What Real Terrorism Looks Like
Poor tragic India--
UPDATE: To clarify a couple of things: First, about "real terrorism"-- I meant that India clearly has a real terror threat being leveled against it, as there have been a whole series of attacks there in the past few years, and that these are more real down-to-earth type attacks. This is in sharp contrast to the clearly bogus threat that al Qaeda posed to the US, and to the clearly hoax that was 9/11. Obviously people were terrorized on 9/11-- but it was a very different kind of fake terrorism than what is happening in India. That being said, I think it very likely that this India attack was orchestrated by the powers that be. Anonymous Physicist has noted to me that the Guardian is reporting that the attacks started at 10:33 PM. If that isn't a tip-off, I don't know what is! Second, about the idea that terrorists would use guns in the US-- I meant that I would expect that if there were "real" terrorists threatening the US, they would do more gun attacks. In other words, that the lack of gun attacks indicates the lack of a bona fide terror threat.
Finally, about India-- clearly the powers that be are pushing their buttons, trying to get them to do something drastic. So far India has shown a lot of restraint, I think. We'll see how long that lasts.
NEW DELHI — Coordinated terror attacks struck the heart of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, Wednesday night, killing dozens in machine-gun and grenade assaults on at least two five-star hotels, the city’s largest train station, a movie theater and a hospital.I have always been amazed this kind of thing hasn't happened in this US, given how prevalent guns are. If we had had a real terrorist threat, it might have happened. The closest was that sniper that terrorized Washington DC in late 2002-- right about when Congress was debating about invading Iraq. I think there's little doubt that the sniper attacks were "an inside job", though I've seen very little analysis of that story from that angle.
Mumbai police said the attacks killed at least 75 people and wounded 240, according to preliminary reports. There were also reports that hostages had been taken at at least one of the hotels, with Americans and British nationals being singled out.
UPDATE: To clarify a couple of things: First, about "real terrorism"-- I meant that India clearly has a real terror threat being leveled against it, as there have been a whole series of attacks there in the past few years, and that these are more real down-to-earth type attacks. This is in sharp contrast to the clearly bogus threat that al Qaeda posed to the US, and to the clearly hoax that was 9/11. Obviously people were terrorized on 9/11-- but it was a very different kind of fake terrorism than what is happening in India. That being said, I think it very likely that this India attack was orchestrated by the powers that be. Anonymous Physicist has noted to me that the Guardian is reporting that the attacks started at 10:33 PM. If that isn't a tip-off, I don't know what is! Second, about the idea that terrorists would use guns in the US-- I meant that I would expect that if there were "real" terrorists threatening the US, they would do more gun attacks. In other words, that the lack of gun attacks indicates the lack of a bona fide terror threat.
Finally, about India-- clearly the powers that be are pushing their buttons, trying to get them to do something drastic. So far India has shown a lot of restraint, I think. We'll see how long that lasts.
posted by spooked at 6:05 PM
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"Newer release language suggests something about an incident where around 40 people will be shot on American soil":
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