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Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Guns and bombs in booming India

Amid calls for a fierce crackdown on "potential terrorists," Indians strive to define the Mumbai attackers as "the other."
By Sandip Roy

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  • Saturday, November 29, 2008 09:35 AM

    Why was this important?

    "That being said, Deeply Imbedded should understand that the way this attack was done is likely what is causing the reaction - as it was mentioned (in the article, I think), this attack was not a bomb in a garbage can, it was an invasion that caught the police and defense personnel with their pants down."

    That is, in fact, the reason. At some point, many carnages in the world reach a tipping point, where it appears nearly hopeless for intervention.

    This is not such a tipping point.

    —AnninCa Read AnninCa's other letters

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