Mumbai Attacks

[JSF_Dreamer]

I really hate seeing stuff like this. I want each and every one of those cowards to burn.

What do they think is to be gained by doing these things?

 

[burningfeathers]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7751160.stm

Some pretty crazy stuff going on over there. Havent seen such a large scale attack like this in a long time.

 

[m3urthy]

I had lunch at the Taj Mumbai in June and was in Bangalore the day the attacks happened in that city.

A group called the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed resp.


One of the gunmen:



Aftermath:

 

[nzachman]

I'll post my link here as I created the same thread at the same time (please delete that one).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_shooting

Apparently they were targeting Americans and British. They also still hold hostages. Take a look at the slide show presented by yahoo, some pretty detailed images.

 

[m3urthy]

The tragedy is that the government will do nothing except stick to its usual script of:

1. Denounce the attacks
2. Appeal for communal calm
3. Compensate the families of the victims
4. Wait for the news networks to find another story to latch onto.

 

[FrankTheTank]

Supposedly, 2 of the hotels that we layover in are targeted... Good thing we voted for change...

 

[Bevo16]

What do they think is to be gained by doing these things?

Virgins.

72 of them.

 

[m3urthy]

Automatic weapons and RPGS versus :

 

[BlackBearHockey]

The tragedy is that the government will do nothing except stick to its usual script of:

1. Denounce the attacks
2. Appeal for communal calm
3. Compensate the families of the victims
4. Wait for the news networks to find another story to latch onto.

And the hippies will choose not to notice it and still cling to the "give peace a chance" signs.

 

[PropStop]

I don't see why people have a hard time buying the, "we're a peaceful religion" line...

I'm sure they have a very good reason for targeting civilians for slaughter. I mean look at all those recent mass terror attacks by Christian groups...oh wait...

 

[Flash]

I don't see why people have a hard time buying the, "we're a peaceful religion" line...

I'm sure they have a very good reason for targeting civilians for slaughter. I mean look at all those recent mass terror attacks by Christian groups...oh wait...

India has suffered not just from radical Islamic terrorists.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...overy-of-first-hindu-terror-cell-1031237.html

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\13\story_13-11-2008_pg4_14

And though it is likely that this was an attack by radical Islamic terrorists, other groups cannot be discounted quite yet.

 

[PropStop]

And though it is likely that this was an attack by radical Islamic terrorists, other groups cannot be discounted quite yet.

The group that claimed responsibility was the Deccan Mujahedeen, a muslim group.

Yes, they have had violence from other groups, notably Hindi. You don't see, on a world wide scale, the suffering caused in the name of other religions like you do suffering caused in the name of Islam. In the past, yes, Christianity was absolutely awful, along with most other religions - save maybe Buddhist.

 

[Flash]

The group that claimed responsibility was the Deccan Mujahedeen, a muslim group.

Just because a 'group', even if it exists, claims responsibility dosn't mean they did it.

Yes, they have had violence from other groups, notably Hindi. You don't see, on a world wide scale, the suffering caused in the name of other religions like you do suffering caused in the name of Islam. In the past, yes, Christianity was absolutely awful, along with most other religions - save maybe Buddhist.

Just because someone does something in the name of a religion doesn't make the religion itself bad, it makes the people who do it bad. Religion is a crutch, not the cause.

 

[Bevo16]

Just because a 'group', even if it exists, claims responsibility dosn't mean they did it.

Just because someone does something in the name of a religion doesn't make the religion itself bad, it makes the people who do it bad. Religion is a crutch, not the cause.

RIIIIIIIGHT!!!

Because all of the terrorists would be running lemon-aid stands and working in the peace corps if not for the Madrassas they attended and their devout Muslim faith.

You are embarrassing yourself as usual.

 

[PropStop]

Just because a 'group', even if it exists, claims responsibility dosn't mean they did it.

Just because someone does something in the name of a religion doesn't make the religion itself bad, it makes the people who do it bad. Religion is a crutch, not the cause.

They claimed it, they're known - nobody else has claimed it.

Yes, religion can be a crutch, a tool that evil people can use to warp the weak minded to do their bidding. But, when a group (such as a religion) as a whole does not stand up to the massive use of its name in violence, then they are culpable in the atrocities committed under their name. There are Islamic groups who are crying out against the violence perpetrated in their name but they are a vocal minority. There is still a very large silent majority that do NOTHING. You don't see the whole sale slaughter in the name of any other group like you do with Islam.

You can claim all day that the religion isn't bad, that it's the people who are bad - and that's mostly true. But at a certain point you have to look at the message of the religion itself. The Koran is a violent book. The religion is violent. So are parts of the bible and aspects of Christianity - but Christians learned (largely) and grew up, Islam did the opposite.

I should caveat this by saying I am not a Christian, I do not go to church, so I'm not here to say Christianity is better. I personally don't care which religion is better, I just want this kind of BS, perpetrated in the name of Islam, to end.