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There is concern that the Hindu's will take to the streets and seek revenge against the Muslims. India's airports are now put on high alert. This could totally upset the "calm" in India and Pakistan regarding their disputed Kashmir territory.
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Blasts appear to follow terrorist pattern
U.S. officials said the blasts followed a pattern of initiated by two Islamic terrorist groups -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed -- who focus on the territory of Kashmir, whose control is disputed by India and Pakistan.
Kashmiri separatists were blamed for twin car-bombings that killed 53 people in Mumbai in August 2003 as well as an attack on the Indian parliament in Delhi in 2001.
In March 1993, more than 250 people were killed when at least 13 bombs were detonated around Mumbai. That attack followed a wave of fighting between India's Hindu and Muslim communities.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf strongly condemned the attacks, and a statement released by his country's Foreign Ministry called them a "despicable act of terrorism."
"Terrorism is the bane of our times and it must be condemned, rejected and countered effectively and comprehensively," the statement said.
Earlier Tuesday, a grenade attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least four people. Authorities suspect militants are responsible for that attack on a minibus in Srinagar. There was no immediate indication of a connection to the Mumbai blasts.
Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the government had some advance knowledge that such an attack might take place. "What we didn't have was the place and the time," Patil said.
There is concern that the Hindu's will take to the streets and seek revenge against the Muslims. India's airports are now put on high alert. This could totally upset the "calm" in India and Pakistan regarding their disputed Kashmir territory.
CNN.com
Blasts appear to follow terrorist pattern
U.S. officials said the blasts followed a pattern of initiated by two Islamic terrorist groups -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed -- who focus on the territory of Kashmir, whose control is disputed by India and Pakistan.
Kashmiri separatists were blamed for twin car-bombings that killed 53 people in Mumbai in August 2003 as well as an attack on the Indian parliament in Delhi in 2001.
In March 1993, more than 250 people were killed when at least 13 bombs were detonated around Mumbai. That attack followed a wave of fighting between India's Hindu and Muslim communities.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf strongly condemned the attacks, and a statement released by his country's Foreign Ministry called them a "despicable act of terrorism."
"Terrorism is the bane of our times and it must be condemned, rejected and countered effectively and comprehensively," the statement said.
Earlier Tuesday, a grenade attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least four people. Authorities suspect militants are responsible for that attack on a minibus in Srinagar. There was no immediate indication of a connection to the Mumbai blasts.
Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the government had some advance knowledge that such an attack might take place. "What we didn't have was the place and the time," Patil said.
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