Bakery in turn the Jewish Temple and also the OSHO ashram was removed and moved to provide security to MNIK theaters.

Yes the GO Maharasthra saved SRK's freedom of speech and his business investment and now how will they repay or bring the dead people?.

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Chavan, Patil unaware of Centre's terror alert
Yogesh Naik , TNN, 15 February 2010, 04:27am IST

MUMBAI: Were Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan and home minister R R Patil aware of the advisories sent by the Centre? Their initial replies show they
were unaware of any alert. Soon after the blasts in Pune, Union home secretary G K Pillai said that LeT operative David Headley caught by the US authorities had surveyed the Chabad House and Osho Ashram in Pune.

He said the state was advised about this on October 12, 2009.

Chavan said that Headley had done a recce of Chabad House and Osho Ashram. During the press conference in Mantralaya on Saturday night, Chavan was asked by the media why the state government did not provide enough security at the German Bakery and Koregaon Park area despite an alert to the Chabad House and Osho Ashram. He said he wasn’t aware of this and would check up.

At about 11 pm on Saturday, TOI called up Patil and asked him if there was any alert or intelligence input from the Centre as declared by Pillai. Patil said there was no alert.

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Vandemataram : I regularly read your posts, including those on this thread. I share your concern about the communal politics that is played in India. That said, I fundamentally disagree with you about SRK's statement on Pakistani Players, and the subsequent high level protection accorded to "My name is Khan".

I believe that Shahrukh Khan has the right of free speech enshrined in the constitution of India. For that matter, any Indian- irrespective of caste, community or religion has the right to speak or write without fear. I personally believe that the appeasement of the so called "minority" has gone too long in India. However that does not give groups like Shiv sena, the right to intimidate people for their narrow political ends.

You insinuate that the police force had been moved from German bakery to provide protection to "My name is Khan". Assuming you are right - do you sincerely believe that could have prevented the bombing? Let us be fair and balance when we deal with issues like this.

As much as appeasement of the minorities has to stop, people like Bal Thackeray and his ilk who spread fear and hatred, must be condemned too. To be practical - our founding fathers should have declared India, a "hindu state" in 1947. That would have kept the minorities in their place. Alternately every Muslim should have been asked to migrate to Pakistan (because Pakistan was formed to be the homeland for Muslims).

Neither of this was done - instead minorities are treated like royalty, as the prepare to spread terror in the country. Hindus continue to be treated like third class citizens, because they are the most tolerant . So much for equality in India!

Oh! Jesus(Is it Politically correct for a hindu to say this ?).

What can I say when the same logic is being used by everybody to twist the truth.

This is the comment by the Managing Director of Mid-Day publications from Mumbai.

And you can also see the newsreport from the Pune section of the same newspaper below.

And after all this PC(P.Chidambaram aka police constable by J.Jayalalitha) has said that there is a Foreign Hand involved in this blast. I don't understand why does he not come out and say the P word.

This is ridiculous with Jewish Center and also OSHO ashram next to it how can the police be so careless on the security.

Now SRK is silent and when the whole truth will unravel he will not be able to save face and will flee from Mumbai.

We have had great actors like Dilip Kumar who was suave and never put his foot in his mouth. He has good relationship with all manoos. The young and cocky Khans(SRK, SM and AM) have learnt the art of saying something stupid.
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http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2010/feb/130210-MNIK-SRK-Shiv-Sena.htm

India shining?

By: Tariq Ansari Date: 2010-02-13 Place: Mumbai

MNIK protest: Over 1000 Shiv Sainiks detained

Article 19 of the Constitution of India: 'All citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression'
Shah Rukh Khan expresses an opinion on the exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from IPL. His own opinion. None of us are obliged to either agree or disagree (As it happens, I don't agree). But we are obliged, as Indian citizens, to uphold his right to express that opinion.

Terrorism: the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.
Bal Thackeray directs Shiv Sainiks to block the release of Shah Rukh Khan's film 'My Name is Khan' at all costs, Sainiks vandalise cinema halls, damaging property, tearing up posters and screens and threatening exhibitors. This is emulated by various right wing groups across the country.

Why India is great: What separates us from dysfunctional democracies (read: Pakistan) is the rule of law, which ensures the rights and safety of all citizens and their property.
Exhibitors, sufficiently terrorised by the Sena and with no faith in the ability of the police to protect their cinemas, finally agree to a token showing of MNIK in a few cinemas, effectively blocking the release of the film in our city.

