The terrorists who tried storming the site of the proposed Ram temple at Ayodhya are suspected to be affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and may have sneaked in just over a month ago with the sinister intent of triggering communal disaffection and spreading mayhem.
| But only as a side effect of torpedoing the current Pak-India rapprochment. Even if Perv and the army are in favor of it, Hafiz Saeed won't be, and he doesn't really answer to the guys who think they're his owner... |
Intelligence sources told TOI that they were aware of the presence of the Lashkar group since it crossed over, probably from Nepal, with the intent of targeting places of worship, military facilites and vital installations, including the Bombay Stock Exchange and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore. Sources claimed that they had anticipated the suicide attack on the temple complex, and had even alerted the police chief of UP, as well as heads of central police organisations. Besides, there had been an urgency to the LeT 'chatter' in the past few weeks, urging militants in India to do something 'big'. Sources feel that Tuesday's mastermind could be elusive LeT commander, 'Dr' Saleem Salaar, said to be in charge its operations in north India.
| Fairly graphic pic of the deaders here... |
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