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Airport cops get AK rifles

New Delhi: Wary of a terror attack in Delhi, the city police have armed its men guarding the airport with AK-47 rifles. The airport’s security got a leg up after the Gujarat police warned its Delhi counterparts that the airport might be a possible target. Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal has also put ....Read more

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Pathetic preparationsBy: Ramesh kumar | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 23:54:27 PM Reply | Forward Why wasn't this done before? And these are reactive measures, this government has totally failed on both preventing, reacting, and executing (Afzal) the terrorists.

Good preparationsBy: Manish Joddar | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 19:25:26 PM Reply | Forward Hope there are no more attacks

We Need Change !By: Rajesh | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 16:45:07 PM Reply | Forward Our country is facing many challenges on almost every front economic and security to name a few. How do we really start addressing these challenges? Well, I believe the place to start would be to wholesale dumping of all the current political parties and politicians. We need a new generation of leaders with totally different set of mindset to improve Indias over all profile. Just my 2 cents ! Jai Hind !

Mumbai CopsBy: S khanna | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 15:26:42 PM Reply | Forward If you take a look at the average cop in Mumbai, he looks completely unfit, with a pot belly and a 303 rifle at his side.Giving him an AK 47 will not change anything. Training should be constant and rigourous to be able to challenge determined islamic terrorists.

why delhiBy: Ashutosh V Divecha | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 15:14:32 PM Reply | Forward Why does everything comes to Delhi first ? simple, due to VVIP's there........AK47 for the rest of the country will be in the next five year plan..... good keep it up

bullet proof vestsBy: Rajesh | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 14:56:35 PM Reply | Forward May be the police should first try out their AK 47's on their on 'so-called' bullet proof jackets provided by the government. It wont be surprising if those jackets fail as we have seen during the last weeks. What a shame! My heart goes for those brave officers who are cheated by the authorities.

Bullet proof vests for air travelers tooBy: Snigdha | Friday , 5 Dec '08 1:06:55 AM Reply | Forward It seems to me that airport personnel and passengers should also be equipped with bullet proof vests and protective head gear so that they are not slaughtered in the cross-fire.We need a strong intelligence and tight security - air, water and land. Our boredres are highly porous and we have too many people who are easily bought.

goodBy: digvijay | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 11:30:48 AM Reply | Forward Good initiatives. keep it up

SuggestionBy: M. Y. Imran | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 11:11:36 AM Reply | Forward If Y S Dadwal's effort is believed and physically visible in Delhi, then it is a good step. Our Police Officers / Guards should use high quality weapons and bullet proof jackets and not like Mumbai ATS's filmsy bullet proof jackets which were failed in the attack and Hemant Karkare was assassinated in a few minutes of attack.Also, in our intelligence agency the Govt. of India MUST consider employing all community members i.e. multi-religion people in order to balanced the QRTs, ASTs, ATSs etc. This is my sincere suggestion and it is upto the government to think and implement. If we employ multi-religion community in our law enforcement agencies / units, we will get proper intelligence from all the communities easily and effectively and accordingly action can be taken.Being a Muslim, my main aim is to intact India's territorial security, integrity and UNITY amongst all walks of life and I wish India further progress and becomes a peaceful Superpower in the World.Jai Hind!

eradicate terrorismBy: Kamal lochan padhi | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 10:30:18 AM Reply | Forward I think it is a good step and all the cops should be given the latest sophisticated weapons in order to finish the terroist within some minute . also cops in our four metros and bangalore, hyderabad , gujurat and some eastern parts of our country should provide the sophisticated weapons. Because if country will be secure then we will grow as a strong unit . also the terroist who are nabbed they should be killeed in such a way that this will create fear among the other terroist .This way of killing should be shown in TV channel. I think this will give pleasure to our patriots who have been killed by terroists. I AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN .

INCOMPETENCY By: S Thulasidharan | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 10:22:12 AM Reply | Forward We talk about resurgent India and it pathetic to see our policeman running behind terrorist with 303 rifles which is good to be kept only in the museums. Our politicians are not bothered even for upgradations. PLEASE WAKE UP GUYS OR YOU ALL WILL BE THROWN OUT BY THE PUBLIC WITH THE CIVIL WAR FOR INCOMPETENCY IF THE PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE WEARS OUT.

Equip and Train our Security Forces BetterBy: Vijayan | Thursday , 4 Dec '08 21:38:53 PM Reply | Forward Why is it that with all the development that has been going on in our country we are still so far behind when it comes to equipping and training our security forces to deal with attacks such as these. It was embarrassing to see our police running about with antiquated rifles which they clearly did not know how to use--or to even hold properly. It was sad was well to see the complete lack centralized command and control..Everybody seemed to be simply running about helter skelter with apparently no clear instructions on what to do or how to do it. Is it any wonder then it took the security forces so long to flush out the better armed and better trained terrorists. It's time for the leaders of the country---no--its well past time--to get their act togther and devote some serious time, money and effort in revamping our security forces to be able to better deal with situations such as these. It is simply not fair on the country-and even less to the people out there fighting to keep us safe--to have such ill-equipped, under-trained security personnel.

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