rajkhalsa
07-05-2005, 06:30 PM
Once again, Pakistan is trying to stir up communal trouble in India by attacking an Indian pilgrimage point.
This attack is heinous because it is the center of a huge political and religious controversy, an unused Mosque that was built as a victory mosque by a Mughal tyrant on top of one of the most sacred sites of Hindus after he sacked and razed down the temple that stood before. After decades of controversy, this mosque in turn was in turn razed down by a mob of Hindus in 1991 leading to rioting across the country.
That has pretty much settled down, but this terrorist attack by Al-Queda-affiliated Pakistani group (the same one which massacred 30 people when they stormed another Hindu holy site in Akshardham, and which attempted to storm the Indian parliament a while ago, and which has the death of thousands on their hands in Kashmir) is done with the sole intent trying to stir up social unrest in India.
A couple months ago, Indian police busted a plot by Pakistani terrorists to destroy India's economic assets in Bangalore, so they can deter investors. This is the same thing.
I can't stress how much this is a very sick attack; it would be akin to Jewish terrorists storming the Dome of the Rock.
Thankfully, everyone in India, even the hardline Hindus and Muslims, have seen thru this bluff (even hardline religious Indians are Indians afterall), and there have been no incidents of communal tension.
In fact, this attack has brought together communities in communal harmony. So, it in fact achieved the reverse effect! woot
And this has also shown how much the capability of the Indian security forces have been increased in the last couple years. Regular joe police units, not even specialized COIN troopers or commandos, singlehandedly foiled a suicide attack by hardcore terrorists with no innocent casualties and only minor injuries.
And in another blow to morale to those Islamist terrorist dirtbags, some of the people responsible for putting a bullet through jehadi heads were policewoman :lol:
Eat that, acid-thrower!
6 ultras killed as they storm Ayodhya temple (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050706/main1.htm)
Explode vehicle to break security cordon
Shahira Naim
Tribune News Service
Ayodhya, July 5
Terrorists struck in Ayodhya on Tuesday morning. Blasting their way into the outer cordon of the high security makeshift temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site all the six heavily armed militants were liquidated by the police after a one-and-a-half-hour exchange of fire within a stone’s throw from the sanctum sanctorum.
The driver of the hired vehicle that brought the five terrorists to the site has been arrested. According to policemen present on the spot, none of the six men could be identified, as they carried nothing in their pockets. “All were wearing readymade shirts of local brands which gives away nothing”, said a police officer.
The vehicle went up in flames next to the outer barricade near Security Tower No 12 to gain entry into the fortress-like complex. PAC battalion 11 and 14 is presently manning the security in the outer cordon along with the civil police. The security in the inner cordon is the responsibility of the CRPF.
The blood-soaked bodies of the six, as yet unidentified, militants lay in the low-lying bushy terrain behind the Sita ki Rasoi between Security Tower 12 and Security Tower 3. Two of the bodies were lying just next to the inner cordon barely 40 metres behind the sanctum sanctorum.
Live grenades and rocket launchers were strewn all over the place. Mr Narendra Prakash, a member of the bomb disposal squad, said the live grenades recovered from an airbag at the spot were strong enough to destroy the sanctum sanctorum even if they had been hurled from inside the outer cordon.
After the incident life quickly returned to normal. People could be seen moving around the streets and even children were seen playing. Shops were open though traffic was thin. There were security barricades only at two points, a big improvement from earlier tense occasions when movement was severely restricted.
According to eyewitness accounts, the uneasy calm in Ayodhya was shattered by a deafening blast around 9 a.m. when the terrorists blew up the Marshal Economy jeep bearing Faizabad registration number UP 42 T 0618 just in front of the Digambar Jain on Ved Mandir Marg west of Hanumar Garhi.
According to eyewitnesses the driver had managed to run away moments before the blast. The body nearest to the blasted vehicle, having its face completely blown away, could be that of a cleaner or assistant driver, claimed a senior policeman on the spot, Manoj Kumar Tiwari.
There were two versions regarding the site from where the terrorists entered the complex. While IG PAC Shiljakant Misra said they entered through the huge breach caused by the blast in the barricade, an eyewitness Urmila Pathak claimed to have seen at least two of them climbing a neem tree and jumping inside the barricade before she ran for cover.
Another eyewitness Tyagi Nawal Kishore Das, Mahant of the Sitaram Bhawan temple, claimed that the others also jumped into the campus climbing the wall across his temple which is a few metres away from the spot where the jeep was blown up.
After the heavy exchange of fire the police succeeded in eliminating all the men who had breached the security cordon.
