If we do not get out of our denial mode and act firmly against the extremist and anti-national elements, a 9/11 is waiting to happen in our homeland.
Is there a well-concealed additional vision of an 'arc of democracy'? That is the nagging question in the Chinese mind. It will nag even more after they have read Dr Singh's positive reaction to the idea of closer co-operation among major democracies
It is not without significance that the vigorous campaign of the leftist parties has coincided with the beginning of the Chinese campaign against the so-called quadrilateral strategic interaction involving India, Japan, the US and Australia
Musharraf is no longer a leader of the future. He is increasingly a leader of the past, who is desperately clinging to the present in order to avoid a fate similar to what befell Gen Ayub Khan and Gen Yahya Khan
This is why we face national security disasters again and again and again. A nation, which has no memory for the past, is bound to repeat its mistakes in the future
'Escalation of violence in the tribal areas and Musharraf's increased physical vulnerability to another terrorist attack would be the inevitable outcome of the operation.'
'The majority of Indian Muslims abroad -- like their counterparts in India -- have kept a distance from extremist and jihadi activities.'
Al Qaeda not only looks upon India as a close associate of the US similar to the UK, but also as providing favourable conditions for its overseas operations directed against US nationals and interests in Indian territory.
It may be recalled that after the Madrid blasts of March 2004, the Madrid police had detained two or three Gujarati traders of Madrid because some SIM cards recovered by the police during their investigation had been bought from these traders.
'The needle of suspicion in the Glasgow incident points to members of the local Pakistani community.'
B Raman says jihadi groups may target either the ship when it is here, or even India after it is gone.
One cannot deny that the government's decision did result in an increase in international pressure on the Pakistan Army to withdraw from Indian territory
'Signals without strength will serve little purpose. Strength can come only from concrete action on the ground to strengthen our intelligence and military-related capabilities in Arunachal Pradesh.'
'The citizen jihadis see no television, Internet and video players which they regard as evil. They are being influenced by what they hear on the hundreds of FM radio stations operating in the tribal areas.'
Indian Muslims should refuse to be intimidated by such elements and the government should give them all the protection they need to enable them to resist these jihadi elements
'US forces have killed Mullah Dadullah Akhund, a member of the 12-member shura of the Neo Taliban.'
'The fierce competition for viewership among television channels has made them willing to disseminate such stories for a few minutes of sensation.'
'It is reasonable to apprehend that the overtures towards the West and India could anger the jihadis.'
For Bosnia and Chechnya, the 'Army of Allah' has spread around the Muslim world.
'Maulana Mohammad Abdul Aziz is the head of the Lal Masjid in Islamabad.'
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