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WHAT IS THE COLOUR OF TERROR ?
A READY RECKONER FOR THE MYTHOLGIST OF SAFFRON
TERROR
Aronite thinking
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Aronite thinking is amused to note the quandary of the Political lobby that had
put itself servicing Islamist and evangelist ideologies in the gravely mistaken
notion that it would gain it the area monopoly of religious communities that it
perceives implicitly as their own, -seized with the need to demonise the victims
of the Terrorism that they have globally chosen and has come out in the open
and alarmingly on the rise.
We therefore chose to minimise any comments and present the readily
available information such as the wikepedia and its links to put together a
dossier that should clearly show the spring boards of Terrorism, not only
around the world, but particularly India- where it is attempted to be denied
and attention diverted to a mythical chimera and invention of a Saffron terror -
an insensitive affront to the very victims targeted by this global Terrorism.
Here is a Ready reckoner for the confused and the wilful distorter of the facts
in the table, so the selective colour blindness and their perception gets clear,
so they might see visibly-
What indeed is the colour of Terror?
We have included the perception of American Intelligence agencies about the
perpetrators of isolated Terrorist incidents such as the Malegon, Mecca masjid-
Hyderabad and the Samajuta Express strikes and how they contr adict the
directives of this Political agenda that had compelled the investigations to be
turned in the opposite direction against the Hindu society and its organisations
who are respectively its constituency and its competitors and political
opponents.
The mere read-through of the compilation from Wikpedia open sorce
Encyclopedia, gives us the recurring Colour theme- Green which is global
Jihadism, Red- Ultra Leftist Marxist Leninism, and White- the Christian
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evangelism and neo-colonialism that demands self alienation and revolt at the
North East that preceded the insurgency.
The conspicuous colour that seems missing is Saffron or Hindu, and yet the
increasingly inapt and politically uninformed bud of Gandhi family had
reportedly put on record in his counsel to the American Diplomats that it is
indeed Saffron-Hindu Terror which should be the greater danger- regarding
which the diplomats in the same leaked cables have noted sarcastically in
amazement that his Congress Party and the UPA have stooped low and chosen
to play communal politics aiming to plant seeds of suspicion and denial among
the Muslim community in the hope that this would fetch them their votes.
The compilation is headed under 3 categories -
Terrorism in India- region wise, the various outfits and ideological leanings.
Major Terrorist incidents in India in 2010
Terrorist incidents- worldwide and outfits that conducted them.
The conclusion we leave to the readers wise judgement as to what is the
Colour of Terror?
(The list is by no means complete nor the sum up an in depth analysis that
should bring to light the more captivating Portrait of Terrorism in all its
splendid colour and shades.)
Western India
MaharashtraMumbai has been the most preferred target for most terrorist organizations,
primarily the separatist forces from Pakistan.[citation needed]
Over the past few
years a series of attacks including explosions in local trains in July 2006, to the
most recent and unprecedented attacks of 26 November 2008, where two of
the prime hotels, a landmark train station and a Jewish Chabad house, in south
Mumbai, were attacked and sieged.[citation needed]
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Terrorist attacks in Mumbai include:
12 March 1993 - Series of13 bombs go off killing 257
6 December 2002 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 2
27 January 2003 - Bomb goes off on a bicycle in Vile Parle killing 1
14 March 2003 - Bomb goes off in a train in Mulund killing 10
28 July 2003 - Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 4
25 August 2003 - Two Bombs go off in cars near the Gateway of India and
Zaveri Bazaar killing 50
11 July 2006 - Series of seven bombs go off in trains killing 209
26 November 2008 to 29 November 2008 - Coordinated series of attacks
killing at least 172.
On 13 February 2010, a bomb explosion at the German Bakery in Pune killed
fourteen people, and injured at least 60 more.
Jammu and Kashmir
Main article: Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Armed insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir killed tens of thousands till date
The terror unleashed by Islamist groups in the valley is an epic tragic tale in
itself, that resulted in en masse exodus of the Hindu-sikh minorities numbering
around 300,000 out of Jammu and Kashmir, an Ethnic cleansing of infidel non-
Muslims by the Islamist separatist movement.
Northern and North-western India
Bihar
Existence of certain insurgent groups like the CPI-ML, Peoples warand MCC, is
a major concern as they frequently attack local policemen and politicians.
Poor governance and the law and order system in Bihar have helped increase
the menace caused by the militias.
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The State has witnessed many massacres by these groups.
The main victims of the violence by these groups are helpless people (including
women, old and children) who are killed in massacres. The state police are ill
equipped to take on the AK-47, AK-56 of the militants with their vintage 303
rifles. The militants have used landmines to kill ambush police parties as well.
The root cause of the militant activities in the state is huge disparity among
different caste groups. After Independence, land reforms were supposed to be
implemented, thereby giving the low caste and the poor a share in the lands
which was till then held mostly by high caste people.
However, due to caste based divisive politics in the state land reforms were
never implemented properly. This led to growing sense of alienation among
the low caste.
Communist groups like CPI-ML, MCC and People's War took advantage of thisand instigated the low caste people to take up arms against establishment
which was seen as a tool in the hands of rich. They started taking up lands of
rich by force killing the high caste people.
The high caste people resorted to use of force by forming their own
army Ranvir Sena to take on the naxalites. The State witnessed a bloody period
in which the groups tried to prove their supremacy by mass killings. The Police
remained a mute witness to these killings as it lacked the means to take any
action.
However now the Ranvir Sena has significantly weakened with the arrest of its
top brass. The other groups are still active.
There have been arrests in various parts of the country, particularly those
made by the Delhi and Mumbai police in the recent past, indicating that
extremist/terrorist outfits have been spreading their networks in this State.
There is a strong suspicion that Bihar is also being used as a transit point by the
small-arms, fake currency and drug dealers entering from Nepal and terrorists
reportedly infiltrating through Nepal and Bangladesh.
However, in recent years these attacks by various caste groups have comedown with better government being practised.
New Delhi
Main article: 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings
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Three explosions went off in the Indiancapital ofNew Delhi on 29October
2005 which killed more than 60 people and injured at least 200 others. The
high number of casualties made the bombings the deadliest attack in India of
2005. It was followed by 5 bomb blasts on 13 September 2008
The 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on 29October 2005 in Delhi,
India, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others[1]
in three explosions.