So there you have it. Whether as a political stunt in order to recover from a battering in electoral politics or from deep antipathy to any point of view opposed to their own, Shiv Sainiks effectively used intimidation and violence to hold our fair city to ransom yesterday. What is more, they prevented me from taking my daughter to see, from all accounts, a delightful film, filled with lessons on tolerance and compassion.
India Shining? I think not.

-- Tariq Ansari is the Managing Director of Mid Day Multimedia Ltd
These views express the opinion of this newspaper on the subject.
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http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/feb/150210-pune-cops-german-bakery-blast-v-day-mnik.htm?zcc=rl

Cops were busy with MNIK, V-Day
By: Alifiya Khan and Vivek Sabnis Date: 2010-02-15 Place: Pune

When terror struck, 600 Pune policemen were keeping goons off MNIK, others were policing cosy couples. Has the state got its priorities all wrong?
The government was too busy moral policing couples, and giving cover to My Name Is Khan to bother about terror alerts. That's what BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told MiD DAY on Saturday night at the site of the German Bakery blasts.

When MiD DAY took a closer look at his statement, here's what we found: Around 600 cops from 22 police stations were deployed on bandobast duty in the 22-odd theatres screening the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer in Pune. Prior to Valentine's Day, the Pune police were also busy moral policing couples. Between February 3 and 15, Pune police had issued guidelines to couples against indulging in public display of affection and gathering in groups.

The Other Side
When questioned over disproportionate security cover to My Name Is Khan screening and importance to Valentine's Day bandobast, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram skirted the question, saying discussing MNIK would trivialise the attacks.

\"We are here to discuss a serious event. On an appropriate moment, I would comment about other issues like MNIK. Now is not the time,\" he said.

Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh refused to comment.

On Sunday, the Congress-led coalition government in Maharashtra completed 100 days. And on the eve of the event, blasts shook Pune. Political parties are now taking potshots at the government for its warped priorities.

Even the Shiv Sena, because of whom the police had to give security cover to theatres, didn't pull any punches. \"It is sad that for this government, smooth screening of MNIK is more important than protecting lives of Puneites. The police also should have been more rational about the deployment. They couldn't differentiate between the two,\" said Chandrakant Mokate, senior Sena MLA from Pune.

Chabad House, which was on the list of specific targets for a terror attack, had merely four constables guarding it today. MiD DAY had earlier captured on camera the security arrangements at Lal Deval, a Jewish synagogue, which showed two-three cops posted in a bunker while a patrolling car stopped by once in while.

In October 2009, at the height of the Headley trail, when it was revealed that the Jewish places were probable targets, police had revealed that 60 cops were posted on bandobast in shifts.
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Brilliant letter to SRK.

Dear SRK,

Are you out there ?. We have not heard from your goodself since Pune blast.

Please take care.

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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.cricket/browse_thread/thread/7d27930f80c0a9f1/6944a5b8926fcaa0?lnk=raot


Open letter to Mr. Shahrukh Khan

By Bandyopadhyay Arindam
ivarta.com
January 31, 2010


Your name is a household phenomenon in Indian and even beyond her
borders. Your fame has put you in the Newsweek \"most powerful people
list\" recently. However, as you may recall from your recent
experience in New Jersey Airport, real life is a little different --
it does not always follow the path predicted by a scriptwriter or
director.


Of late, we have been reading about your opinions and statements on
matters beyond the celluloid world. Nothing is wrong in it. You live
in a free, democratic country and are entirely entitled to your
opinion. But as a common man, also from the same soil, I think I have
the right too to raise a few points that may not conform to your
views of the real world.


I hope you will read it out.


When recently, the Pakistani players were not selected for the IPL,
it was almost predictable that NDTV, the award-winning, mouthpiece of
our Indian liberal media select you for your views and you certified
that \"It (Pakistan) is a great neighbour to have. We (India and
Pakistan) are great neighbours. They are good neighbours.\"


I have a few words to say about those statements.


One may recall your effort to clarify the Pakistani team captain,
Shoaib Malik\"s apology to the Muslims, living all over the world, for
failing to win the final T20 match against India, likely much to the
embarrassment of a lot of Indian Muslims, as expressed by Shamin
Bano, mother of the man of the match, Irfan Pathan. What was more
embarrassing was your effort to try to defend Shoaib in a subsequent
interview, \"I don't think he meant to segregate Muslims and
Christians and Hindus and say this was a match between Islam and
Hinduism. I don't think that...\"


I doubt whether Shoaib talked to you personally about his thought
process at that time. You did not really have to respond for somebody
else but perhaps you could not resist the temptation to show your
brotherhood and solidarity.


