Terror strikes Varanasi; 28 killed, no claim yet (Update)

Hindustan Times ^ | March 7, 2006 | Prabhu Razdan

[Hill of Tara]

thanks for the ping Fred!

I'm going to listen to the audio link when I come back from dinner.

[indcons]

Couldn't agree more...however, the ruling state govt. and the federal govt. depend on muslim votes (these governments are the Indian equivalent of the Democrats). Nothing will happen in that country (India); it is beyond all hope (re: the muslim menace)and is well on the path to dhimmification (you can tell I am very, very frustrated).

I hope at least the West learns from what happens in Asia when countries have a muslim population of any percentage. It is not too late for the West, yet.

[USF]

Thanks for the ping Fred... that really is the true voice of the swine from the "Religion of Peace."

Islam turns people into zombies and lacks any redeeming qualities.

[Just Lori]

Watch out for the posting police.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"It's going to take the fear of God put into them, whether from atomic bombs or overwhelming military defeat without mercy."

You are right. We are going to have to put a big time hurting on them in order for them to get the message that they are not going to run the world and they are better off trying to get along with us. Since we are going to have to put this hurting on them sooner or later or let them run the world, we might as well start right now and get it over with. In the long run, killing millions of them starting right now, will mean that fewer of them and much fewer of us die in the long run.

[Hill of Tara]

"Couldn't agree more...however, the ruling state govt. and the federal govt. depend on muslim votes (these governments are the Indian equivalent of the Democrats). Nothing will happen in that country (India); it is beyond all hope (re: the muslim menace)and is well on the path to dhimmification (you can tell I am very, very frustrated). "

What about the BJP? Dont they want the Muslims out? Eventually hopefully the average Hindu and Christian Indians get so fed up at the Muslim's behavior that popular opinion will demand that the Muslims are expelled.

I'm sure Pakistan would be glad to take them in, since they feel they are at a disadvantage with only 1/9 the population of India.

"I hope at least the West learns from what happens in Asia when countries have a muslim population of any percentage. It is not too late for the West, yet."

Don't give up, there's still hope for India and the West. People are slowly but surely starting to realize that Islam and Muslims are a threat to the world. One day we will have a reckoning with the Muzzies, or at least I hope so.

For now, the most we can do is inform everyone of the truth, and vote.

take care,

Hill of Tara

[mosquewatch.com]

That audio clip is one of the calmer Muslims, I've heard things as "feed the kafir to the dogs." "If a non Muslim is in a Muslim land he is knife fodder.", and 99 percent of this talk is not loud ranting, it's done in a very calm, relaxed tone. When I recorded this clip, I saw a few Muslims that come in "our rooms" that preach "islam is peace", and did not lift a finger to text anything or speak out against this speaker. I'm telling you guys and gals, there is NO MODERATE MUSLIM. I deal with them everyday.

Jeff

[An_Indian]

where are those muslims and commies who protested against Bush visit and cartoons now? why wasnt there even a condemnation statement from them??

oh! i forgot. its only some freaking hindus who died. its only a temple! not a mosque. had it been muslims or a mosque, we would have secularists like arundhati roy protesting on the road raising hell and speaking on foreign TV channels saying Hindus in India are bloodsuckers preying on minorities and that she is ashamed to be a Indian and that India again is whore, this time not being bartered by pimps but by hindus!

(yes, she called President Bush and PM Singh as pimps distributing India among themselves as India was a whore! her exact lines were: this whole nuclear deal, obviously, which sounds to me a bit like, you know, some -- I mean, I hate to be so rude, but it sounds like sort of like pimps negotiating how somebody should act with their client. You know, you can sort of [inaudible] the girl, but you can't kiss her, because it’s -- and it's all theater, you know? Link: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/03/151200)

my post might not make sense to some of you but my indian friends understand it quite well coz they should have gone thru these motions already. i am mad as hell. just hope another gujarat doesnt happen (although this time I WILL NOT BE SORRY for muslims!)! :(

[MarMema]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[An_Indian]

Here are pics of the blast: Warning: some images might be disturbing.

A damaged part of the Sankat Mochan temple complex after the bomb blast in Varanasi on Tuesday evening, which left at least 15 people killed and dozens injured. (AP photo)

Onlookers watch bomb blast site outside the Varanasi railway station after the twin blasts. (AFP photo)

People take a victim in Varanasi following the blasts. (AP photo)

People watch blood stains on the ground outside a railway station. (AFP photo)

An injured person being treated at a hospital in Varanasi on Tuesday. (PTI photo)

A policeman keeps vigil as security has been tightened in New Delhi following the blasts in Varanasi. (PTI photo)

Heavy security at Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on Tuesday. (TOI photo)

A man being frisked as security tightened around India following the series of blasts in Varanasi. (PTI photo)

A body being removed from the Sankatmochan temple in Varanasi after a bomb blast on Tuesday. (PTI photo)

A policeman searches for concealed bombs in Varanasi following the blasts. (AP)

People bring in a victim of a bomb blast for treatment at a hospital in Varanasi. (AP)

People stand at the site of a bomb blast at the railway station in Varanasi. (AP photo)

Source : Times Of India

[MarMema]

I used to read the discussion forum at kavkaz.org and this was
usual behavior. Actually there used to be questions about the correct way to behead an infidel, and they weren't from chechens, either.

