Terror attack on Israeli displomats
Thursday, February 16, 2012
WHO is the culprit? It certainly is not the government of Iran who did it. The government would not have carried out a terrifying terror act in a friendly country. Iran’s confrontation with Israel is well known, but it would never have used the Indian soil to target Israeli diplomats.
The Indian government has rightly not named Iran as the perpetrator of the highly sophisticated magnetic bomb explosion that has severely injured four Israeli diplomat staff. The terror act in India was followed by another in Bangkok — indicating that a chain terror happening has taken place. Iran and Israel are both friends of India. With Iran, we have decades of warm and mutually gainful relatives. It is possible that some source wanted to cause a misunderstanding and rift between India and Israel. And what is to be noted is that the deadly bomb incident could not have been carried out without some local assistance. Some Iranians have been arrested by the police but so far there has been no progress with regard to identifying the terrorist.
Experts from Israel have arrived and sooner or later we will know who were behind the attack. The union home ministry has moved swiftly and intensified security arrangements for all foreign diplomats. It is not nice for India to be known as a place where diplomats are not safe. Diplomats have been moving about freely in our country — without any fear. Our reputation and record in this regard must be maintained at any cost.