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Temple blast in India's Manipur kills three
Scotsman.com ^ | 16 August 2006

Posted on 08/16/2006 3:38:59 PM PDT by BullDog108

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - A bomb exploded inside a temple in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Wednesday, killing 3 people and injuring more than 30 others, police said.

The blast occurred during evening prayers to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god Krishna, one of the country's biggest festivals and a national holiday.

Police said at least 37 people were injured in the attack at the temple near Imphal, the state capital.

One of the militant groups fighting for a separate homeland in the state could be behind the attack, police said but added that no group had claimed responsibility.

The temple was run by ISKCON, the international Krishna consciousness movement, police said.

Manipur is part of India's remote and turbulent northeast region -- seven states which are home to more than two dozen armed separatist groups and over 200 tribal and ethnic communities.

At least a dozen guerrilla groups have been fighting Indian forces in Manipur for more than three decades.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: india; manipur

1 posted on 08/16/2006 3:39:01 PM PDT by BullDog108
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To: Gengis Khan
ping!


2 posted on 08/16/2006 3:39:51 PM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: BullDog108

Neo Nazi's from Montana right?


3 posted on 08/16/2006 3:41:01 PM PDT by lormand (Nuke the Islamic States, or kiss your @55 goodbye)
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To: BullDog108
Let me guess...


4 posted on 08/16/2006 3:43:05 PM PDT by oldleft
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To: BullDog108
There might be some mystery here. It could be a rival sect, Maoists, or the ever popular ROP.
5 posted on 08/16/2006 3:45:52 PM PDT by JimSEA ( "The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." Spock)
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To: JimSEA

Militant Christians of the Rovian sect?


6 posted on 08/16/2006 3:49:07 PM PDT by canadianally
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To: oldleft

That's not the Taliban; Probably Teitelbaum!


7 posted on 08/16/2006 3:50:04 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

OY VEH! It's time for a jihad Ari!


8 posted on 08/16/2006 3:53:11 PM PDT by oldleft
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To: BullDog108

Anybody know what the odds are on Muslim terrorists? Anybody?


9 posted on 08/16/2006 3:56:47 PM PDT by The Blitherer (You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
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To: canadianally
I'm thinking more of Hindu Fundamentalists who hate other Hindus, Krishna's ,Buddhists and especially Christian Missionaries.
10 posted on 08/16/2006 3:58:47 PM PDT by JimSEA ( "The purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis." Spock)
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To: oldleft

You think a red x did it?


11 posted on 08/16/2006 3:58:57 PM PDT by magslinger (If at first you don't succeed, squeeze, squeeze again.)
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To: BullDog108

TROP?


12 posted on 08/16/2006 4:03:46 PM PDT by Charlespg (Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
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To: BullDog108

It could either be the UNLF (Meitei- Hindu) or their enemy ZRA (Kuki/Zomi-Christian) and I dont think Meiteis would bomb a Hindu Temple.


13 posted on 08/16/2006 4:09:22 PM PDT by Gengis Khan
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To: BullDog108
a bomb??

Mennonites?

14 posted on 08/16/2006 5:15:50 PM PDT by GeronL (flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
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To: JimSEA

It was the Mennonites..


15 posted on 08/16/2006 5:55:19 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: lormand
Neo Nazi's from Montana right?

Yes, trained in hidden Amish terror camps in Northern Minnesota; and funded by bearded young Mennonite men mass purchasing cheap cell phones at Wal-Mart, for resale throughout the Middle West.

16 posted on 08/16/2006 9:35:30 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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