The bombings came only two days before the important festival of Diwali,
which is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, andJains. The bombs were triggered in
two markets in central and south Delhi and in a bus in the Govindpuri area in
the south of the city. Indian investigators believe
the Kashmir separatist/ Islamic terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the
attacks.
Suspects
The Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary
Front or Islamic Inquilab Mahaz, claimed responsibility for the Delhi terrorist
attacks. The Mahaz has previous history of terrorism - It was one of the
organizations involved in terrorist attacks in the south Pakistan city of Karachi
against French, American and other citizens.
The Delhi Police released three sketches of one of the suspected bombers
involved in the bombings.[3]
According to NDTV, ten suspects have been
detained following the blasts. Five of them were picked up from the Delhi
Railway station and others from other railway stations and bus terminals.
Tariq Ahmad Dar, the alleged mastermi nd of the attacks, was arrested on 10
November 2005.[4]
In a court session in October 2007, prosecutors said that
Dar telephoned his Lashkar-e-Toiba bosses following the blasts to say his team
was successful. The police also arrested the suspected Govindpuri bomber,
Mohammed Rafiq Shah
A newsreport traces the roots of this Terror- a radicalised Muslim town-
Azamgarh had been in the news after the killing and arrest of Delhi blast
suspects hailing from the district. The two youth- Atif and Sajid- killed in the
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shootout with police at Batala House in Jamiya Nagar area in Delhi were the
natives of Sanjarpur village ofAzamgarh district. The arrested suspect Saif is
also the native of the same village. Saif is also being interrogated for his
involvement in March 7, 2006 serial blasts in Varanasi. Before the Delhi blast,
the Gujarat police had arrested the alleged mastermind ofAhemdabad serialblast, Abu Bashar, a resident of Beenapara village in Saraimeer area of the
district.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Varanasi/Azamgarh-seat-A-hot-
proposition/articleshow/4330674.cms
Attack on Indian parliament
Terrorists on 13 December 2001 attacked the Parliament of India resulting in a
45-minute gun battle in which 9 policemen and parliament staffer were killed.
All the five terrorists were also killed by the security forces and were identified
as Pakistani nationals. The attack took place around 11:40 am (IST), minu tes
after both Houses of Parliament had adjourned for the day.
The suspected terrorists dressed in commando fatigues entered Parliament in
a car through the VIP gate of the building. Displaying Parliament and Home
Ministry security stickers, the vehicle entered the Parliament premises.
The terrorists set off massive blasts and used AK-47 rifles, explosives and
grenades for the attack. Senior Ministers and over 200 Members of Parliament
were inside the Central Hall of Parliament when the attack took place. S ecurity
personnel sealed the entire premises which saved many lives.
Ayodhya crisis
Main article: 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya
The long simmering Ayodhya crisis finally culminated in a terrorist attack on
the site of the 16th century Babri Masjid -Demolished Ancient Masjid
in Ayodhya on 5 July 2005. Following the two-hour gunfight between Lashkar-
e-Toiba terrorists based in Pakistan and Indian police, in which six terrorists
were killed, opposition parties called for a nationwide strike with the country's
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leaders condemning the attack, believed to have been masterminded
by Dawood Ibrahim.
Varanasi blasts
Main article: 2006 Varanasi bombings
Main article: 2010 Varanasi bombing
A series of blasts occurred across the Hinduholy city ofVaranasi on 7 March
2006. Fifteen people are reported to have been killed and as many as 101
others were injured. No-one has accepted responsibility for the attacks, but it
is speculated that the bombings were carried out in retaliation of the arrest of
a Lashkar-e-Toiba agent in Varanasi earlier in February 2006.
On 5 April 2006 the Indian police arrested six Islamic militants, including a
cleric who helped plan bomb blasts. The cleric is believed to be a commander
of a banned Bangladeshi Islamic militant group, Harkatul Jihad-al Islami and is
linked to the Inter-Services Intelligence, the Pakistani spy agency.[5]
On December 7, 2010, another blast occurred in Varanasi, that killed
immediately a toddler, and set off a stampede in which 20 people, including
four foreigners were injured.[6]
The responsibility for the attack was claimed by
the Islamist millitant group, Indian Mujahideen
The 2010 Jama Masjid attack occurred on September 19, 2010 when two
gunmen on a motorcycle fired at a tourist bus near Gate 3 of the Jama Masjid
in Old Delhi, India and injured two Taiwanese tourists. The incident provoked
fears about security for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi. About
three hours later a car parked approximately 150 meters from the spot caughtfire, apparently caused by a minor blast.
The attack is significant because it took place on the second anniversary of
the Batla House encounter on September 19, 2008, in which Atif Amin, the
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chief bomber of the Indian Mujahideen was killed. This had dealt a severe blow
to the group, which had been blamed earlier for terror attacks between 2007
and 2009, in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur Surat and Faizabad. According to
investigating agencies, the revival of the group was announced in an email to
the media, with the intention of avenging the killed terrorists.
The 2010 Pune bombing occurred on 13 February 2010 at approximately 7:15
pm IST when a bomb exploded at the German Bakery in the city
ofPune, Maharashtra, India. The blast killed seventeen people, and injured at
least 60 more.[10]
Including an Italian woman, two Sudanese students and
an Iranian student
News organizations have reported that Headley had visited Pune in July 2008
and March 2009 to scout the area near the blast and described him as a
suspected member ofLashkar-e-Taiba,[14][27]
one of the largest and most
active South AsianIslamist terrorist organisations. G. K. Pillai also said that the
attack could be part of a project by Lashkar -e-Taiba to use the Indian
Mujahideen in what Headley apparently called the 'Karachi project' during his
interrogation by the U.S.Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI)
North East
Assam
There are several organizations which advocate the independence of Assam.
The most prominent of which is the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
Formed in 1979, the ULFA has two main goals, the independence of Assam and
the establishment of a socialist government.
