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...Ahmedabad bombings indeed appear domestic in origin. Minutes before the first of 22 bombs went off, a group called Indian Mujahideen sent a 14-page manifesto to Indian news organizations asserting that the attack was "planned and executed by Indians only." They claimed "sole responsibility" for the bombs, which have killed more than 40 people so far, and, as if offended at the idea that they needed outside help, admonished groups with links to Pakistan "for the sake of Allah, not to claim the responsibility for these attacks...
...Indian Mujahideen has claimed credit for two previous attacks: blasts in the tourist hub of Jaipur in May, which killed 63 people; and bombings in the northern cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow last November, which killed 16. Their attacks follow a similar pattern: numerous crude bombs timed to go off in sequence in bus stations, temples and markets. The latest attacks used explosives delivered in the most mundane possible ways - on bicycles left casually near a fruit stand, or in a stainless-steel tiffin carrier, the ubiquitous lunchbox of Indian commuters, left under the seat...
...group's biggest grievance by far, however, is the unresolved business of the 2002 anti-Muslim violence centered in that same city, Ahmedabad. After an attack on Hindu pilgrims in another part of the state, up to 2,000 Muslims were targeted and killed, many of them tortured, burned or raped, according to reports by local and international human-rights groups. The Chief Minister of the state, a BJP hard-liner named Narendra Modi, was widely criticized for failing to stop the attacks. Modi has denied those claims, has never faced any charges and, despite the criticism, has twice been...
...Obama will attack too, probably flooding the airwaves with images of McCain palling around with the terribly unpopular President Bush...
...scale of hacking round the world is notoriously difficult to estimate. By Jordan's own cautious assessment there are between 500 and 2000 hackers with the necessary skills to initiate a serious cyber attack and another 10,000 to 20,000 with the skills to use the pre-existing software to hack lower-grade security systems. And despite the sudden upswing in commercial cyber crime over the last 5 years, "The vast majority," he says, "are only interested in computer systems and the thrill and adventure of breaking into them...