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Terrorists indicated they would talk but there was no negotiator

SHISHIR GUPTA, SHWETA DESAI & SAGNIK CHOWDHURY

NEW DELHI, MUMBAI: The Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26 may have been sent to the city on a suicide mission but there were several indications during the 60-hour siege that they were willing to consider using their hostages as bargaining pawns. But let alone have trained negotiators o ....Read more

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Media is culpable too.By: Subhabrata Pal | Monday , 8 Jun '09 22:33:40 PM Reply | Forward Let us all see in media reports what are the losses the security forces took due to media coverage acting as an eye for the paki handler.why dont see that report as well ?accountability is not restricted to a select few.I agree with the no negotiations policy of the government.its a symbol of weakness and all these attacks are primarily symbolic attacks.thats why Taj and Oberoi and the jewish colony were chosen.

Negotiatios with Terrorists----By: romesh.sharma | Monday , 8 Jun '09 13:32:48 PM Reply | Forward I hate Terrorists and terrorism but let us not forget these guy,though brain-washed,are still human beings and some where there in them a slumbering conscience does exist.If possible and if they(or anyother terrorist) shows some inclination to talk/discuss that means the conscience is awakening and the person is no more pertinacious.Naturally there will be conditions put forward which lead to some kind of compromise.MrVirendraSharma is simply wrong because achieving NOTHING is presumptive.No NEGOTIATIONS is being presumptuous which gives no favourable results but fatalities which become a good reason of vindictiveness.Yes Terrorism must be eliminated but using power and shrewdness.Couldn't this be possible to save innocent lives?Govt like UPA which fail the strength of will,courage/the guts,tact and power of fast judgment one could hope for some kind of brainy move.If so,why India should negotiate with Pak or sepratists of K.Diplomacy and deception are chief means to win enemy.

OK. NOTED FOR FUTURE GUIDANCEBy: R.Ramachandran | Monday , 8 Jun '09 12:25:08 PM Reply | Forward SIR,There is an adage that the first casualty of a war would the war strategy.What matters is what one does in the spur of the moment in a given situation. It applies to all -whether it is security agencies, newspaper agencies etc. Your article a product of research taking more than 6 months is quite good and appreciated.THE GOVT. OF INDIA AND OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS AND SECURITY AGENCIES WILL NOTE THE SAME FOR FUTURE GUIDANCE.There is no point of a spend thrift, who has been reduced to a beggar, analysing that had he not been spend thrift he would not have been a beggar today!

What about the role of MediaBy: Prakash Krishnagiri | Monday , 8 Jun '09 12:19:01 PM Reply | Forward Conveniently all the media reports have totally avoided the bad role the media played all through out the saga. How did the Handlers know about the ministers being in the Hotel? It is only the TV channels which aired such news. Also all channels including NDTV were telecasting live and even calling on top officials and talking them into disclosing the strategy. In the name of exclusivity, they telecast several tit bits..all of which really helped the handlers. It was pathetic to watch in TV, the location of the rocket launchers shown and the possible strategy described. The media were irresponsible and they only aggrevated the issue. Think for a moment, every officer would like to have his air space and importance. If the Journalist pester them with what action they are planning, the Officers would like to say something (irresponsibly) and steel the limelight. After doing enough damage, NDTV and others stopped live telecast before the Ministry gave directives. Why spare media

Get to the pointBy: A | Monday , 8 Jun '09 12:02:52 PM Reply | Forward They shd stop wasting time and istead find people responsible for security pases and punish them the same way as ajmal kasab...make examples of such irresponsible loosers...

Indian Govt acted as needed at that time and We stand by itBy: Arun | Monday , 8 Jun '09 11:49:38 AM Reply | Forward The authors of this story suggessted that by holding negotiations with these terrorists, Indian Govt would have bought some time

CHALTA HAI ATTITUDEBy: Pradeep Sharma | Monday , 8 Jun '09 11:28:52 AM Reply | Forward My preveious comment was not displayed in full.We have to ensure accountability , I am sure these guys who went abroad for the course , used the opportunity to enjoy a holliday at government costs!Also , that they were not even thought of during this incident.Lastly, we have never been seriuos about our security concerns and continue to show the same attitude.Thanks to the media , some attention and sensitisation is taking place.

Safety for IndiansBy: Jagjivan Ram | Monday , 8 Jun '09 11:20:39 AM Reply | Forward Safety of Indians is non negotiable. We should never allow terrorists to dictate terms to us. If we are ever in such a situation, we should not let our country bow down to the commands of anti-national elements.There should be no negotiation with terrorists. All our politicians and babu's need to get their act together.

Aakhir Aap Chhahte Kya HainBy: Gopalakrishnan | Monday , 8 Jun '09 10:44:35 AM Reply | Forward In 1999, when an Indian Airlines Aircraft was Hijacked and taken to Kandahar, the then Indian Government made a direct negotiation with the Hijackers and infact their masters, and the outcome 3 Terrorists were released in exchange for 200 passengers. Many people including the ruling Congress Party people criticise that decision. Had the then Government allowed those 200 people to die then too a lot of people and Congress Party would have criticised saying that the Government was inhuman.I do not know what king of political parties we have in our country, atleast on issues like National Security they should not be mudslinging, but they love to do that. Mufti Sayeed's Daughter was rescued by releasing a terrorist, and for 1 person (A ministers daughter) they could release a terrorist but not for 200 passengers. In the case of Mumbai, had there been negotiations, ultimately the terrorist would have made some unreasonable demands and after fulfilling them again criticism would not stop

Terrorists indicated they would talk but there was no negotiatorBy: Major (Retd) Virendra Sharma | Monday , 8 Jun '09 10:24:20 AM Reply | Forward I wonder what we would have achieved by negotiations with those hard core and religious bigot terrorists. It may be a good question to ponder now and waste time in fruitless discussions. I am sure we would have achieved NOTHING.The message of 'NO-NEGOTIATIONS' with the enemies of the nation was loud and clear and MUST be maintained in any future situation. These rogue elemnets understand only this language.

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