The ULFA has carried out several terrorist attacks in the region targeting the
Indian Military and non-combatants. The group assassinates political
opponents, attacks police and other security forces, blasts railroad tracks, and
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attacks other infrastructure facilities. The ULFA is believed to have strong links
with Nationalist SocialistCouncil of Nagaland (NSCN), Maoists and
the Naxalites.
It is also believed that they carry out most of their operations fr om the
Kingdom ofBhutan. Because of ULFA's increased visibility, the Indian
government outlawed the group in 1986 and declared Assam a troubled area.
Under pressure from New Delhi, Bhutan carried a massive operation to drive
out the ULFA militants from its territory.
Backed by the Indian Army, Thimphu was successful in killing more than a
thousand terrorists and extraditing many more to India while sustaining only
120 casualties. The Indian military undertook several successful operations
aimed at countering future ULFA terrorist attacks, but the ULFA continues to
be active in the region. In 2004, the ULFA targeted a public school
in Assam killing 19 children and 5 adults.
Assam remains the only state in the northeast where terrorism is still a major
issue. The Indian Military was successful in dismantling terrorist outfits in other
areas, but have been criticized by human rights groups for allegedly using
harsh methods when dealing with terrorists.
On 18 September 2005, a soldier was killed in Jiribam, Manipur, near the
Manipur-Assam border by members of the ULFA
Nagaland
The first and perhaps the most significant insurgency were in Nagaland from
the early 1950s until it was finally quelled in the early 1980s through a mixture
of repression and co-optation. The National SocialistCouncil of Nagaland-Isak-
Muivah (NSCN-IM) demands an independent Nagaland and has carried out
several attacks on Indian military installations in the region. According to
government officials, 599 civilians, 235 security forces and 862 terrorists have
lost their lives between 1992 and 2000.
On 14 June 2001, a cease-fire agreement was signed between the government
of India and the NSCN-IM which had received widespread approval and
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support in Nagaland. Terrorist outfits such as the Naga National Council -
Federal (NNC-F) and the National Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) also
welcomed the development.
Certain neighbouring states, especially Manipur, raised serious concerns over
the cease-fire. They feared that NSCN would continue insurgent activities in itsstate and demanded New Delhi scrap the ceasefire deal and renew military
action. Despite the cease-fire the NSCN has continued its insurgency
Tripura
Tripura witnessed a surge in terrorist activities in the 1990s. New
Delhi blamed Bangladesh for providing a safe haven to the insurgents
operating from its territory. The area under control of the Tripura TribalAreas
Autonomous DistrictCouncilwas increased after a tripartite agreement
between New Delhi, the state government of Tripura, and the Council. The
government has since been brought the movement under control though
certain rebellious factions still linger
Manipur
In Manipur, militants formed an organization known as the People's Liberation
Army. Their main goal was to unite the Meitei tribes of Burma and establish an
independent state of Manipur. However, the movement was thought to have
been suppressed after a fierce clash with Indian security forces in the mid
1990s.
On 18 September 2005, six separatist rebels were killed in fighting between
Zomi Revolutionary Army and Zomi Revolutionary Front in the Churachandpur
District.
On 20 September 2005, 14 Indian soldiers were ambushed and killed by 20
rebels from the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) terrorist organization, armed
with AK-56 rifles, in the village of Nariang, 22 miles southwest of Manipur's
capital Imphal. "Unidentified rebels using automatic weapons ambushed a
road patrol of the army's Gorkha Rifles killing eight on the spot," said a
spokesman for the Indian government.
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Mizoram
The Mizo National Frontfought for over 2 decades with the Indian Military in
an effort to gain independence. As in neighbouring states the insurgency was
quelled by force.
South India
Karnataka
Karnataka is considerably less affected by terrorism in spite of having many
places of historical importance and the IT hub of India, Bengaluru. However,
recently Naxal activity has been increasing in the Western Ghats. Also, a fewattacks have occurred, major ones including an attack on IISc on 28 December
2005 and serial blasts in Bengaluru on 26 July 2008.
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is one of the few southern states affected by terrorism,
although of a far different kind and on a much smaller scale.[citation needed]
The
terrorism in Andhra Pradesh stems from the People's War Group (PWG),
popularly known as Naxalites.
The PWG has been operating in India for over two decades, with most of its
operations in the Telangana[citation needed]
region in Andhra Pradesh. The group is
also active in Orissa and Bihar. Unlike the Kashmiri insurgents and ULFA, PWG
is a Maoist terrorist organisation and communism is one of its primary
goals.[citation needed]
Having failed to capture popular support in the elections, they resorted to
violence as a means to voice their opinions. The group targets Indian Police,multinational companies and other influential institutions in the name of
the communism. PWG has also targeted senior government officials, including
the attempted assassination of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
Chandrababu Naidu.
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It reportedly has strength of 800 to 1,000 well armed militants and is believed
to have close links with the Maoists in Nepal and the LTTE ofSri Lanka.
According to the Indian government, on an average, more than 60 civilians, 60
naxal rebels and a dozen policemen are killed every year because of PWG led
insurgency. Also one of the major terrorist attacks is 25 August 2007Hyderabad Bombing.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu had LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants operating in
state Tamil Nadu up until the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi. LTTE had given many speeches in state Tamil Nadu led by Velupillai
Prabhakaran, Tamilselvan and other Eelam members. Tamil Tigers, now a
banned organisation, have been receiving many donations and support from
India in the past. The Tamil Nadu Liberation Army, a militant Tamil movement
in India that have ties to LTTE.[citation needed]
Tamil Nadu also faced terrorist attacks orchestrated by Muslim
fundamentalists. For more information refer, 1998 Coimbatore bombings.
The 1998 Coimbatore bombings occurred on Saturday, February 141998, in
the city ofCoimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 46 persons - 35 men, 10 women and
one child - were killed and over 200 injured in 13 bomb attacks in 11 places, all
of them within a 12 km radius, 4 bombs were planted at R S Puram area, two
near Bus Stand, 1 near Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and at Ukkadam
area. These car bombs were the work of Muslim fundamentalist group "Al
Umma" which had a strong presence in Coimbatore.
The bombings were apparently in retaliation to the earlier riots in the city the
previous year, when Hindugangs and Fundamentalist Muslim groups clashed
with each other following the murder of a traffic policeman named "Selvaraj" ,
by a member of the radical Islamist group Al Umma (The Ummah).
