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TO THE RANSOM
Chirac
Can we ever think of a society free of violence? Can the government ensure a
peaceful society? What are the goals that the perpetrators of terror activities seek to
achieve? Are we losing the war against jihadis?
These are some of the issues that come out of the in-depth discussion on the terrorism.
Government’s response.
Even years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre (9/11), we have not
evolved such a kind of mechanism that can tackle the mayhem. We are not in a position
to handle the situation tactfully. How can we consider ourselves to be secure citizens?
The loopholes on the part of the government policies have materialized the fact. Ordinary
policemen, with no sophisticated weapons, are the soldiers in this ugly war. They do not
have the training for the counter- terrorism. We do not have a national database that can
show the faces of those who act behind the scenes.
The laxity on the part of our system can be discovered from the fact that within
the hours of 9/11, the faces of the 19 hijackers were before us. In India, after the
hijacking of IC 814, we could only find out about Maulana Azhar Masood and Omar
Sheikh, after we released them in Kandahar.
How can we rely on our national security? Islamist groups have struck in tandem
in our cities. They are so confident of their ability to remain undetected that they e-mail
us before the terror strike.
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