[IP] Summarized -- Outsourcing as a Terror Target
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1144564,00.html?cnn=yes
Late on the evening of December 28, a gunman walked into a hall of
the Indian Institute of Science, a prestigious academic institution
in Bangalore,and opened fire with a Chinese-made AK-56 rifle at the
delegates attending a conference.
...No arrests have been made, and the police have named no suspects
yet, but suspicion is increasingly zeroing in on the Islamist terror
outfits that have been waging a mounting campaign of terror against
India. The Lashkar-e-Toiba, a jihadist group that aims to drive
India out of Kashmir, is a prime suspect, but Bangladesh-based terror
outfits are also considered potential culprits. India's security
experts have been warning for months that it was only a matter of
time before terrorists attacked Bangalore in a bid to weaken the
country's booming technology sector. In March this year, Indian
authorities announced that plans seized from militants belonging to a
Lashkar-e-Toiba cell in New Delhi showed that the terrorists had
planned to strike at software companies in Bangalore.
...The Indian Institute of Science is one of India's most important
scientific institutions, and its presence in Bangalore is a key
reason that the city became India's technology powerhouse....
Jaswant Singh, a former finance minister of India and a member of the
BJP, India's major opposition party, said that the attack could
seriously hurt “the internal, international, and economic standing of
the country.”... “Attacking Bangalore would be a logical step for
the jihadis at a time when India is becoming an economic power,” says
Anil Bhat, a New Delhi-based terrorism expert.
...On the night of December 29, a letter faxed to media outlets in
Bangalore claimed that a five-star hotel would be hit by bombs on New
Year's eve, and the house of a major state politician would be
attacked by suicide bombers.
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