Jaipur, India terror blasts kill 80

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were added to the list of 80 million other Hindus
taken out by the Religion of Peace in the last 1000 years.

Ah yes, the religion of peace continues to prove just how violent and barbaric it really is.

Jaipur, India terror blasts kill 80

FROM THE AUSTRALIAN.NEWS.COM:

Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent | May 15, 2008

RELATIONS between India and Pakistan plunged into crisis last night after a terrorist bloodbath in the historic "Pink City" of Jaipur, with New Delhi's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee under pressure to abandon a crucial visit to Islamabad next week for peace talks.
A series of bomb blasts across the ancient city of Jaipur killed at least 80 people and turned busy markets, a jewellery bazaar and a Hindu temple into sites of carnage.
Following the attacks, India's Intelligence Bureau last night warned of plans for an assassination attempt against Mr Mukherjee launched by "jihadi elements having the backing of the ISI" - Pakistan's spy agency.

Reports said a warning of a possible attempt to kill Mr Mukherjee was sent by Indian intelligence to the Home Ministry a few days ago.
A security alert has been sounded in cities across India following the Jaipur attacks and last night foreign tourists visiting the city were reported to be fleeing.
In the past four years, India has lost almost 4000 lives in terrorist attacks - mostly blamed on jihadi militants based in Pakistan or Bangladesh.

Last night, senior Indian police commander Kuldip Khoda said: "The roots of all these acts of terror are in Pakistan, whether the incidents are in Samba (Kashmir) or serial blasts in Jaipur."
Serious concern was also expressed for the safety of the Indian Premier League Rajasthan Royals cricket team, captained by Shane Warne, which is based at the Sawai Man Singh ground in Jaipur, about 3km from the site of the attacks.
Warne, fellow Australian Shane Watson and other members of the highly successful team were on five days' leave when the blasts occurred and are not due to play their next fixture until Sunday. They are believed to have been in Goa, and last night there were suggestions that because of the security situation in Jaipur, Sunday's match may be moved to the southern city of Bangalore.

Mr Mukherjee's visit to Islamabad, if it goes ahead, is aimed at establishing the first bilateral contact with the new civilian government in Islamabad and trying to kick-start the long-stalled dialogue over Kashmir and terrorism.
But as a security alert was sounded in major cities across India - and with the so-called "needle of suspicion" over the Jaipur carnage pointing at Pakistan-based terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba and surrogates linked to al-Qa'ida, - it appears Mr Mukherjee may be forced to cancel his trip.

The Mumbai train bomb blasts of two years ago, which killed 200 people, were also blamed on terrorists based in Pakistan and supported by Pakistan's ubiquitous "intelligence" agencies. The Mumbai attacks sent bilateral relations into a deep freeze from which they took months to recover, with senior Indian ministers refusing to travel to Islamabad.
There is widespread outrage over the synchronised attacks in which more than 80 people were killed and 150 injured within the teeming walled city of Jaipur.
Last night, officials in the Pakistan capital condemned the blasts and insisted the country had nothing to do with them.

The seven bombs packed with lethal ball bearings and strapped to bicycles went off close to at least five Hindu temples within 20 minutes of each other.
In recent months, terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba has advocated jihad aimed at "liberating Muslim-dominated areas of India".
In this it has been echoing calls attributed to Osama bin Laden, who has made it clear he sees Hinduism as being an enemy equivalent to Zionism.