Madrid Style Bombing in Bombay??

[1967 R50/2]

It's a little early to say, but it looks like "Here we go again." More bombs on trains.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/ts_nm/india_blast_suburbs_dc_2

[singpilot]

There is not much surprise here.

The world is at war. Is about time everyone realizes there is one common enemy. We know what they want.

The end of life as we know it.

[Overpaid Slacker]

Amen, Sing.

We thwarted a bomb plot in Toronto just a week or so ago, and a plot to blow up a tunnel in New York City in the last couple of days.

We're at war; total war. No quarter, no mercy. Win.

JP

[Par911]

yep, no one really cares if another democratic nation gets tormented with Terrorist acts......its all about Iraq and Israel...

[HardDrive]

Those wacky Muslims are at it again!

Religion of Peace my ass.

[bryanthompson]

Originally posted by HardDrive
Religion of Peace my ass.

uh-oh, here comes cc.

[Mulhollanddose]

Originally posted by bryanthompson
uh-oh, here comes cc.

...I hope she is wearing her burka and doesn't say anything for fear of getting a beatin'.

[Mulhollanddose]

Its Bush'ists' fault!~...Ask Patsy, he will draw the link for you.

[HardDrive]

Originally posted by bryanthompson
uh-oh, here comes cc.

BRING IT ON.

Saudi textbooks preach intolerance, hate
Despite post-9/11 policy change, children still taught to wage jihad
NBC VIDEO

WASHINGTON - In the classroom and across Saudi society, Saudi officials insist their message has changed dramatically. The land that produced 15 of the 9/11 hijackers now officially preaches religious tolerance and moderation.

In numerous statements, senior Saudi officials have specifically claimed that the kingdom has cleaned up all school textbooks.

"We eliminated what might be perceived as intolerance from old textbooks that were in our system," says Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.

There has been progress. However, a new study found examples of intolerance, even hate, in multiple Saudi textbooks now used in grades 1-12.

Nina Shea's group — the Center for Religious Freedom — examined textbooks used during the past school year, and found the following teachings, which were verified by NBC News:

Jews and Christians are "enemies" of Muslims.
Every religion other than Islam is "false."
"The hour [of Judgment] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them."
"It's taught that Christians and Jews are the enemy of the Muslim," says Shea. "And that the Muslim must wage jihad in order to spread the faith in battle against the infidel."

What's more, an eighth grade text equates Jews with "apes" and Christian infidels with "swine." A tenth grade text teaches that the life of a Muslim is worth twice that of a non-Muslim.

"This is the ideological foundation for building tomorrows' terrorists," says Shea.

And it's not just textbooks. In Canada, moderate Muslims like Tarek Fatah charge that militant literature provided by the Saudis is radicalizing some young Muslims, like the 17 men arrested there last month for planning bombings in Canada.

"I see Saudi influence," says Fatah, the communications director of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

Fatah says a version of the Quran sent to Canada from Saudi Arabia in his possession includes added language encouraging jihad.

"The Quran does not ask people to conduct war against non-Muslims, but that's what the Saudis are distributing," says Fatah.

In one example, the word "Jews" is added to the translation, identifying "people" who have "strayed from God's laws."

"It's totally unethical, immoral and un-Islamic to do that, to play around with the words of God," says Fatah.

Middle Eastern sources tell NBC that the Saudi government has stopped distributing the Qurans in question. As for the textbooks, Saudi officials say they can only change as much and as fast as Saudi society allows, and that they are more concerned about how reforms are perceived at home than in the United States.

[Tobra]

Originally posted by 914GT
India and Canada could have avoided these attacks, or planned attacks, by pulling all their troops out of Iraq and by not supporting Israel.

You are joking, aren't you? These bombings were going on before we went into Iraq, and if you do what a terrorist wants you to do, you are just rewarding their behavior.

[singpilot]

You know, it's well past midnight here in Athens, and a commentator just surmised that the reason no one has stepped forward to claim the blasts was possibly because all of the bombers got on trains, and didn't leave someone behind to claim the bombings. He said a suicide bomber was necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer.

He was also mocking the 'well-coordinated' description. Because they simply all happened at the same moment.

News abroad is always soooooo different from there at home.

[Mulhollanddose]

[Par911]

http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Terrorstrikes&slug=Leads+in+Mumbai+blasts+case%3A+Govt+sources&id=19798&callid=0&category=National

[Mr Beau]

I'm headed there in 3 weeks. Hopefully things calm down over there...

[1967 R50/2]

Originally posted by Mr Beau
I'm headed there in 3 weeks. Hopefully things calm down over there...

They already seem to be. The SENSEX was up today. Maybe, it's just that it is so geographically distant, or maybe it's part of the Indian character, but all the reports I have seen on the web are incredibly level headed.

[Mr Beau]

I guess I'm not so worried about the Indian's themselves but rather that the 'bad people' come to their senses. In any case, terrorism is typically more about the shock and fear value than killing hoards of people. So the likelyhood of something happening to me is pretty remote.

No plans to change my vacation as of yet.