The first of the serial bombs exploded at 3.50 p.m. on Shanmugham Road in
R.S. Puram, 100 metres from the venue of an election meeting that was to be
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addressed by Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani. There were
allegations that suicide bombers were ready to target L.K.Advani on that day.
These blast incidents was telecasted only in Vijay TV, a tamil channel. It was
covered by the channel's district correspondent umapathy.
Convictions
S. A. Basha, the mastermind of the blasts was found guilty of hatching a
criminal conspiracy to trigger a series of explosions there on February 14, 1998
and to create enmity between the two communities.
Saffron terror [1] is a controversial phrase used to describe acts of right-
wing terror in India,[2]
allegedly inspired by Hindu nationalism. The phrase
"saffron terror" is a neologism which entered public debate in India following
the 29 September 2008 western India bombings
Investigations and allegations
Bomb blasts in India which have allegedly been perpetrated by Hindu extremist
organisations include 2006 Malegaon blasts, Mecca Masjid
bombing (Hyderabad), and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah Blast[4][5][6][7][8]
It was in the aftermath of the September 29 bomb blast in the predominantly
Muslim town of Malegaon in Maharashtra that the terms Saffron Terror and
Hindutva Terror came to be used widely in various medias.[9]
However, the
accused parties confessed to police on narco-analysis that they conspired with
Muslim groups for the blasts.[10]
However, Purohit allegedly admitted that a
splinter group with tenuous ties to him had executed two blasts in India, which
prompted investigators to look into the blasts in Ajmer and Hyderabad.
[11]
Three men accused of the 2006 Malegaon bombings, including Lt Col Shrikant
Purohit of the India army and Pragya Singh Thakur, have been described as
representing Saffron terror.[12][13]
Purohit was also accused of being involved in
the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings until the role of Pakistani terrorist Asif
Zamani was unearthed.[14][15]
A United States Department of the
Treasury report links these bombings to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al-Qaeda
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ARREST OF SOME HINDUS AS TERRORISTS: CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER
By B.Raman
some curious and intriguing aspects of the recent allegations of our
investigating agencies against some Hindus of involvement in acts of terrorism
against Muslims need to be highlighted.
2. The first relates to the incendiary explosion in the Samjauta Expres s. The
second relates to the explosions in the Mecca Masjid of Hyderabad. The
"Hindu" of July 31, 2010, reported as follows: The National Investigation
Agency's probe into the Samjauta Express blasts will cover links with the
explosions in Malegaon, Ajmer Sharif and the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad,
Home Minister P.Chidambaram said here on Friday (July 30).... Asked about
Hindutva organisations being suspects in the Samjauta and other three blasts,
he declined to speculate."If we could do that, why would we h and it over to
the NIA? Since the Haryana Police has not been able to crack the case, with
their consent, the case has been handed over to the NIA."..... The CPI (M) has
opposed separate investigations and called for a co-ordinated probe. It also
alleged that three persons arrested for the Ajmer Sharif dargah blast (2007)
were linked to the Abhinav Bharat organisation, which is said to be behind the
Malegaon blast (2008). Their involvement is also suspected in the Mecca
Masjid blast (2007) as the SIM card found in Ajmer belonged to the same batch
used to trigger the Hyderabad blast."
3. In a press note issued on July 1, 2009, the US Department of Treasury gave
the personal particulars of four persons--- a Pashtun born in Afghanistan, two
Punjabis and a fourth person of unclear ethnicity originating from Karachi----
associated with the Lashkare-Toiba (LET), who were designated by the
Department under Executive Order 13224 as providing direct support to Al
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Qaeda and the LET and as facilitating terrorist attacks, including the July 2006
train bombing in Mumbai.
4. One ArifQasmani of Karachi was specifically named by the Department as
involed in the Mumbai suburban train blasts of July, 2006, and in theSamjautha Express blast of February, 2007. It said of him as follows: "Arif
Qasmani is the chief coordinator for Lashkar-e Tayyiba's (LET) dealings with
outside organizations and has provided significant support for LET terrorist
operations. Qasmani has worked with LET to facilitate terrorist attacks,
including the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai, India, and the February 2007
Samjota Express bombing in Panipat, India. Qasmani conducted fundraising
activities on behalf of LET in 2005 and utilized money that he received from
Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian crime figure and terrorist supporter, to facilitate
the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai, India. Since 2001, ArifQasmani has
also provided financial and other support and services to al Qaida, including
facilitating the movement of al Qaida leaders and personnel i n and out of
Afghanistan, the return of foreign fighters to their respective countries, and
the provision of supplies and weapons. In return for Qasmani's support, al
Qaida provided Qasmani with operatives to support the July 2006 train
bombing in Mumbai, India, and the February 2007 Samjota Express bombing in
Panipat, India. In 2005, Qasmani provided Taliban leaders with a safe haven
and a means to smuggle personnel, equipment, and weapons into
Afghanistan." (
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers33%5Cpaper32 91.html )
Allegations have been made in India that some Hindus, who were arrested for
their suspected involvement in the Ajmer Sharif blast, are also suspected of
involvement in the Mecca Masjid blast of Hyderabad. On August 6 , 2010, the
US State Department made public notifications designating the Harkat-ul-
Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) of Pakistan as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and Ilyas
Kashmiri belonging to it as an international terrorist. Similar action has been
taken on US advice by the anti-terrorism sanctions committee of the UN
Security Council the same day.
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6. Reporting on these notifications, Mr.Peter Fowler, an American journalist,
says as follows: "HUJI has carried out a number of terrorist attacks. In March
2006, HUJI was responsible for the suicide bombing of the U.S. Consulate in
Karachi, Pakistan, which killed four people and injured 48 others. HUJI is alsoresponsible for terrorist attacks in India including the May 2007 Hyderabad
mosque attack, which killed 16 and injured 40, and the March 2007 Varanasi
attack, which killed 25 and injured 100."
