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Terrorism: learning from our mistakes

Mumbai reels again! the pain of innocent victims of these terror attacks is very fresh. and yet we seem to be making the same mistakes as earlier. One should realize that objective of this attack was not only to spread terror but to hurt India economically too. All our politicians have done far is to implicate Pakistan and put pressure on them to act on these terror outfits. Is Pakistan's actions reliable ?How can a country which harbours india's most wanted terrorrist for long including those accused of 93, Mumbai blasts be expected to cooperate and eliminate terror from its bosom. A proactive stance to wipe out terror breeding ground whether inside the country or outside needs to be adopted. We need to understand that there are terror elements within thecountry too and a strong anti-terror law needs to be there. however considering our previous experiences with TADA it needs to have sufficints safegurds to prevent it from being misused. We need to surgically target terro...