Abstracts of news reports and editorials covering suicide terrorism related issues published in the international press, including The Hindu, The Daily Excelsior, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dawn, The Daily Times, Khaleej Times, Washington Post, Jerusalem Postand BBC News online

12 July 2006
The Times of India
LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai blasts
The terror attack on Mumbai trains was carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba and local Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists and was designed to trigger communal conflagration in the country?s financial capital, intelligence sources said. While still waiting for clues to emerge, top intelligence sources in New Delhi seem pretty sure the blasts on the trains were plotted by Lashkar modules which are increasingly collaborating with activists of SIMI, which boasts of strong pockets of influence across Maharashtra. The estimate of intelligence agencies here is derived from the scale of the attack, as well as precise information about the Lashkar?s sleeper cells that have proliferated in Maharashtra. Sources in the home ministry, in fact, said that a carnage had seemed very much on the cards with information pouring in about stockpiling of arms and explosives by religious extremists.

28 May 2006
Daily Excelsior
Fidayeen arrested with car laden with explosives
In a major success, troops of 50 Rashtriya Rifle and police arrested a fidayeen of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit and seized a car filled with explosives from his possession at Pampore. The fidayeen, who was captured alive before he could succeed in triggering a car blast targetting security forces, has been identified as Raja Arshad alias Abu Atif, 28, son of Mohd Maqbool Bhat, a resident of Dadsarai. A white Maruti Zen car, which had no registration, engine or chassis number was seized from the possession of fidayeen. It was filled with explosives...Official sources said the militant was conducting a recee at Pampore when troops and police personnel became suspicious of his movement and kept a track on him. He was immediately arrested and subjected to questioning during which he admitted that he was a fidayeen and had been assigned the task of carrying out a car blast. He also admitted his affiliation with the LeT...

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