(http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/41551/us_targets_terrorist_organi
zation_operating_in_india_and_pakistan.html )
7. Thus, according to American investigators the LET and Al Qaeda were
responsible for the Samjauta Express blast and the HUJI for the Mecca Masjid
blast.If the American investigators, who have better sources in Pakistan, are
correct, how can our investigators claim that some arrested Hindus were
responsible for these incidents? Justice and fairplay demand a thorough
investigation into the two different versions that have emerged from Indian
and American investigators. While the American investigators have blamed the
LET, Al Qaeda and the HUJI, Indian investigators have bl amed the Abhinav
Bharat. Both cannot be correct.
(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, and Govt. of
India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai,
andAssociate of the ChennaiCentre forChina Studies. E-mail:
seventyone2@gmail.com )
Usage
It was in the aftermath of the September 29 bomb blast in the predominantly
Muslim town ofMalegaon in Maharashtra that these terms came to be used
widely.[26]
In late 2008, Indian police arrested members of a Hindu radical cell
allegedly involved in an attack Malegaon which killed 7 Muslims.[27]
For
incidents like these, Saffron terror has been used synonymously with "Anti -
Muslim terrorism" or "Anti-Muslim reprisals".[28]
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Kanchan Gupta and Swapan Dasgupta, both journalists, have accused
investigators of leaking statements about saffron terror to the media to
promote the agenda of the Indian National Congress
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh had been raising the
issue of "Hindutva terrorism" at least since October 2008 when he wrote about
it to the Prime MinisterManmohan Singh,[32 ]
statements that earned criticism
from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a show-cause notice from the Election
Commission of India.[33]
P. Chidambaram urged Indians to beware of "Saffron
terror" on August 25, 2010. This was the first time the word was "officially"
used by the Indian National Congress-led government.[1]
Since making the
remark, a Hindu Swami in the Patan district has filed
a defamationlawsuit against Chidambaram, on the grounds that
the saffron color is a conventional Hindu symbol and worn regularly by Hindu
religious clergy, and that Chidambaram has hurt the sentiments of Hindus by
linking the symbol to terrorism.[34]
Chidambaram responded by stating "I
cannot claim patent on the phrase."[35]
On September 6, 2010 a Gujarat court
ordered a probe into the use of the term by Chidambaram.[36]
Chidambaram
was also criticized by members of his own party (the Indian National Congress)
for the use of the term, with Congress spokesman Janardhan Dwivedi claiming
"terrorism does not have any colour other than black".[37]
However, it has morethan often been proved that the term "Hindu terror" is used more for the
political agenda of some political parties seeking to garner the minority vote
share in India. Several people say that just because some of the perpetrators of
the crime are Hindu, their acts should not be linked to Hinduism, a view
seemingly endorsed by many in India.
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January
DateDead
Injured
Location and description
January1
105 100+ Lakki Marwat, Pakistan A suicide car bomberdrove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match.[1]
January2
0 1
Aarhus, Denmark In an incident said to be terror-related, a Somali man
broke into Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's home threatening to kill theman with an axe. Westergaard escaped harm when he entered apanicroom and called for police, who shot the man. According to the Danishintelligence agencyPET, the Somali man is affiliated with al-Shaabab, aradical Islamic militia currently in Somalia.[2]
January7
6 8
Srinagar, India Security forces stormed a hotel in Lal Chowk, killingtwo Lashkar-e-Taiba members who seized the building after killing twocivilians and a policeman. One Central Reserve Police Force member diedin the operation.[3]
January8
0 1Randalstown,Northern Ireland A PSNI officer was wounded when a
bomb exploded underneath his car in Randalstown, County Antrim.[4]
January9 0 0 Athens, Greece A bomb damaged the Greek parliament building inAthens. No one was killed or injured in the bomb blast.[5]
January21
0 1Zamboanga City, Philippines Suspected Abu Sayyafmilitants
detonated a bomb near the house of a Basilan province mayor. One teenagerwas injured[6]
February
Date Dead Injured Location and description
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February1
0 0
Mediterranean coastal plain, Israel The Popular ResistanceCommittees (PRC), a Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip withclose ties to Hamas, tried to carry out an attack on Israel by means of
bombs placed in barrels and sent into the Mediterranean Sea from theGaza coast.[7]
February3
10 70Lower Dir, Pakistan A suicide bomberattacked a Pakistani Frontier
Corps convoy. The US embassy said its military personnel had beentraining Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency.[8]
February7
0 0Peshawar, Pakistan Pakistani forces captured a stronghold of al
Qaeda-backed militants near the Afghan border after days of clashes inwhich 60 militants were killed.[9]
February10
1 0Kfar Tapuach, West Bank A Palestinian Authority policeofficerstabbed to death a Druze Arab IDF soldier while he was sitting in a
jeep stopped at a traffic light at the Tapuah junction. [10]
February13
16 60 Pune, India A bomb exploded at the German Bakery in Pune, afamous and touristic eatery.[11]
February14
0 4
Bujanovac, Serbia A member of a multi-ethnic police unit inBujanovac, southern Serbia, was seriously injured in an explosion. Hiswife, and two young women who were passing by, sustained minorwounds in the incident. All four are ethnic Albanians.[12][13]
February26
17 32Kabul, Afghanistan A suicide bomberdetonated in an area
including a shopping centre, guest house and hotel in the Afghan capital,with gunfire heard after at least two blasts.[14]
March
Date
Dead
Injured
Location and description
March1
0 1Kfar Hashiloah, Jerusalem. An Israeli security guard was lightly injured inhis leg when gunshots were fired at a jeep in which he was travellingnearBeit Yehonatan in Kfar Shiloah, a village in southeastern Jerusalem.[15]
March4
17 35
Baghdad, Iraq Three attacks occurred in Baghdad. The first incidentinvolved a mortar attack on a crowded market. Two suicide bombers thendetonated in different areas of the city. It is known that polling stations werethe target in both of these suicide attacks. These attacks come as votingoccurs on the first day of voting in Iraq's parliamentary elections.[16]
March5
0 16Kigali, Rwanda Two near-simultaneous grenade explosions at a car-
washing yard and at a bus station injured 16 people. Hutu militia wasblamed.[17]
