The Good , Bad and Ugly

THE GOOD
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, 31yrs, who succumbed to injuries during the Black Tornado operation inside the Taj Hotel, Mumbai was the only son of retired ISRO officer Mr. K. Unnikrishnan and Mrs. Dhanalakshmi.

He was such a patriot since childhood that he even attended school in a crew hair cut.

"Do not come up, I will handle them." These were probably the last words which Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan told his men as he was hit by bullets while engaging terrorists.

I salute to the HERO.

THE BAD
Azam Amir Kasav, 21 yrs, is the only terrorist captured alive by police and is currently in Indian custody.He comes from a very poor landless peasant family,reportedly from Faridkot, near Multan, in Pakistan. His brother, Afzal, works as a laborer or cart-puller in Lahore (Pakistan), his father, Mohammad Amir Iman, makes his living by a snack cart in Faridkot. Ajmal is the third of five siblings.

He dropped out of school at age 13, with a fourth-grade education, in 2000, and worked as a laborer, or petty thief.A senior Lashkar commander, reportedly offered to pay his family Rs.150,000 for his participation in the attacks.

He told the police that he was trained to "kill to the last breath", but when he was arrested, he pleaded with the medical staff: "I don't want to die. Put me on saline".

Azam also revealed that he and his associate stayed in Room 630 in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel where they stored ammunition and had many visitors. They had booked the room for four days using fake Mauritian identities.ATS sources indicate that blood and urine tests on Azam showed that the terrorist was heavily drugged while committing the acts of terror.

THE UGLY
Though after the attacks Deccan mujahideen has claimed the responsibility, the sole captured terrorist confirmed that these attacks were planned and executed by Lashkar e taiba.

In March 2000, Lashkar-e-Taiba militants are claimed to have been involved in the Chittisinghpura massacre, where 35 Sikhs in the town of Chittisinghpura in Kashmir were killed.

2005 Delhi bombings: During Diwali, Lashkar-e-Taiba bombed crowded festive Delhi markets killing 60 civilians and maiming 527.

2006 Mumbai train bombings: The investigation launched by Indian forces and US officials have pointed to the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai serial blasts on 11 July 2006. The Mumbai serial blasts on 11th July claimed 211 lives and maimed about 407 people and seriously injured another 768.

A big list goes on til Nov 2008.

There were 11000 terror attacks across the world since Sep 2001.

God bless India!

Jai Hind,
Dr.Usha...