21 Killed, 141 Wounded in Mumbai Blasts
Coordinated Rush Hour Bombings Deadliest Strike Since 2008
India is reeling tonight following a coordinated triple bombing targeting rush hour traffic in the nation’s financial capital of Mumbai. Tolls are still preliminary, but at least 21 people have been killed and 141 others wounded in the blasts.
Police have now put several neighborhoods in the city on high alert, setting up checkpoints as the prime minister urged calm.
It is the deadliest terrorist incident in the city since November 2008, when a three day siege killed 166 people. So far there is no indication of responsibility for the latest bombings, and officials have not speculated.
It seems the intent is clear, however. Pakistan and India have recently restarted the peace talks which stalled in 2008, after India blamed Pakistan for the Mumbai strikes, and the new attacks seem aimed at again foiling the talks. A number of militant factions are keen to keep the two nations on a hostile footing.
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hyperbola
July 13th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Well, there are MANY possible sources of false flag attacks. We shouldn't forget that our own CIA was involved in right wing terrorist bombings in western Europe which were subsequently blamed by the "corporate media" on "left wing radicals" for political purposes.
thedissenter
July 14th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Al CIAduh strikes again! I guess they're not being too successful in pitying Pakistan against Afghanistan so, now, they're going to try to get India on their asses too. Oh, my, what a tangled web we weave. Like this is not going to come back and bite them on the ass or anything.
beeboltwu
July 14th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
It will bit them up their butts if Indian government investigate thoroughly to find the real perpetrator behind this attack. No doubt the source of the fart will be coming from Langly.
thedissenter
July 15th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Agreed!