March16
6 8
Indian-administered Kashmir, India Suspected militants conducted twoattacks on markets in Indian-administered Kashmir. The first attack occurredin Srinagar, whereas the second assault however took place within thenorthern town of Sopore.[18][19]
March16
1 0
Dammarie-ls-Lys, France Ten ETA members shot dead aFrench gendarme, Jean Serge Nerin, 53 years old, in Dammarie-ls-Lys ,nearParis. Spanish government confirmed the shooting took place after a
patrol of the local police found several people robbing a garage of vehicles.One suspect was arrested on the spot and identified himself as a member of
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ETA. This is the first time that ETA, which had always targeted Spanishofficials and policemen, kills a French national policeman.[20]
March18
1 0
Netiv Haasara area, Israel A Thai greenhouse worker was killed when aKassam rocket fired by Gaza militants exploded in the moshav where he wasworking. An al-Qaida-inspired small Islamist faction called Ansar al-Sunnaclaimed responsibility for the attack.[21]
March24
6 30
Buenaventura, Colombia A car bomb detonated in the centre of theColombian pacific port of Buenaventura, near the mayor's office and thelocal public prosecutor's building. No group has claimed responsibility forthis attack although left-wing FARC rebels are suspected.[22]
March26
2 3
Israel-Gaza border, Gaza Strip Two Israelis were killed and three werewounded when a team of soldiers from Golani's Battalion entered Gaza afterseveral men were seen placing explosive devices near the Israeli borderfence. Then the soldiers were ambushed and attacked with mortar shells andgunfire from inside the Strip. Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor the attack.[23]
March31 12 25
Kizlyar, Russia A suicide car bomberdetonated outside the offices of
the local interior ministry and the FSB intelligence agency. Another suicidebomber impersonating as a police officer then detonates 20 minutes later onthe same street as a crowd gathered.[24]
March31
6 15
Khyber, Pakistan Militants attacked a Pakistani Frontier Corps camp inthe tribal region of Khyber in north-western Pakistan. It has been reportedthat dozens of militants assaulted the camp after a suicide car bomber blew ahole in one of its walls.[25][26]
April
Date
Dead
Injured
Location and description
April2
0 0 Kashmir, India Rail service in the Pulwama district was attacked bySeparatist militants, using a bomb which destroyed nearly two feet of track,disrupting service.[27]
April4
0 0
Dagestan, Russia A locomotive and eight cars came off the tracks aftertwo blasts struck a 39-carriage freight train in the Russian Republic ofDagestan.[28] The train was on its way from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku toMoscow. No casualties were reported. The attack was carried out bytheCaucasus Mujahideen.[29]
April4
42 224
Baghdad, Iraq Three suicide car bombers hit in the centre of Iraq'scapital city, Baghdad. One explosion reportedly occurred near to the Iranianembassy whereas the other two explosions were detonated in the west-centralMansour district within the city. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed
responsibility for the attacks. It has also been reported that at least one of theseblasts struck near to the offices of a pro-Iranian politician, AhmedChalabi.[30][31]
April9
2 0Ingushetia, Russia A female suicide bomber attacked police officers,
killing the head of a district police department in the southern Russian republicof Ingushetia.[32]
April10
0 0Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand Three bomb were hidden
at a high voltage electricity pole in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province onlytwo of the bombs exploded. No one was injured in the bombings and little
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damage was done by the bombs.[33]
April13
10 13
Isabela, Philippines Rebels from Abu Sayyafwere blamed for anattempted kidnapping in Isabela city in which 10 were killed and 13 injured, atleast 3 of the dead were Marines and 5 were rebels. At least six people werekilled in an first explosion near a sports field, while another explosionwounded 13 civlians near a Roman Catholic cathedral before a third bomb was
detonated by soldiers. Lieutenant-General Ben Dolorfino said the attackers"were Abu Sayyaf members wearing army and police uniforms. Based on ourinitial assessments, these people were out to kidnap somebody and theexplosions were part of the diversion, but our troops quickly responded to foiltheir plan." Major General, Juancho Sabban, head of the marines, said "I think(the attack) is meant to create havoc.... Definitely it falls underterrorism."[34][35][36]
April15
9 170
Yangon, Burma Three explosions went off at a park in the former capitalof Yangon, Myanmar's commercial hub. These explosions happened asrevellers gathered for a New Year water festival. Most of the pavilions onthe U Htaungbo Roadare run by companies said to be close to the governingauthorities. Previous explosions were also blamed on dissident or ethnic
rebels.[37][38]
April17
2 0
Samsun, Turkey Unidentified gunmen targeted a patrol car in the Ladikdistrict of Samsun. Huseyin Koc was killed instantly in the crossfire, while hiscolleague, Malik Soysal, succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The Governor ofSamsun, Hasan Basri Guzeloglu, said initial findings indicate the attack was a"terrorist ambush." Adding that an operation had been launched by securityforces to find the perpetrators.[39]
April23
72 100+
Anbar, Baghdad, Iraq A wave ofbomb attacks occurred across the Iraqicapital of Baghdad. Most of these attacks were near Shia mosques during
prayers, it was affirmed that one bomb went off near the offices of aprominent Shia cleric. Another attack outside the capital involved a series ofco-ordinated bombs being detonated in Khaldiya in Anbar province. Reports
claimed the attacks were retaliation for the killings of three senior Al-Qaedaleaders by Iraqi security forces.[40]
April26
0 2Sanaa, Yemen A suicide bomber disguised as a schoolboy attempted to
kill the British ambassador to Yemen, Tim Torlot, when he threw himself intothe path of the convoy Tim was travelling in.[41]
May
Date
Dead
Injured
Location and description
May1
1 30Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia A bomb exploded in the VIP lodge
of a hippodrome during horse races within the city of Nalchik.[42]
May1
0 0New York City,New York, United States New York's Times Square was
evacuated after the discovery of a car bomb.[43] US government believesradicalIslamists in the Pakistani Taliban directed the plot, and may havefinanced it
May8
2 0Hakkari Province, Sirnak Province, Turkey Two separate bomb
explosions killed two Turkish soldiers, whilst they were on patrol in the borderdistricts of both the Hakkari and Sirnak provinces within the country.[44]
May 0 4 Dagestan,North Caucasus, Russia Two suicide bombers in a car
