Sunday, July 27, 2008

The bombs bursting everywhere

Ahmedabad was ground zero for the Indian Mujahideen's series of coordinated bomb attacks Saturday night. The death toll is currently at 45 with 145 people injured. The Indian Mujahideen bases its right to kill innocents on the claim of 60 years of persecution and India's support of U.S. policies. The attacks follow a similar series of bombings in Bangalore the day before. All of this comes in the wake of the government's survival of a confidence vote that edged India closer to the U.S. And while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was calling for calm, everybody's favorite fun time Hindu Nationalist and B.J.P. member Narendra Modi, Gujarat's chief minister stated that "land of Mahatma Gandhi has been bloodied by terrorists whom we shall not spare". Umm, about that ...

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