Terrorism and bombing
The serial bombings in Ahmedabad and Bangalore, which have taken a toll of nearly %0 lives and injured more than 150 people, form part of a sequence of attacks that have demonstrated just how dangerous the terrorist threat to Indias major cities continues to be. Even by the macabre standards we have been compelled to become accustomed to, the character of the violence is horrifying. After all, it takes a special kind of savagery to bomb a hospital.
Police deployment in public places is enhanced; random checks on traffic are stepped up; metal detectors are installed in shopping complexes. . But the truth is that not a single urban terrorist has been arrested in street checks..Teerorism can be broken down in to two elements:the intension to engage in acts of murderous violence, and the infrastructure needed to execute them. Terrorist intentions can best be addressed by investigating in police intelligence and investigative capabilities.
Expertly fabricated explosive devices based on ammonium nitrate can be deadly, as the terrorists demonstrated in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Unless a rigorous regulatory apparatus in put in place, they will continue to find the explosive material they need to power their campaign of hate. Will such measure guarantee a terror free future? The answer is no, because a considerable part of the terror infrastructure lies outside India but they might contribute to making our lives significantly safer.
By Nitya Jeejo
as horrific as the situation of terrorism is. in order to understand it you must detach and anylise.
why a hospital? civilain building, a taboo place for anyone to attack. so this then fits the profile for a terror attack, 1)people wont expect it (shock and fear) 2)it causes massive disruption to a population 3) (terror)there is no safe place, gives the beleif that they will attack anywhere (damages civillian moral, as it makes them begin to question their government).
and thus is pretty much what a terrorist wants to do.
a terrorist will do unspeakable things because that is what they do. its a sorry state of afairs but thats the facts, its despicable mass murder for no justifiable reason in my eyes.
As for ammonium nitrate based explosives. unless they are taking down buildings they wont be using it as they could buy cheaper and better from arms dealers. Ammonium nitrate is what is used in the American 'daisy cutter' bomb, which clears a 1 mile radius with sheer shock transmition and is a very complicated compound.