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9 attempted to target a military base in the city of Dagestan, but detonated whenthey were stopped by a policeman 100 meters away from the base.[45]
May10
0 0Jacksonville, Florida, United States A man used a pipe bomb to attack
a mosque. The bomb exploded while about 60 Muslims were praying in themosque. The attack caused no injuries.[46][47]
May12 0 0 a, Serbia Serbian refugees who returned to the village of anearIstok and KFORsoldiers were fired at during the night.[48][49][50]
May14
0 1Thessaloniki, Greece A bomb exploded inside court house in
Thessaloniki. One person was injured in the blast and there was some damageto the building.[51]
May14
1 2Hyderabad, India Two man on a motorcycle opened fire at a group of
police in Hyderabad, India. One officer was killed and two others wounded inthe shooting.[52]
May18
0 0
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A firebombing occurred around 3:30 a.m. in TheGlebe neighbourhood at a Royal Bank of Canada branch.The anarchist[53] group responsible cited the sponsorship of the 2010 WinterOlympics as its motive and warned of further attacks against the
upcoming G8 and G20 meetings. Police are confident of containing the threatand some officers called the attack "domestic terrorism".[54]
May23
2 0
Chechnya, Russia Two terrorist militants are found disillusioned in aWoods near Serzhen-Yurt, in the Shali district of Chechnya. The militantsrefused to surrender and put up armed resistance, opening fire on lawenforcement officers.[55]
May26
8 42 Stavropol, Russia A bomb explosion occurred inside a cafeteria, in thecenter of the city of Stavropol within southern Russia.[56]
May27
0 0Malgobek, Ingushetia, Russia This terrorist attack took place on May 27,
near the cafe on the edge of town. No one injured. [57]
May30 6 3
rnak Province, Siirt Province, Antakya, Turkey PKK rebels launched a
series of attacks against security forces and village guardsmen within threeTurkish provinces.[58]
May31
19 23Khost Province, Afghanistan A suicide car bomber struck an Afghan
military building in Khost Province killing 19 and wounded 23.[59]
June
Date
Dead
Injured
Location and description
June2
1 3Hakkari Province, Turkey PKK militants clashed with Turkish soldiers
near the town ofCukurca, within the Hakkari Province, in the south-east of thecountry.[60]
June8
0 15 Istanbul, Turkey A bomb attack injured 15 policemen. The attack wasclaimed by TAK.[61]
June9
2 5 Diyala, Iraq A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up neara U.S military vehicle, in the central Iraqi province of Diyala.[62]
June11
0 2
Jerusalem A Palestinian militant attempted to run over two border policemenin the Wadi Joz neighborhood, close to the Old City Walls. Other members ofthe border police force that were at the scene shot and critically wounded thedriver as he tried to escape. The two policemen were lightly injured and
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received medical treatment on the spot.[63]
June11
4 20Lakhdaria, Algeria A truck bomb exploded next to a police roadblock in
city of Lakhdaria. The bombing killed four and wounded 20 people andpolice.[64]
June
14 1 3
Al Fawar Junction, south ofHebron, West Bank Command Sgt.Maj. Yehoshua
(Shuki) Sofer 39, of Beersheba, was killed and three policemen wounded whenPalestinian militants opened fire on their vehicle on route 60.[65]
June15
1 3Sirnak Province, Turkey A bomb explosion targeting Turkish military
personnel, occurred within the Sirnak Province of eastern Turkey.[66]
June17
0 0Aughnacloy,Northern IrelandDissident republicans were believed to be
responsible for a 300 lb van bomb that was left outside a police station in thetown of Aughnacloy. The bomb was defused.[67]
June19
13 12Aden, Yemen Gunmen opened fire at the Yemeni security service HQ and
stormed into the complex, releasing several prisoners in the city of Aden, aswell as killing thirteen people and wounded a dozen others in the process. [68]
June
19
10 14Semdinli, Turkey PKK rebels killed ten Turkish soldiers in an attack in
the city of Semdinli.
[69]
June22
5 12Istanbul, Turkey A bomb explosion occurred next to a military bus
carrying Turkish soldiers and their relatives in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul.PKK militants are being suspected for carrying out this latest attack. [70]
June22
0 0Keady,Northern IrelandA bomb was found inside a beer keg in Keady.
The Army made the bomb safe. It is believed that the bomb was planted thereto ambush police on 18 June as a number of fires were started .[71]
June24
1 0 Athens, Greece A bomb explosion occurred near to the offices of Greece'spublic order ministry within the Greek capital city of Athens.[72]
June25
3 5Elazig Province, Turkey PKK militants assaulted a group of villagers who
were on their way home, killing and wounding both Turkish soldiers and
civilians in the process.[73]
June27
1 5
Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina A police officer was killed and fiveofficers injured after a car bomb exploded inside a police headquarters inBugojno. At 05:00(CET) when over 25 police officer was inside the buildingwhen the bomb exploded.[74]
July
Date
Dead
Injured
Location and description
July1
50 200+ Lahore, Pakistan Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Lahore.[75]
July2
1 11Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo A bomb exploded during a demonstration
against the opening of a government office in the Serbian enclave in the Northof Mitrovica. The dead man was a Bosniak who lived in the Bosnian Mahal.[76]
July5
0 1
Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo A Serbian politician, named Petar Miletic,who is an elected Mp for Serbs in Kosovo was shot 4 times on the leg outsidehis apartment in Northern Mitrovica. He may have been shot because he is oneof the few Serbs who collaborate with Kosovan institutions.[77]
July 70+ 400+ Baghdad, Iraq A Suicide bombing killed more than 70 people and some
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7 400 have been wounded in bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims converging on ashrine in northern Baghdad.[78]
July9
105 120+Mohmand Agency, Pakistan A suicide bomb attack at a tribal meeting
killed at least 104 people and wounded more than 120. This was the deadliestattack in the country so far in 2010.[79]
July10 0 0 Belleeks,Northern Ireland A bomb exploded on a stone bridge in SouthArmagh. No one was injured or killed in the attack. [80]
July13
1 0Cipolletti, Rio Negro Province In an incident labelled as a "terrorist act"
by Interior Ministry, a bomb exploded in a police academy school and killed amunicipal employee. A second bomb was defused at the scene.[81]
July15
28 300+Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province, IranTwo suicide
bombers at Shi'ite mosque by Sunni-Baloch group Jundullah, whose leaderwas executed in 2010 in Tehran.[82]
