India arrests entire leadership of Indian Mujahideen

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By Ankit Panda
April 01, 2014

The Indian Mujahideen are a terrorist group that have attacked several civilian targets in India and become one of the major internal national security threats facing the country. The group has known links to the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba and strives to establish an Islamic caliphate in India. The government of India banned and declared the Indian Mujahideen a terrorist group in 2010. The group’s most serious attack within Indian borders was the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings, which claimed over 50 lives and injured 200.

The United States officially declared the Indian Mujahideen a terrorist organization in 2011. “An India-based terrorist group with significant links to Pakistan, IM is responsible for dozens of bomb attacks throughout India since 2005, and has caused the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians,” the U.S. Department of State noted in a statement in 2011.

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According to a new report by The Indian Express, a collaborative effort between India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau, National Investigation Agency, Delhi Policy, and Rajasthan Police has led to the capture of the “entire top leadership of the Indian Mujahideen in India.” This marks an important milestone for counterterrorism operations in India — a country that traditionally suffers several terrorist attacks a year.

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The Express‘ report also catalogs international cooperation in combating the Indian Mujahideen — both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have deported prominent Indian Mujahideen leaders to India.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/04/the-indian-mujahideen-are-leaderless/

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It's entirely possible the group is only exchanging new ideas for making a better water-color painting.

[mota bhai 2,675]

It's entirely possible the group is only exchanging new ideas for making a better water-color painting.

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[LibCampFireClub 635]

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Do you think it was a good idea to arrest them?

[mota bhai 2,675]

Do you think it was a good idea to arrest them?

I would have rather they be assassinated in staged 'encounters', something Indian cops and intelligence agencies like to do. But maybe these arrests were the price for cooperation from Saudi Arabia.