[MarMema]

Bush was just there, of course.

The attack on the Hindu holy city came days after Muslims and Hindus battled each other in two other Indian cities, raising fears of a repeat of Hindu-Muslim violence that rocked western India in 2002 after 60 Hindus pilgrims were killed in a train fire initially blamed on Muslims.

"On Friday, there were clashes in the nearby city of Lucknow after Hindu shop owners refused to respect a general strike called by Muslim leaders to protest Bush's visit to India. Four people were killed."

[voice of india]

Varanasi blasts suspect killed in Lucknow
Wednesday, 08 March , 2006, 08:44

Lucknow: Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militant was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of Lucknow early Wednesday.

Police identified the militant as Salar alias Doctor and did not rule out his involvement in Tuesday’s blasts at the Sankatmochan temple and Cantonment railway station in Varanasi, which claimed at least twenty lives.

RDX and some detonators were from his possession after the encounter with the Special Task Force (STF), police sources said.

Sources said that Salar was on his way to Lucknow when he was shot dead by the STF in an encounter.

[mosquewatch.com]

shot dead by the STF in an encounter.Next?

[indcons]

Good post...thanks for posting the pics. The muslims need to be taught a lesson they won't forget for a while.

[An_Indian]

High alert after India explosions

Cities across India are on high alert, a day after twin bomb blasts rocked the holy city of Varanasi.

Fourteen people are confirmed dead in the blasts at a Hindu temple and a railway station and more than 100 were injured, officials told the BBC.

Some reports put the death toll at more than 20 but this cannot be confirmed.

The government says its main concern is to stop religious violence flaring up. Uttar Pradesh state has a history of clashes between Hindus and Muslims.

Local religious leaders have joined Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in appealing for calm.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil and the head of the governing Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, went to Varanasi and visited the scene of the attacks.

Security has been stepped up around the areas that were bombed and in major cities, including the capital, Delhi.

No group has so far said it was behind the attacks.

Religious centre

The BBC's Mark Dummett in Varanasi says a wedding party took the brunt of the blast at the Sankat Mochan temple.

He says shoes of devotees lie scattered on the ground, which is stained with blood. Flies are everywhere.

Some Hindu groups called for a strike in Varanasi in protest against the attacks.

Despite the call, some shops were open and vehicles on the roads. Trains ran as normal and morning prayers were held in the many temples dotting the city.

Varanasi, also known as Benares, is about 670km (415 miles) south-east of Delhi.

It is the religious capital of Hinduism and is usually packed with Indian pilgrims and foreign tourists.

The twin blasts both occurred at about the same time, 1815 local time (1245 GMT), witnesses told the BBC News website.

The first took place in the Sankot Mochan temple dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman, shortly before Tuesday's main evening prayer was to begin.

Minutes later, the main railway station was rocked by a second blast. Exactly how many people were killed or injured in each explosion is still unclear.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil told reporters it appeared explosives had been placed in a pressure cooker in the temple attack.

"It was comprised of ammonium nitrate and a timed device... Fewer people died in the temple. More people died at the station while waiting for the train."

Officials said experts also defused two bombs - on the bank of the River Ganges and at a city market. One of the bombs had a timing device.

The explosions happened days after Hindus and Muslims fought one another in the nearby city of Lucknow.

'Loved, respected'

"The explosion at the temple is horrific and shocking to me," the high priest of the temple, Veer Bhadra Mishra, told the BBC News website.

"The Sankat Mochan temple is loved, respected and revered by so many people as a place of religious worship and ritual. I am so pained."

In a separate incident, police in the state capital, Lucknow, say they have killed a militant wanted in connection with last October's bomb blasts in Delhi in which more than 60 people were killed and 210 injured.

They say the dead man was a member of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a militant group fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.

Source: BBC

Some pics:

The hunt continues for those behind Tuesday's bomb attacks, which killed at least 14 in the Indian holy city of Varanasi.

Troops patrolled the city's Cantonment train station, site of one of the two bombings

Other security staff stood watch outside the Sankat Mochan temple, rocked by a blast around sunset.

In Delhi, security officials searched rail passengers amid fears of more attacks.

Passengers were checked as trains pulled in to Delhi station. Authorities are afraid the blasts may stoke religious tensions.

Hindu nationalist activists gathered in Delhi to protest at the bombings.

People are shocked in Varanasi, which has a reputation for religious tolerance.

Investigators spent the night searching for clues. It is not clear who carried out the attacks. (Picture: Serena Bowles)

Source: BBC