The terrorists attacks in Mumbai on 26/11 and the American 9/11 have so many similarities.Both the countries were caught unware of the deadly scenes ahead.It is really shocking to note the reoccurence of such inhuman crimes against innocent people.The global war on terrorism has not atleast practically shown the will and determination to fight this menace of terrorism.The brave statements of our leaders have no buyers these days and the people have come to take them as a routine stuff.

The Global war on terrorism has not done anything adequate to thwart the designs of terrorists spread all over the world.What India witnessed in Mumbai can happen to any country showing the vulnerability of soft targets.The lack of co-ordinated effort and the sheer determination of participating countries of war on terrorism have been highlighted time and again.The sheer will and determination to fight the global war on terrorism is missing.What has happened in Pakistan is a prime example where the intelligence inputs were leaked to terrorist groups.Even,the US President has expressed concern over leakage of vital information.This needs to be taken care of by all the participating countries so that the common objectives of the war are achieved.

It would also be important to note the role of intelligence agencies.What happened in Mumbai is a real pointer to this.It is the intelligence failure and the lack of political will that are the two major contributing factors towards the repeated terrorist attacks.It needs to be remembered that terrorism should never be related to religion as the terrorists do not belong to any religion.They have no affiliations as such to the religion.They just use religion to meet their agenda of perpuating barbaric acts.So, its important that we realise this as early as possible.It would be better if we pool all our energy and resources in fighting the common enemy rather than protecting religion based terrorists.Had it been so, this would never have happened.However, it's never late in life so begin it right now.

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dastardly scenes in the Mumbai massacre scripted by the terrorists and the putting uo of the entire city to ransom should not be allowed to raise its ugly head again.This can only be achieved if we don't make the same mistakes again.Let's all stand united and fight this menace.We should not give the impression that the terrorist attacks have affected us.Let all activities take place normally rather than postponing them.Doing so, would only serve the terrorists purpose.The recent calling of England's cricket tour of India should have been avoided,I fully agree with Ian Botham's view,that we should not act as per the designs of terrorists.I think with the passage of time all of us would become wise before it is too late.

Bakshinder
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