While Home Minister P Chidambaram has declared the Israel embassy car bombing as a terror strike, he has opted not to name the perpetrators of the attack. Anil Chowdhry wonders whyOne watched with concern the explosion in an
Israeli embassy car near the prime minister's 7 Race Course house in New Delhi on television news channels on Monday. On Tuesday, a similar incident took place in
Bangkok -- the Thailand capital was rocked by three explosions.
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While the Israeli establishment was prompt and forthright in holding
Hezbollah and the Iranian government responsible for the attacks, Home Minister
P Chidambaram has opted to not name any outfit. Whether he is clueless or trying to walk the diplomatic tight rope is anybody's guess.
The vent sets me thinking as an ex-security person whether such incidents, apparently caused by highly trained and motivated terrorists can be prevented?
Well, in my view, it is difficult for the police to prevent them, keeping in mind the volume of persons at any public place in the city and the chaotic condition of our roads. Detection of such cases, of course, depends a lot on public cooperation and technical and forensic expertise available to the police of the metropolis that is attacked.
Well-planned deep penetration intelligence operations backed by technical intelligence inputs are very
complex and need dexterous handling by experienced sleuths. Moreover, they need full support from the government to succeed in preventing terrorist attacks in public places.