July27
1 1Strait of Hormuz, nearOman A Japanese tanker was damaged in an explosion,one person was injured. Militant islamistAbdullah Azzam Brigades claimedone of its suicide bombers was responsible for the attack.[83]
August
DateDead
Injured
Location and description
August3
0 0 Derry,Northern Ireland A car bomb explodes outside PSNI station.[84]
August4
0 0
Bangor,Northern Ireland A bomb was found under a soldier's car inBangor. The army carried out a controlled explosion. No one was killed orinjured in the attack. It come a day after a car bomb exploded at a policestation in Derry.[85]
August
100 0
Cookstown,Northern Ireland A car-bomb partially exploded under aPSNI civilian worker's car. He escaped uninjured. Nearby residents, a crecheand a supermarket were evacuated until the device was made safe. [86]
August12
0 9
Bogota, Colombia A suspected car bomb has exploded near the studiosof a major radio station in the north of the Colombian capital, Bogota.Television pictures showed a bus with shattered windows and panickedresidents in the streets following the explosion, which happened at around0530 (1130 GMT), as the Caracol Radio morning show began.[87]
August14
0 3
Lurgan,Northern Ireland Three children are injured when a "no-warning" bomb exploded in a bin, in what the PSNI claim was an attempt to"kill police or injure police officers providing a service to this community asthey responded to a neighbouring area following a very vague warning that adevice had been left at a local school."[88]
August17 3 3 Vladikavkaz,North Ossetia Two policeman were killed and threeothers injured by a suicide bomber.[89]
August17
59 100+Baghdad, Iraq At least 59 people killed and more than 100 injured in a
suicide attack on an army recruitment centre.[90]
August31
4 0
Kiryat Arba, West Bank, August 2010 West Bank shooting, 4 Israelicivilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed by Hamas militants whiledriving onroute 60. Witnesses say the victims were gunned down in theirseats. Israeli sources described the incident as one of the "worst" acts of
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terror in recent years by Palestinian militants.[91]
September
DateDead
Injured
Location and description
September1 25 170 Three bombings kill 25 and injure 170 in Lahore, Pakistan.[92]
September1
0 2Kiryat Arba, West Bank, 2 Israeli civilians were wounded after theirvehicle came under fire by Palestinian militants while driving
between Kochav Yaakovand Rimonim Junction.[93]
September3
73+ 200+Quetta, Pakistan Two suicide bombings against a Shiite's Quds
Day procession and an Ahmadi mosque kill several people.[94]
September3
2
Dubai, UAE A smoke bomb may have been responsible for thedowning of a UPS Boeing Co. 747-400 Cargo Plane in Dubai. The planewas headed to Cologne, Germany. After numerous attempts to land in agovernment-owned landing facility, the plane crashed into the parking lotand bounced before it landed, leaving a crash site one kilometer long.There were no ground casualties, but the two pilots were killed. The two
pilots were Americans. One from Florida and one fromKentucky.[95][96][97]
September6
19 40+
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Nineteen people died when a suicidebomber rammed an explosives-laden truck into a police station whenthere were many school children passing by. The Pakistani Taliban hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.[98]
September
10 0 1
Copenhagen, Denmark In an incident suggested to be terror-relatedaimed at Danish newspaperMorgenavisen Jyllands-Posten's officein Aarhus,[99]a man ofChechnyan origin[100] allegedly caused anexplosion in the basement of a Copenhagen hotel. After the unsuccessful
attack, the perpetrator fled to the nearby H.C. rstedsparken, where hewas caught by the Danish police. The police feared the that man had anundetonated bomb in his backpack and avoided coming near the man,until the detonation machine known as "Rullemarie", shot at the
backpack to confirm that the content was harmless.[101]
September16
12 3
Hakkri Province, Turkey. The attack occurred when a remote-controlled device explodes, on a minibus in the Turkish villageofGecitli in southeastern Hakkari near the borders with Iraq and Iran. 12
people have died, and another 3 were injured. [102]
September
280 0
The 2010 European terror plot was an alleged Pakistan-based Al-
Qaeda plot to launch "commando-style" terror attacks on France, Britain,
and Germany.[103] The existence of the plot was revealed in late
September 2010 after it was disrupted by intelligence agencies.[104][105][106]
October
DateDead
Injured
Location and description
October 12 17 Abuja,Nigeria: Two car bombings in the capital city occurred during
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1 celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the nation's independence.[107]
October4
0 2Derry,Northern Ireland: A carbomb left by the Real IRA explodes
outside an Ulster Bank branch, injuring two police officers and causingextensive damage.[108]
October7 5 9
Sanandaj, Iran The gunmen connected to counter-revolutionary cells
opened fire on a police petrol vehicle and pedestrians in the Azadi square ofSanandaj in Kurdistan province, said police official Ebrahim Kazeminejadon Thursday.[109]
October29
0 0
Two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (1114 oz) ofplastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, were found onseparate cargo planes. The bombs were discovered as a result ofintelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. They were boundfrom Yemen to the United States, and were discovered at en route stop-overs, in England and in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
October29
0 32The 2010 Istanbul bomb blast was a suicide bombing which took place
on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on 31 October 2010 at 10:34.[110][111]
November
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Injured
Location and description
November11
18 100+
A truck laden with explosives was blasted at the CIDbuilding killing at least 18 and injuring more than 100 in one of the mostsensitive locations ofKarachi, Pakistan. The blast was preceded by agunfight between the militants and law enforcement officials.[112]
November18
0 0
Police discover a detonator, batteries and a ticking clockinNamibia's Windhoek Airport apparently due to be loaded on an
aircraft bound forMunich,Germany.[113][114] It was assumed that its
intention was to test airport security. [115]
December
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Injured
Location and description
December11
1 2
Two explosions occurred in the capital city ofStockholm, onetriggered by a car bomb and anothersuicide bomb which likely killed theassailant. The bombings have been linked to e-mail threats over Swedishinvolvment in the War in Afghanistan and the ongoing Muhammedcartoon controversy.[116]
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