Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The politicisation and communalisation of the investigation process since 2006 in terrorism-related cases has led to a paralysis of the investigation machinery in the States and the Government of India. 2. The result: Barring the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai which were successfully investigated and prosecuted, our investigating agencies [...]
India’s Fragile Security Ten Years After 9/11 Attacks
September 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Neelam Deo and Akshay Mathur* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint MUMBAI (IDN) – On September 12, 2001, a day after 9/11, the Times of India published a story titled, ‘India hopes US will now pressurise Pak’. At the time, this relayed a common national sentiment – India may finally get [...]
Asia Responds to Norway Shooting with Disbelief and Advice
July 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Kalinga Seneviratne IDN-InDepth NewsReport SINGAPORE (IDN) – The terror attacks in Norway on July 22 caught many Asians by surprise as Norway has branded itself very successfully over the years as a land of peacemakers. Now it seems that this image of Norway in particular and [...]
EXPLOSION IN OSLO
July 22, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 732 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, a large bomb blast has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo, killing at least one person. The offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg were damaged extensively, but he was described by a government spokeswoman [...]
MUMBAI: EROSION OF FAITH IN SECURITY
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN,Camp Vizag The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh’s reported decision to visit Mumbai in the wake of the new series of orchestrated and timed explosions on July 13 reflects his embarrassment and concern over the blasts. 3.The embarrassment arises from the continuing deficiencies in our counter-terrorism capability even after the much [...]
Outrage as Terror Revisits India’s Financial Capital
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Sujoy Dhar MUMBAI, Jul 14, 2011 (IPS) – Hastimal Sen mistook the deafening sounds of explosions that shook his office in Mumbai’s crowded Zaveri Bazaar Wednesday evening as cars backfiring. Rushing out to check, he found dismembered and charred bodies strewn everywhere and people covered in blood [...]
INTROSPECTION IN PAKISTAN: WILL IT ENDURE?
June 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The anger and humiliation caused in Pakistan by the unilateral raid by US naval commandos on the residence of Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad on May 2,2011, and by the inability of the Pakistani Army and Air Force to prevent the raid have had two significant effects. 2.The first [...]
LINKS BETWEEN HARKAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN (HUM) & BIN LADEN/ AL QAEDA
June 26, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 730 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The Harkut ul-Mujahideen (HuM), also known as the Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), the Jamiat-ul-Ansar (JUA) and Al Faran, is reported to have denied a report published by the “New York Times” on June 24,2011, alleging that it had links with Osama bin Laden and was part [...]
NIGERIA: Islamic Sect’s Siege on Nation Borne Out of Frustration
June 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Toluwa Olusegun LAGOS, Jun 24, 2011 (IPS) – The sectarian crisis and recent violence by extremist groups, like the Jun. 16 bomb blast on the Nigerian Police Headquarters, are borne out of anger at prevailing economic conditions rather than religion, analysts say. The latest spate of violence [...]
POST-ABBOTTABAD PAK SULKING HAS HAD NO IMPACT ON OBAMA
June 23, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 729 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By B.Raman Pakistan’s post-Abbottabad sulking and partly-real, partly-manufactured anti-US anger have had no impact on President Barack Obama’s counter-sanctuary emphasis in his counter-terrorism strategy. 2. It was this counter-sanctuary emphasis that enabled the successful extermination of Osama bin Laden on May 2,2011, by US naval [...]
