Mumbai Attacks: Who is at Fault?

None of the events can be attributed just to one reason, but it is the conglomerate of a number of reasons. The attack would not have happened if there were no radical Islamic extremists, the attack would not have happened if the Indian Government and Intelligence were efficient, the attack would not have happened if Pakistan takes care not to allow anti-India activities on its soil and the terrorists could not have caused this mayhem if they did not have an access to modern technology.

So none of the mentioned options above can be ruled out but let us try to scrutinize this technology angle, which is the least talked about.

The terror strike on Mumbai has again brought to the fore how technology, especially in the communication front, can be used for anti-social, or to be precise antihuman, activities. So how exactly is technology to be blamed? Aside from the fact that a satellite phone is said to have been recovered from two dead terrorists, a GPS map of South Mumbai was found in the terrorists' fishing trawler and the group who claimed the responsibility, The Deccan Mujahideen, did so by email. There is precious little else which could form the basis of such a dramatic, sensationalist claim.

A terrorist may safely use a satellite phone or even a micro blogging system to implement the mission of terror. It is highly unlikely that these islamic fundamentalist, well organised and armed to the teeth fighters would have been able to cause this carnage without microblogging.

Not to miss that these islamic radicalists were laced with modern weapons and grenades.

Though small, in this carnage, technology also had a role to play which cannot be negated.

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