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The general consensus of people here is, 'Why Jaipur?' Everyone is in shock. Most reports say 70-80 people are confirmed dead, but that number is expected to rise. I read that the hospitals were so overburdened that they started taking people directly to burial sites instead of to hospitals.
Seeing the pictures today was shocking. A film crew could never make a set that horrific. It became very real when I saw the images; a picture is worth a thousand words.
Around 90 per cent of all the shops were closed today, from what I could see. The streets were as quiet as they can be in a city like this. Other parts of the city are on high alert and police presence is higher than normal. In some communities in the city, there are curfews.
In terms of a positive, there were big lineups for people wanting to give blood. Many people in our office wanted to do so as well. Lineups were outside in 45 degree heat.
This was definitely not a local dispute or retaliation. There are many people of different religions that co-exist peacefully in the Pink City around the blast areas; each of the sites were in strategic parts of the Pink City spread through out all parts within the walls. They were bombs with timers, attached to bicycles and cycle rickshaws and they all went off within a span of 12 minutes. Way too much precision and logistics went into this - Indians, especially Rajasthani's, are not organized nor do they have the resources to pull this off. It was well orchestrated.
The police and some government officials are pointing the fingers at Pakistani terrorist groups without actually saying so.
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Re: Jaipur: The Pink City In Shock
By Bud Oracle (not verified), May 14, 2008 at 16:47David Bhimji,
Thanks for the slice of life under terror. I say that you have already answered at least one of your questions but might be too close to the forest to discern individual trees.
"What were the people trying to achieve?"
is answered by your previous statement
"They were bombs with timers, attached to bicycles and cycle rickshaws and they all went off within a span of 12 minutes. Way too much precision and logistics went into this"
They have created in your mind a formidable force to be feared.
"The police and some government officials are pointing the fingers at Pakistani terrorist groups without actually saying so."
Confusion is part of a successful terror campaign
"A film crew could never make a set that horrific. It became very real when I saw the images; a picture is worth a thousand words"
Yeah, that is the primary goal of a successful terror campaign.
David, now leave behind all that you may suppose is behind or might not be behind this reign of terror. Go back to the essence, some faction is not being satisfied and is taking out this action to achieve their goals. You must ask yourself why? There must not be a way to achieve their goals within the "laws." That means that they feel oppressed and are seeking vengeance or redress.
I'd say its a failure of society expressing itself. I hear the illness of oppression in your thoughts as you already paint this faction innocent in your words and that guilty.
There is way too much social strife in all societies around the world, mainly caused by politics disguised in the cloak religion. It seems that as in Canada, once a faction entrenches itself into the seat of power of most governments, it divides and conquers its opponents through oppression.
It is the corrupt installation of power through Nepotism and Patronage which infuriates people enough to strike out so viciously.
I don't care what people believe, but there was a reason 19 people took flying lessons and purchased box cutters. There is always a valid reason for such acts in the eyes of the people who carry them out.
The entrenchment of current systems and bureaucratic thinking will ensure that no solutions will ever be forthcoming, rather, the actions of these "Terrorists" WILL ONLY SERVE TO HARDEN THE STATE LINE, strengthen police forces/militias, AND ENTRENCH THE BARRIERS TO ANY SOLUTIONS.
Re: Jaipur: The Pink City In Shock
By Michelle Kenneth, May 14, 2008 at 13:28I didn't even see this in the news. The main focus has been on Myanmar and China. How does bombings in Jaipur get tossed to the wayside in the headlines???
This is a sad time for the people in Asia. My thoughts and prayers go out to them.
Re: Jaipur: The Pink City In Shock
By Robyn Stubbs, May 14, 2008 at 13:38I was just saying that China has been the top story on all the major news sites since it happened - it is a tragedy, to be sure, but not the only news happening in the world.
I was in Jaipur with the author of this story last year (check out Adventures In India: Blades Across Jaipur if you want to see Dave rollerblading through the city in his Canadian hockey jersey). The area where the bombs went off is an insanely busy place, so I could imagine both the damage the bombs did and the terror and panic they would have caused. Certainly deserving of a front page story.