This reminds us again of Dr Ambedkar's observation that, \"The
brotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is
brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only.


Partition of India was what Pakistan wanted and got. It was painful
to millions but many more millions in present India have been spared.
Since then Pakistan has offered us only hatred. It has imposed on us
three major wars, the Kargil insurgency, the Kashmir conflict, the
series of serial blasts, the routine violation of border ceasefires,
attacks on the Parliament House and the recent Mumbai 26/11attack.


Did you have these in mind when you talked about them being good
neighbours?


In another interview you had tried to explain the concept of Islamic
Jihad. \"I think one needs to understand the meaning of jihad .. I've
understood the essence that jihad is not about killing other people;
jihad is about killing the badness in you.\"


May be you understand jihad better and deeper than the superficial
meaning of what we, the rest of the mortal mankind, overburdened and
terrorized by the inter-religious, intra-religious and sectarian
violence that is plaguing the world in the name of Islam today, do.
For we, the less educated, cannot really make a difference between
Jihad and Qatl, between Jihad by heart / soul, Jihad by pen and Jihad
by sword or between lesser and greater jihad.


We wonder, whatever its meaning may be, does it minimize the
significance of the mindless killings that we see today in the name
of Islam, across borders, all over the world? Does it change the
nature of the killers whether you call them holy warriors,
mujahidins, fedayeens or plane suicide bombers?


We agree with you that terrorism has no religion. But hopefully you
will also agree with the people who perceive that most terrorist in
the world today happen to believe in the scriptures of Islam. They
actually believe that they themselves are the true Islamists.


The so called \"moderate\" Islamist, perhaps does not want to
contradict them or may be does not dare to speak out against them.
You have probably not forgotten the FIR against you for listing
Prophet Mohammed as one of the most unimpressive personalities in
history, the threats from which you had to skillfully wriggle out.
Others who are not so fortunate, famous or flexible are suffering
lifetime, as Tasleema Nasreen or Salman Rushdie would testify. For
blasphemy in Islam is punishable with death, even for a believer.


Do I have to spell out the fate if it is a non-believer?


It is due to the inherent intolerance and exclusivity of Islam itself
despite your effort to convince us that there is an Islam from Allah
and very unfortunately, there is an Islam from the Mullahs


Here is an historical insight from writer Irfan Hussain, \"The Muslim
heroes who figure larger than life in our history books committed
some dreadful crimes..all have blood-stained hands that the passage
of years has not cleansed. Indeed, the presence of Muslim historians
on their various campaigns has ensured that the memory of their deeds
will live long after they were buried...Seen through Hindu eyes, the
Muslim invasion of their homeland was an unmitigated disaster.\"


So why should the \"non-believers\" care to accept them? Why should the
majority of Indians like to welcome back such disasters again?


Since partition, India has come a long way in progress and
development to her current status and is projected as an economic
superpower in coming decades while Pakistan is perceived as a failed
state on the verge of disintegration.


What does India have to gain by offering neighbourly friendship to
such a hostile and failed state?


India has never been an invader and is not in conflict of any other
Muslim country. None of the wars and conflicts with Pakistan was
instigated by India. In the current geopolitical situation, one can
argue for the Muslim world's grudge and anger against Israel or the
west and USA but one fail to fathom why India should also be at the
receiving end and why Indians should be the second largest group of
people to die from terrorists attacks. Indian majorities do not have
anything to do with the Danish cartoon or the death of Saddam
Hussain; so why should they suffer from Islamic havoc on those
occasions.


In almost all occasions of terrorism, questions are raised about
possible role of Pakistan, its terror bases and its terrorist
organizations, as either directly or indirectly involved. Be it state
sponsored (as recently admitted by President Zardari) or by non-state
actors, Pakistan or Pakistani born are prime suspect in terrorist
activities all over the world. ISI has been accused of playing a role
in major terrorist attacks including 9/11 in the USA, terrorism in
Kashmir, Mumbai Train Bombings, London Bombings, Indian Parliament
Attack, Varanasi bombings, Hyderabad bombings, Mumbai terror attacks
or the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.


Do you believe these are marks of a good neighbour? Then what is the
reason for your preaching of love towards Pakistan?


