In the overall mayhem caused by the Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai, two small yet significant developments were washed away.
1. For the first time, India refused to negotiate with terrorists. Historically India has always tried to negotiate and save lives e.g. the Indian Airlines hijacking which freed JeM leader Maulana Azhar who now lives like a normal citizen in Pakistan (look at the irony of that pitiful country). This time they refused to negotiate and attacked the terrorists. This seems to have surprised the terrorists who had come for a siege and negotiation (as mentioned by lone surviving Pakistani terrorist). This is a big change in Indian stance and the right one.
2. By involving the jewish center, Nariman House, the Pakistani terrorists have inadvertently brought in Israel into the Pak equation. Israel has traditionally focused on middle eastern threats and hasn't really considered Pak terrorists as a big threat. Now they do. This might lead to greater engagement by Israel in attempting to head off Pak terrorists and might lead to them offering top of the line counter-terrorism expertise to India. Despite growing defense ties, this is one area where India and Israel have not engaged, primarily due to India's concerns about Indian muslim sensitivities. But now there is no reason to worry about overt cooperation anymore.
Full Version: Two significant developments in the Mumbai attacks
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In the overall mayhem caused by the Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai, two small yet significant developments were washed away.
1. For the first time, India refused to negotiate with terrorists. Historically India has always tried to negotiate and save lives e.g. the Indian Airlines hijacking which freed JeM leader Maulana Azhar who now lives like a normal citizen in Pakistan (look at the irony of that pitiful country). This time they refused to negotiate and attacked the terrorists. This seems to have surprised the terrorists who had come for a siege and negotiation (as mentioned by lone surviving Pakistani terrorist). This is a big change in Indian stance and the right one.
1. For the first time, India refused to negotiate with terrorists. Historically India has always tried to negotiate and save lives e.g. the Indian Airlines hijacking which freed JeM leader Maulana Azhar who now lives like a normal citizen in Pakistan (look at the irony of that pitiful country). This time they refused to negotiate and attacked the terrorists. This seems to have surprised the terrorists who had come for a siege and negotiation (as mentioned by lone surviving Pakistani terrorist). This is a big change in Indian stance and the right one.
Very sorry but I don't agree with you. Because in the first place terrorists didn't come to negotiate in Mumbai. They were there to kill and kill more. So there was no option of negotiations in that situation.
QUOTE (VAMAN @ Apr 27 2009, 05:29 AM) 
Very sorry but I don't agree with you. Because in the first place terrorists didn't come to negotiate in Mumbai. They were there to kill and kill more. So there was no option of negotiations in that situation.
Sorry, Vaman. Don't agree. They found a lot of food packets, water, medicines etc. They were there for a long siege. Furthermore, snippets of conversation between them and their Paki sponsors showed that they were planning to sit, negotiate and prolong the media drama. You might be right that perhaps their end goal was just to kill and that negotiation was just a ploy.
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