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Sri Sri calls for peace

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Monday, August 4, 2008 New Delhi Expressing deep concern over the continuing violence on the Amarnath land issue in Jammu and Kashmir, renowned spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday appealed for peace in the state and urged people to exercise restraint. Asking people not commit “blunder” by continuing with violent protests, the spiritual guru said, “the (state) government has committed a big mistake by first transferring the land to Amarnath Shrine Board and revoking the same later in face of protests.” “Though people have the freedom to express their opinion and frustration, however violence is no solution,” Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the exponent of Art of Living, said in a release. He appealed to people to adopt non-violent ways of protest and maintain communal harmony. In his bid to find an effective solution to the imbroglio, the release said, he has been in constant touch with leaders of different groups. He also had a telephonic conversation with Jammu and Kashmir Gov

How fake currency and terror are related

Source: Rediff August 13, 2008 15:01 IST Intelligence Bureau and investigating agencies have established that fake currency funds terror in India. IB officials say there is a whopping Rs 17,000 crore worth of fake currency in circulation in India. While it funds terror organisations, it also helps intensify economic terrorism in the country. Sameer, one of the accused in the Hyderabad twin blasts , said in his confession and recent narco analysis conducted in Bengaluru [ Images ] that the notes are printed in Pakistan and routed into India through Bangladesh. He said that it is distributed to the rest of the country from Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] . Sameer said he was mainly responsible for bringing in people from the across the border to carry out terror attacks in India. Along with the men, large consignments of fake currency too were transported, he added. What has foxed investigating agencies is that the serial numbers on the seized fake notes were similar those on genuine no

Unraveling India? By Jamie Glazov

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By Jamie Glazov Source: FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Frontpage Interview's guest today is Moorthy Muthuswamy, an expert on terrorism in India. He grew up in India, where he had firsthand experience with political Islam and jihad. He moved to America in 1984 to pursue graduate studies. In 1992, he received a doctorate in nuclear physics from Stony Brook University, New York. Since 1999 he has extensively published ideas on neutralizing political Islam's terror war as it is imposed on unbelievers. He is the author of the upcoming book, Defeating Political Islam: The New Cold War. FP: Moorthy Muthuswamy, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Muthuswamy: Thank you for this timely interview, Jamie FP: There were some Islamic terror attacks against India in late July. What do you make o

800 terror cells unearthed in India

Source: Rediff.com Indian intelligence agencies have uncovered at least 800 terrorist cells in the country operating with "external support," and are now looking for the brains behind them within India, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan has said. "We are concerned that there is a great deal of external inspiration and support, we are also concerned and are looking at a mastermind within the country," Narayanan told Singapore's Straits Times in an interview, when asked about investigations into the blasts that rocked Bengaluru and Ahmedabad on consecutive days. Narayanan said intelligence agents had "disrupted" several modules, some of which are "not entirely foreign". "Clearly, there is some kind of organisation. We have to find out if that organisation is localised or there is an external group or module operating," he said without elaborating. He also expressed concern over the bombing of hospitals by terror outfits in Ahm