Bomb Blasts in 2008! Is India Going the Iraq Way?

If barely a day goes in Iraq or Bosnia without militaryJuly 26, 2008:
attacks and car bombings, you can assume that it is aSerial blasts in Ahmedabad kill close to 45 and injure
peaceful day for them. India, one of the peacefulover 100
countries is the world is suffering from the highestJuly 25, 2008:
number of terrorist attacks and bombings the countrySeven blasts strike the IT city of Bangalore killing at
has ever seen in 2008.least two people and wounding at least 20.
Flashback to the serial bomb blasts on March 12' 1993May 2008:
in Mumbai which gave rise to the term 'serial blasts'.Eight serial blasts rock Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes
Since then intermittently, there has been terroristleaving 65 dead and over 150 injured.
attacks in various parts of the country, mainly inJanuary 2008:
Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country, theTerrorist attack on CRPF camp in Rampur kills eight.
second biggest one being the one on July 11, 2006November 2007:
where bombs exploded in the first class15 people killed in seven well-synchronised explosions
compartments of suburban Mumbai trains, resulting innear court premises in three cities of Uttar Pradesh --
heavy loss of life and limb.Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad.
Two years later in 2008, India been plagued with bombOctober 2007:
threats and bomb blasts by terrorists who resort to2 killed in a blast inside Ajmer Sharif shrine during
emailing TV stations before and soon after commutingRamadan, in Rajasthan.
the act. Though the terrorist call themselves IndianAugust 2007:
mujahedeen, Indian police have deciphered IM as a non30 dead, 60 hurt in Hyderabad 'terror' strike.
entity working under the garb of SIMI(Students IslamicMay 2007:
Movement of India. Take IM of SIMI and you getA bomb at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 people.
Islamic Mujahadeen. The police are taking bombFebruary 2007:
threats very seriously and are on the massive manhurtTwo bombs explode aboard a train bound from India
to nab the terrorists of the Delhi blasts At the time ofto Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers,
writing, an email has been sent to media organizationsmost of them Pakistanis.
in Mumbai to blow up three railways stations beforeSeptember 2006:
the end of the day. As a result, Mumbai is witnessing30 dead and 100 hurt in twin blasts at a mosque in
the highest security check, it has ever witnessed in itsMalegaon.
history today. Even if it is a prank, the police cannotJuly 2006:
afford to take any chances.Seven bombs on Mumbai's trains kill over 200 and
Here are the recent ten bomb blasts and terroristinjure 700 others.
attacks that shook the country in three years (sourcedMarch 2006:
from DNA and Outlook India)Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in
October 29, 2008:Varanasi kill 20 people.
A series of powerful explosions ripped throughOctober 2005:
crowded market areas in New Delhi, killing at least 50Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day
people as shoppers in the Indian capital were gearingbefore Diwali kill 62 people and injured hundreds.
up for a major Hindu holiday.