India has most number of domestic terror groups

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Source: Economic Times/India

24 Jun 2009, 0644 hrs IST, Kartikeya, TNN

MUMBAI: The CPI (Maoist) swells the list of indigenous terror groups operating on our soil to 27, making India home to the largest number of domestic terrorist organisations in the world. On Monday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) named the CPI (Maoist) as 34th terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; seven of these are transnational terror groups.

CPI (Maoist) joined ranks with Ulfa and SIMI and lesser known entities such as Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council of Meghalaya, Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup of Manipur and Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj, which though virtually unheard of are considered deadly enough by the government to be designated as terrorist organisations.

Of the seven transnational terror groups, only two —al-Qaida and LTTE — are truly global names. The other five are Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Harkatul Mujahideen, Al Badr, Jamat-ul-Mujahid and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) which are all Pakistan based terror outfits fighting Indian security forces in Kashmir.

"I am not surprised that we have so many local terror groups," said Prakash Singh, former director-general of Border Security Force (BSF). "Since Independence we have seen the rise of a new terrorist movement in every decade, whether it be the Naxals, militants in Punjab, terrorists in the North East or in J&K. It is failure of governance that has led to this situation," Singh said.



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[MADem]

1. And that's not even counting the terrorist "in laws"

They don't like the new wife, so they douse her with gasoline and set her on fire.

Now that's an argument for the death penalty....even though I'm not much of a fan of it. Anyone who can do that to a person definitely needs to be decisively removed from society.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Ah - possibly written by a non-native English speaker.

[Ohio Joe]

3. hmmm...

I don't think the number of fundy groups here in the U.S. is being counted correctly.