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| Behind the bombing of the train of love |
| 2007-02-21 |
| By Praveen Swami "MOHABBAT DI gaddi," Allah Ditta, a locomotive driver on the Samjhauta Express called it in a February 2000 interview: "the train of love." Only when counter-terrorism investigators in India succeed in arresting the perpetrators of the Samjhauta Express bombing will a full account of their motives emerge. But Pakistan's jihadi press, little monitored in India, provides not a little insight into the hearts and minds of the terrorists who most likely carried out the attack. Islamists have, in recent weeks, repeatedly argued that the peace process poses a threat to both Pakistan's economic survival and its ideological raison d'etre. Growing interaction at the level of ordinary people, Islamists have claimed, is working to soften the hatred they believe is necessary to protect their nation. In their imagination, Allah Ditta's train of love is a Trojan Horse, a vehicle for the destruction of the project of Pakistan. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #3 "Islamists have, in recent weeks, repeatedly argued that the peace process poses a threat to both Pakistan's economic survival and its ideological raison d'etre. Growing interaction at the level of ordinary people, Islamists have claimed, is working to soften the hatred they believe is necessary to protect their nation. In their imagination, Allah Ditta's train of love is a Trojan Horse, a vehicle for the destruction of the project of Pakistan" Another example of how Islamist whether in Saudi, Pakistan etc believe in hatred and not Love to get their polictical gains. Four countries that thrive on hatred ie Saudi, Pakistan,Iran and Syria all need sorting out in the WOT!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-21 06:26 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-02-21 06:22 |
| #1 In 1988 an audit team from the DoD was supposed to arrive in Pak to find out where the Stinger Missiles were. Some Pak ISI generals had sold some to Iran, to China and had been arming Kashmiri groups for a jihad planned against India (and launched when the Afghan war ended and jihadi manpower was available). The ISI bombed the Ojhri arms dump in Rawalpindi (situated in a heavily populated area) to hide the evidence, killing thousands of people. The Pak victims of this train attack are likewise expendable. Just collateral damage in the jihad. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-02-21 06:02 |