Some photos:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4232/10fd.jpg
^ Policeman exchanging fire with terrorists
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5774/20pr.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2294/14te.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6293/42dl.jpg
^ The remains of the exploded jeep
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9936/26cq.jpg
^ Unexploded grenades found
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8319/32td.jpg
^ Checking the bodies of the terrorists for undetonated suicide bombs
Security has been stepped up at religious monuments around the country:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5392/16pd1.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6899/29su.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1166/38nh1.jpg
This attack is heinous because it is the center of a huge political and religious controversy, an unused Mosque that was built as a victory mosque by a Mughal tyrant on top of one of the most sacred sites of Hindus after he sacked and razed down the temple that stood before. After decades of controversy, this mosque in turn was in turn razed down by a mob of Hindus in 1991 leading to rioting across the country.
That has pretty much settled down, but this terrorist attack by Al-Queda-affiliated Pakistani group (the same one which massacred 30 people when they stormed another Hindu holy site in Akshardham, and which attempted to storm the Indian parliament a while ago, and which has the death of thousands on their hands in Kashmir) is done with the sole intent trying to stir up social unrest in India.
A couple months ago, Indian police busted a plot by Pakistani terrorists to destroy India's economic assets in Bangalore, so they can deter investors. This is the same thing.
I can't stress how much this is a very sick attack; it would be akin to Jewish terrorists storming the Dome of the Rock.
Thankfully, everyone in India, even the hardline Hindus and Muslims, have seen thru this bluff (even hardline religious Indians are Indians afterall), and there have been no incidents of communal tension.
In fact, this attack has brought together communities in communal harmony. So, it in fact achieved the reverse effect! woot
And this has also shown how much the capability of the Indian security forces have been increased in the last couple years. Regular joe police units, not even specialized COIN troopers or commandos, singlehandedly foiled a suicide attack by hardcore terrorists with no innocent casualties and only minor injuries.
And in another blow to morale to those Islamist terrorist dirtbags, some of the people responsible for putting a bullet through jehadi heads were policewoman :lol:
Eat that, acid-thrower!
6 ultras killed as they storm Ayodhya temple (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050706/main1.htm)
Explode vehicle to break security cordon
Shahira Naim
Tribune News Service
Ayodhya, July 5
Terrorists struck in Ayodhya on Tuesday morning. Blasting their way into the outer cordon of the high security makeshift temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site all the six heavily armed militants were liquidated by the police after a one-and-a-half-hour exchange of fire within a stone’s throw from the sanctum sanctorum.
The driver of the hired vehicle that brought the five terrorists to the site has been arrested. According to policemen present on the spot, none of the six men could be identified, as they carried nothing in their pockets. “All were wearing readymade shirts of local brands which gives away nothing”, said a police officer.
The vehicle went up in flames next to the outer barricade near Security Tower No 12 to gain entry into the fortress-like complex. PAC battalion 11 and 14 is presently manning the security in the outer cordon along with the civil police. The security in the inner cordon is the responsibility of the CRPF.
The blood-soaked bodies of the six, as yet unidentified, militants lay in the low-lying bushy terrain behind the Sita ki Rasoi between Security Tower 12 and Security Tower 3. Two of the bodies were lying just next to the inner cordon barely 40 metres behind the sanctum sanctorum.
Live grenades and rocket launchers were strewn all over the place. Mr Narendra Prakash, a member of the bomb disposal squad, said the live grenades recovered from an airbag at the spot were strong enough to destroy the sanctum sanctorum even if they had been hurled from inside the outer cordon.
After the incident life quickly returned to normal. People could be seen moving around the streets and even children were seen playing. Shops were open though traffic was thin. There were security barricades only at two points, a big improvement from earlier tense occasions when movement was severely restricted.
According to eyewitness accounts, the uneasy calm in Ayodhya was shattered by a deafening blast around 9 a.m. when the terrorists blew up the Marshal Economy jeep bearing Faizabad registration number UP 42 T 0618 just in front of the Digambar Jain on Ved Mandir Marg west of Hanumar Garhi.
According to eyewitnesses the driver had managed to run away moments before the blast. The body nearest to the blasted vehicle, having its face completely blown away, could be that of a cleaner or assistant driver, claimed a senior policeman on the spot, Manoj Kumar Tiwari.
There were two versions regarding the site from where the terrorists entered the complex. While IG PAC Shiljakant Misra said they entered through the huge breach caused by the blast in the barricade, an eyewitness Urmila Pathak claimed to have seen at least two of them climbing a neem tree and jumping inside the barricade before she ran for cover.
Another eyewitness Tyagi Nawal Kishore Das, Mahant of the Sitaram Bhawan temple, claimed that the others also jumped into the campus climbing the wall across his temple which is a few metres away from the spot where the jeep was blown up.
After the heavy exchange of fire the police succeeded in eliminating all the men who had breached the security cordon.
Some photos:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4232/10fd.jpg
^ Policeman exchanging fire with terrorists
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5774/20pr.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2294/14te.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6293/42dl.jpg
^ The remains of the exploded jeep
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9936/26cq.jpg
^ Unexploded grenades found
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8319/32td.jpg
^ Checking the bodies of the terrorists for undetonated suicide bombs
Security has been stepped up at religious monuments around the country:
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5392/16pd1.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6899/29su.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1166/38nh1.jpg