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2 Terrorist Threats in India
Pages 15-20

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... Finally, a number of factors facilitate subversion from abroad and sponsored terrorism. These include • ethnic or religious affinities in border areas or other religious susceptibilities that can be exploited • suitable terrain where covert operations can be conducted, such as smuggling of weapons by smugglers operating in unguarded coastal areas, mountains, jungles, or vast desert stretches • cleavages in a society or within separatist groups that allow foreign elements to establish links in order to further terrorism, provide mutual assistance, or exchange information and intelligence • bad governance and rampant corruption within a state • contiguity of borders with hostile states • lack of stability in neighboring countries 15
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From page 16...
... ISI has also established links with crime syndicates in order to facilitate drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, and the distribution of arms and explosives to subversive elements already active in the country. It also has a sophisticated communication network from which it launches cyber attacks, and it gathers intelligence, establishes safe houses and arranges border crossings for covert operations and terrorist activities.
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From page 17...
... The region is extremely vulnerable to external influences because it shares extensive international boundaries with Myanmar and Bangladesh and it has diverse, warlike tribal populations that spill over state and international boundaries. The people of this zone have close ethnic religious affiliations with the people of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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From page 18...
... Since the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992, it has become a hotbed of ISI activities. In Mumbai the criminal gangs of Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Rajan, and Arun Gavli receive extensive support and assistance from foreign terrorist groups who provide safe houses for them in Pakistan and Gulf countries.
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From page 19...
... One other strategy has been a campaign of ethnic cleansing designed to force Sikh minorities to leave Muslim majority areas in the state, and to incite communal trouble in Kashmir and in the rest of India. Pakistan's overall goal has been to bring attention to the Kashmir problem to the international level, presenting India as a repressive state that is using military power to suppress a popular uprising in J&K.
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From page 20...
... Finally, radial jihadi terrorism among India's large Muslim population is notable by its absence, as democratic politics provides an outlet for the expression of grievances.
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  • political weapon
  • densely populated
  • arab emirates
  • andhra pradesh
  • vast desert

  • drug trafficking
  • international boundaries
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  • northern state
  • religious affiliations
  • communal divide
  • army mounted
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  • sikh minorities
  • forested terrain
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