February27, 2007:
In eastern India, Maoists killed four policemen and tore up
part of the main rail line. The Maoists also managed to hold a meeting, in a
remote area, of their national leadership. The leaders reorganized once
again (as they have every few years since the Indian Maoists were founded in
1969) and vowed to fight on for a communist state and workers paradise.
February
26, 2007: Police have determined that the February 18 bombing of a
train traveling from India to Pakistan, was carried out using six bombs,
planted in three railroad cars. The bombs were apparently planted in India by
extremists opposed to better relations between India and Pakistan. Most
of the 68 dead were Pakistanis. In Kashmir, Moslem civilians directed police to
a group of Islamic terrorists, and three of the terrorists were killed. Same
deal with a car bomb, which was defused. Islamic terrorists in Kashmir are
spending more and more of their time attacking Moslems, trying to scare them
into staying away from the police.
The
U.S. vice president visited Pakistan, and presented more detailed evidence of
al Qaeda and Taliban activity in the Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghan
border. But Pakistani officials continued to insist that the al Qaeda bases
were elsewhere in Pakistan, and that the Taliban were operating out of
Afghanistan. The Pakistanis believe there is minor Taliban and al Qaeda
activity in the tribal areas, and refuses to launch major operations to shut
down those terrorist camps.
February
23, 2007: In Pakistan, a newspaper surveyed Moslem religious scholars
about the legitimacy of suicide bombing attacks. The consensus was that such
attacks were illegal when used against Moslems, but were permissible against
non-Moslems, and Moslems you believed were not really Moslems (that is, Moslems
you disagreed with, a tactic that al Qaeda typically uses.)
February
22, 2007: Pakistani intelligence expects more Taliban suicide bomber
attacks, and believes most of them will be directed against senior government
officials. The Taliban are trying to force the government to halt all military
operations against pro-Taliban tribes. The government is inclined to comply,
given the large number of people in the army and security services who are
Islamic conservatives.
February
21, 2007: In southern Pakistan, an Islamic terrorist assassinated the
provincial minister of social welfare because she was a woman and did not dress
in an "Islamic" manner. In southwest Pakistan, Baluchi tribal rebels
blew up the main natural gas pipeline again. Across the border in Indian
Kashmir, Islamic terrorists have threatened to kill any Moslem Kashmiris who
show up at the auditions for the Indian version of "American
Idol."
February
20, 2007: Pakistan admitted that there were small (10-20 trainees)
terrorist training camps in the tribal territories along the Afghan border, but
denied that there were any larger facilities.