Hey there Rocklin High. I'm so glad to see you back from Thanksgiving break. Just thought I'd maintain some momentum with the blog over break, and return to the ever relevant theme of reality.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, a group of terrorists attacked the city of Mumbai, India...again, and again, and again.
Unlike "typical" attacks that we have seen, this was not a suicide bombing. The men moved together as a unit, attacking almost a dozen sites throughout the city nearly simultaneously.
These attacks, and subsequent hostage situations, lasted for over sixty hours, with the end of the carnage coming on Saturday.
As of yet, the reports I have seen have linked the attackers to a group known as Deccan Mujahadeen, a small time Muslim extremist group. However, the unique sophistication and timing of the attacks give us a few clues to the origins of the attacks. The men had training, and they had support from an outside force.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, a group of terrorists attacked the city of Mumbai, India...again, and again, and again.
Unlike "typical" attacks that we have seen, this was not a suicide bombing. The men moved together as a unit, attacking almost a dozen sites throughout the city nearly simultaneously.
These attacks, and subsequent hostage situations, lasted for over sixty hours, with the end of the carnage coming on Saturday.
As of yet, the reports I have seen have linked the attackers to a group known as Deccan Mujahadeen, a small time Muslim extremist group. However, the unique sophistication and timing of the attacks give us a few clues to the origins of the attacks. The men had training, and they had support from an outside force.
Sources are pointing to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) as the source of the funding and training for the reportedley Pakistani extremists.
If this is true, it could spell disaster for the already tense relations between India and Pakistan. Only six years previously, the two nations were on the brink of nuclear war after LeT attacked the Indian Parliament.
Pakistan denies any involvement, of course, but emotions are inflated, and rash decisions would be horrendous, maybe even nuclear.
I heard a reporter ask if the attackers were linked to Al Qaeda, and it makes me worried that people truly don't understand what we are up against. The "terror threat" is ever present, and ever changing. The dynamics of these extremists are fluid, and they are not all the same.
Educate yourself.
Know the world around you.
And be prepared for more and more trouble...
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