Perhaps, as you said, because it is your ancestor's homeland, you
have a soft feeling for Pakistan and cannot see the difference. On
the eve of accepting an honorary doctorate from a British university,
we heard you say, \"I really believe we are the same ..when you come
away from India or Pakistan you realize there is no Indian or
Pakistani -- we're all together. We are -- culturally, as human
beings, as friends\"


Which Pakistanis are you referring to?


The Pakistanis belonging to the land, admonished as the epicenter of
global terrorism, not just by India or USA but even by its friendly
allies like Iran or China.


Or is it the self-created, Talibanic Pakistan, who still imposes
Jijya on the non believers or finds pleasure in blowing up girl's
schools.


Are you talking about its President class like the current Mr.
Zardari, vowed to wage a 1,000-year war with India or the late Mrs.
Bhutto who started Jihad in Kashmiri that lead to the exodus of Hindu
minorities from the Muslim majority state of India, as refugees in
their own country?


Are you referring to Pakistanis loyal to the ISI and the military who
train their soldiers with only one objective, i.e. to fight Hindu
India?


If your mind is concerned about the faceless mass of Pakistanis, does
it also include the dwindling minorities?


Or are you just concerned about the celebrities and the social
elites?


It is true SRK that we belong to the same human species but it is
hard to stretch the similarities much further between \"us\" and
\"them\".


We from the same original land of Bharat but we want to keep her
intact, they want to break it into thousand pieces.


Our ancestors happen to be the same. We acknowledge and adore the
heritage but they abhor and decimate whoever is available in an
attempt to wipe out the link.


We are culturally the same. We have created the culture over
centuries what they dream to destroy in moments.


Ours is a 10,000 year old civilization, theirs is a 62 years old
country undoing whole human civilization.


We extend our hands repeatedly to promote friendship and amity; they
give us ISI, Lashkar, Harkat, Kashmir, Kargil and 26/11 in exchange.


Do you think that the Indians nationals who died in all the above
wars, the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in cross-border
ceasefire violations or the Indian civilians who are killed by the
ISI trained Islamic terrorists and their affiliates, in all those
serial blasts, all over the country, willfully sacrificed their lives
as a friendly neighbourhood gesture?


Can you face the families of the victims of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus or the martyrs of the Kargil war and try to explain to them
that \"They are good neighbours. Let us love each other.\"


Can you explain why the two gunmen at Cama hospital, during the
Mumbai carnage, asked the man who gave them water, what his religion
was, and shot him dead when he said he was a Hindu?


If you cannot, then perhaps you understand why the majority of India
does not consider Pakistan as a good neighbour to have.


Perhaps you believe that the peaceful religious co-existence that you
created in your home (and we appreciate that) can be extended to the
large world outside. As you rightly said, we Indians trust and do
accept everybody but what you did fail to mention was that it is the
Indic tradition, essentially coming out of its pre-Islamic Hindu
ethos.


If you think otherwise, show us a single Islamic country where the
non-believers enjoy the same equality as the believers. Since
partition, the Hindus left over in Pakistan and Bangladesh has
suffered terribly. Strictly Islamic countries, like Saudi Arabia, do
not allow any other religions to exist. Hindus working in the Gulf
countries are not allowed to practice their religion in public. Saudi
Arabia insists that India sends only a Muslim ambassador. Hindu
Muslim unity by and large has generally been a matter of Hindus
trying to please or accommodate Muslims. One cannot forget when
Vajpayee was extending his hand for peace Musharraf was planning the
Kargil insurgency.


Let us remind you, your own statement \"I am a Muslim in a country
called India. We've never been made to feel this is a Hindu country.\"


Can you find me a Hindu in Pakistan who can reciprocate that
sentiment?


Some years ago, another Mr. Khan, first name Feroze, from your
fraternity was banned from entering Pakistan for saying, \"India is
secular unlike Pakistan\".


That is the basic difference of the land of \"Hindu\" India from the
Islamic \"pure land\" of Pakistan.


So please do not ask us to love Pakistan.


Please do not lump the people of India and Pakistan together. We
Indians are proud to preserve our separate identity.


And please do not insult the land that gave you your life, name and
fame, by claiming that her worst enemy, who wants to break her into
1000 pieces, is a great neighbour.


Otherwise it would be sad if somebody accuses you of putting your
religion ahead of your country.


Please give it a thought.


Regards,


Arindam Bandyopadhyay.

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