Hindu American Foundation Reacts to Terrorist Attacks on Mumbai Trains
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2006) – The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed horror and outrage over coordinated terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Mumbai, India early today. Synchronized bombings on at least seven different suburban trains killed nearly 200 people and injured hundreds more. The attacks in Mumbai followed five bombings in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir earlier the same day that killed six others.
“Today, we join all Americans in condemning the murder of hundreds of innocent victims in Mumbai, and pray for a speedy recovery for the injured,” said Mihir Meghani, M.D., President of HAF. “The brutality of these terror attacks highlights the ruthless potential of foreign-based terror groups operating in India, and the harsh reality that India is a frontline nation in the international war against terror.”
Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, Al-Qaeda affiliates operating from Pakistan, including the notorious Lashkar-e-Toiba, are widely implicated in today’s blasts due to their extensive coordination in Mumbai and Kashmir. These latest strikes follow the pattern of other recent attacks, including those on major Hindu temples.
The network of Al-Qaeda surrogates working with Pakistani support is documented extensively in the second annual Hindu human rights report released by HAF on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. two weeks ago.1 The report documents several attacks in 2005 on both Indian Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir carried out by the Lashkar-e-Toiba and other Islamist groups. The Lashkar is considered a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department.
“It appears that the people of India may be once again facing the grim specter of Islamist terror that they have come to know too well,” said Aseem Shukla, M.D., member of the HAF board of directors. “We urge the international community to stand with India in outrage, solidarity and a collective determination to eradicate this global evil.”
“Today, we join all Americans in condemning the murder of hundreds of innocent victims in Mumbai, and pray for a speedy recovery for the injured,” said Mihir Meghani, M.D., President of HAF. “The brutality of these terror attacks highlights the ruthless potential of foreign-based terror groups operating in India, and the harsh reality that India is a frontline nation in the international war against terror.”
Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, Al-Qaeda affiliates operating from Pakistan, including the notorious Lashkar-e-Toiba, are widely implicated in today’s blasts due to their extensive coordination in Mumbai and Kashmir. These latest strikes follow the pattern of other recent attacks, including those on major Hindu temples.
The network of Al-Qaeda surrogates working with Pakistani support is documented extensively in the second annual Hindu human rights report released by HAF on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. two weeks ago.1 The report documents several attacks in 2005 on both Indian Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir carried out by the Lashkar-e-Toiba and other Islamist groups. The Lashkar is considered a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department.
“It appears that the people of India may be once again facing the grim specter of Islamist terror that they have come to know too well,” said Aseem Shukla, M.D., member of the HAF board of directors. “We urge the international community to stand with India in outrage, solidarity and a collective determination to eradicate this global evil.”
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Hindu American Foundation Reacts to Terrorist Attacks on Mumbai Trains
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