02-19-2007, 10:46 AM
<b>64 killed as Samjhauta Express becomes terror target OR Terrorist attacked themselves</b> <!--emo&
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The suspected terrorist bombing - said to be triggered by improvised explosive devices (IED) - was clearly aimed at derailing the peace process between India and Pakistan as Indian and Pakistani nationals, most of them poor people, were targeted in the attack. Foreign ministers' level talks between the two countries are to resume in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Mobile phones or remote controlled devices could have been used to activate the IEDs, police officials said
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Police officials, after inspecting the site, said that<b> IEDs were used by suspected terrorists as passengers had heard a blast in the train before its coaches caught fire.</b>
<b>The police later recovered a suitcase from another coach of the train, that had not caught fire, in which two more IEDs were kept. They were defused by bomb disposal experts.</b>
Senior railway officials reaching the site from Delhi said that the terrorist had planned to blow up more coaches of the train.
<b>"Three IEDs have been defused,"</b> the railway general manager said.
The other eight coaches of the train were allowed to continue their journey to Atari with passengers on Monday morning.
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<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Most passengers in the train (Atari special 4001) were said to be Pakistani nationals headed for Lahore.</span>
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For Mumbai blast it took months to identify explosive device, in this case within hour they came out with result. Wow
FOr Godhara, Railway minister claimed it mass sucide by Hindu women and children. Here for Muslim passenger they are calling terrorist attack. Why this is not mass sucide?
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The suspected terrorist bombing - said to be triggered by improvised explosive devices (IED) - was clearly aimed at derailing the peace process between India and Pakistan as Indian and Pakistani nationals, most of them poor people, were targeted in the attack. Foreign ministers' level talks between the two countries are to resume in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Mobile phones or remote controlled devices could have been used to activate the IEDs, police officials said
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Police officials, after inspecting the site, said that<b> IEDs were used by suspected terrorists as passengers had heard a blast in the train before its coaches caught fire.</b>
<b>The police later recovered a suitcase from another coach of the train, that had not caught fire, in which two more IEDs were kept. They were defused by bomb disposal experts.</b>
Senior railway officials reaching the site from Delhi said that the terrorist had planned to blow up more coaches of the train.
<b>"Three IEDs have been defused,"</b> the railway general manager said.
The other eight coaches of the train were allowed to continue their journey to Atari with passengers on Monday morning.
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<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Most passengers in the train (Atari special 4001) were said to be Pakistani nationals headed for Lahore.</span>
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For Mumbai blast it took months to identify explosive device, in this case within hour they came out with result. Wow
FOr Godhara, Railway minister claimed it mass sucide by Hindu women and children. Here for Muslim passenger they are calling terrorist attack. Why this is not mass sucide?