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FAQ: Manawan Terror Strike

Answers to some of the questions received in response to my article of March30, 2009, on the terrorist strike at Manawan in the Lahore area on t

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FAQ: Manawan Terror Strike
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Did the terrorists attack a police academy or a police training school? Different reports have described the attacked institution differently.
How many terrorists were there?
Have the remaining seven terrorists been captured?
Rehman Malik, the Internal Security Adviser, has claimed that the security forces had captured a terrorist who was an Afghan national and who was trying to throw a hand-grenade at an Army helicopter?
How many fatalities were there in the entire incident?
Have the police been able to establish the identities of the three terrorists who allegedly blew themselves up?
What are the available details of the raid?

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What weapons were used by the terrorists?
Have any claims of responsibility been made by any terrorist organisation?
Has the authenticity of these claims been established?
Is the Taliban--Pakistani or Afghan-- in a position to carry out retaliatory strikes in the US homeland as reportedly threatened by Baitullah?
Which are the organisations known as the Punjabi Taliban?
Are there any ideological differences between the Pashtun Taliban and the Punjabi Taliban?
What could be the motivation for the attack on the police training school?
Is there a danger of creeping Talibanisation of Pakistan?
The Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) of Altaf Hussain keeps repeatedly warning of the danger of the Talibanisation of Karachi. What does it mean?

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What is the main danger to India?

B. Raman is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai.

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