Pakistani interior minister chief Rehman Malik boasted at an Islamabad press conference that authorities have arrested more than 120 in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks.
The TamilNet news service reports that Red Cross and other aid and medical evacuation vehicles are being barred access to the northern pocket of Sri Lanka still held by the Tamil Tiger rebels, which has come under heavy bombardment in… Read moreSri Lanka: Tamil territory under siege, bombardment
Hundreds of Muslim men, women and children held a silent march in Mumbai, stopping at each location which had been targeted by the armed attacks of what is becoming known in India as 26-11. For the first time, liberal groups… Read moreIndia: Muslims march against terrorism
A suicide bomber killed at least 130 at a campaign rally in Pakistan's Balochistan province— the deadliest attack in the country since 2014. A local candidate with the Balochistan Awami Party was among the dead. The local franchise of the Islamic State took credit for the attack. Radio Free Europe portrays the BAP as part of the Pakistani military establishment’s plan to undermine Baluch ethno-nationalist groups. Balochistan province is part of the larger region of Baluchistan, homeland of the Baluch people, long divided between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. There are movements for Baluch independence in each of these countries, but they have been unable to unite across the nation-state boundaries. The attack may point to an ISIS strategy to disrupt electoral ethno-nationalist initiatives, and co-opt the Baluch struggle across all three borders, wedding it to Sunni extremism. (Map via Atheer)
Pakistan’s armed forces have moved against a camp used by banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, the BBC reports. A correspondent in Muzaffarabad says he was unable to reach the camp because of the cordon, but did see about… Read morePakistan raids Lashkar-e-Taiba camp in Kashmir —or does it?
India was planning a military strike over the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to London Wajid Shamsul Hassan told the BBC, saying New Delhi intended “to teach Pakistan a lesson.” The network quoted the official saying, “This is what we… Read moreIndia and Pakistan ready for war, US threatens intervention?
A group of Indian-American organizations and individuals have launched a campaign against Sonal Shah, a member of the transition team of the US president-elect Barack Obama, for her alleged links to India’s Hindu fundamentalist ultra-right. Specifically, she is said to… Read moreObama team member linked to Hindutva fascist movement
In the wake of mass protests in Mumbai where many called for military action against Pakistan, marchers in Islamabad had their turn to chant slogans against India and the US Dec. 4, when thousands filled the streets to protest US… Read morePakistan: anti-India protesters sport Mumbai conspiracy theory
Thousands of people took to the streets of Mumbai Dec. 3 to demand India’s leaders do more to protect them from terrorism in the wake of last week’s attacks. A BBC reporter on the scene says many of the protesters… Read moreProtests in wake of Mumbai terror
Five were killed and 35 others injured Dec. 2 in two separate attacks in the Karbi Anglong district of India’s eastern Assam state. A bomb went off inside a second-class coach of a passenger train at the Diphu railway station… Read moreIndia: more terror in Assam
India’s intelligence apparatus is rapidly zeroing in on its usual suspect Pakistan in the Mumbai attacks. The Times of India reports Dec. 2: All the 10 terrorists, suspected to have been involved in the Mumbai attacks, were trained by ex-army… Read moreAnomalies emerge in Mumbai terror —of course
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the right-wing BJP arrived in Mumbai Nov. 28 to pay public last respects to police officers killed fighting the militants who attacked India’s financial capital, and announce Rs 1 crore ($2 million) compensation to… Read moreBJP exploits Mumbai terror
