anouska khambatta's List: JP -- Terrorism

• The murderous terrorist attack in Mumbai, India has shocked all decent human  beings around the world. Armed men targeting civilians, taking hostages and  shooting and murdering indiscriminately can only be described as an act of  terror carried out by terrorists.

  • This sentences describe terror attacks in Mumbai.
• the London School of Economics begins with the statement: "India's cities are no  strangers to indiscriminate terror attacks."

  • This is a qoute from the London School of economics. They give their point of view on the situations of the terror attacks and Mumbai.

  • This is a qoute from the London School of economics. They give their point of view on the cituations of the terror attacks and Mumbai.
• "Terrorism" is the correct term to describe politically motivated attacks that  do not differentiate between civilian and military targets and are designed to  create a sense of terror in the minds of the general public.

  • I was ecstatic when I found this term because ususally people do not look at the word "terrorism" in this manner. This gives a great description of the word "terrerism".
• The international community, together with responsible elements in the media,  should show zero tolerance for the kind of depravity manifested in Mumbai.

  • This shows what some people think about the media getting to involved in the terror attacks.

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• another car bomb exploded elsewhere in the city, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.  a total of 13 bombs exploded throughout Bombay. Most of the bombs were car  bombs, but some were in scooters.

  • This shows a lot of places that bombs were hidden.
• were targeted by suitcase bombs left in rooms booked by the perpetrators.

  • This states that people booked rooms and put bombs there.

  • This states that people booked rooms and put bombs thier.

• By the morning of 27 November, the army had secured the Jewish outreach center  at Nariman House as well as the Oberoi Trident hotel. They also incorrectly  believed that the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers had been cleared of attackers, and  soldiers were leading hostages and holed-up guests to safety, and removing  bodies of those killed in the attacks

  • The army did not know that there were still terrorist in the buildings.
• The attacks had multiple, far-ranging effects. The impact was felt on Mumbai and  on Maharashtra state, and throughout urban India. The Maharashtra state  government has planned to buy 36 speed boats to patrol the coastal areas and  several helicopters for the same purpose. It will also create an anti-terror  force called "Force One" and upgrade all the weapons that Mumbai police  currently have.^[104] Prime Minister  Dr. Manmohan Singh on an all party  conference declared that legal framework will be strengthened in the battle  against terrorism and a federal anti-terrorist intelligence and investigation  agency, like the FBI, will  be set up soon to co-ordinate actions against terrorism.^[105]

  • This shows the aftermath of the horrible terror that took place.

• Now, after three nights of gun battles and explosions that left at least 150  dead -- more than a dozen of them foreigners -- Mumbai may have taken a hit to  its most precious asset: its reputation. "You can't keep having these events and  not affect the image of the city," says Aninda Mitra, an analyst at Moody's.  "But if you can't [improve things fast] the government will find itself not just  worrying about the image, but the reality."

  • Socialism drops in India as terrorism rises.