Feed Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 IPL was the prime target of a large scale terrorist strike by Islamic militants, on the lines of 26/11, a leading American think-tank has said. More... IPL was prime terror target: Experts Agencies Posted: Mar 26, 2009 at 1141 hrs IST Washington: The Indian Premier League (IPL), which has now been shifted to South Africa, was the prime target of a large scale terrorist strike by Islamic militants, on the lines of 26/11, targeting a host of foreign cricket players, a leading American think-tank has said. Games being played in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were more on the terrorist hit list, it said. "The Indian intelligence apparatus is thought to have warned the central government of a flood of specific threats against both Indian and foreign cricket players," said Stratfor. Based on the intelligence information it has from various sources, Stratfor in its latest analysis said it received indications early on from Indian security sources that the IPL tournament was a prime target for another large-scale Islamist militant operation following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. "Warnings of specific threats against the players came from the governments of the states hosting matches, including Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Given that these two states respectively are home to the information technology hubs of Hyderabad and Bangalore – both of which have a heavy foreign presence - and are where multinational corporations doing business in India are concentrated, these states are at a particularly high risk of attack," it said. The decision to sacrifice the IPL tournament for the sake of security was made after security agencies carried out a detailed threat scenario for the event and national elections. The IP was shifted to South Africa on Tuesday. Stratfor said the March 3 attack in Lahore against the Sri Lankan cricket team was a stark warning that the array of Islamist militants in the region have an agenda to internationalise their cause through bold and attention- grabbing attacks. Though no group claimed the Lahore attack, there is ample reason to suspect Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) created and nurtured the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group to pressure India, but LeT has gradually loosened itself from Islamabad's grip. The Lahore attack bore a number of similarities to the November 2008 Mumbai attack and given LeT's primary focus on India, the IPL tournament would have made another prime target, it said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dial_100 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Wow... I am not surprised and I believe this. They definitely had that threat. But question is what can our government do. I am telling you, soon our parliament will be held in London. Spinless government. Shame. Big Shame.... So this is telling the world we are incapable of conducting IPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic23 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Man, each day they come up with a new potential target. I'm sick of this. Why are there so many press releases on incomplete news stories ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gaurav_indian Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Its our media thats giving the hype to these terrorists and talibanis.In every news channel they show about taliban.One of the worst media in the world is in our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 These people are sick in the head. Pakistan is the biggest failure in the history of anything They've created these bastards to destroy India. What annoys me the most is when they play the victim card afterwards, claiming they've been affected the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guju24 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 ^^^....hahahahaha :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Still cannot understand the attacks. What's the point if none is going to claim responsibility? I failed to understand what comes out of attacking a cricket team in India :((. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted_User_1 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Still cannot understand the attacks. What's the point if none is going to claim responsibility? I failed to understand what comes out of attacking a cricket team in India :((. Why is it hard to understand? Their mission is to bring pain to India and the best way they can do it is make India an unsafe place to visit, travel and play for foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Sachinism, did you create that or found it on the net? Either way, good find ! I personally refrain from reading such articles as all they do is create mass panic, hysteria and paranoia. As a spectator, there is very little if nothing I can do to personally prepare for such a scenario. I am dependent on the security advice thats given We knew the IPL was a target. I applaud the Indian government for swallowing their pride, acknowledging the risk and making the right decision in shifting it overseas. As for the victim card, make sure you watch the video I posted in the "Can Kasab be re ..... " thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap_Brannigan Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 We knew the IPL was a target. I applaud the Indian government for swallowing their pride, acknowledging the risk and making the right decision in shifting it overseas. . The govt did crap. Its the govt's job to provide security, which they failed to do. BCCI decided that it was too much of a risk and shifted it out. It is a good decision as our govt only tries to appease to the minority ummah and lets them get away with murder.......literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Not a bad Plan B, but the fans will definitely be missed It is a relief and an accomplishment that the IPL is on. There has been much discussion and debate and that is not wrong. More... Not a bad Plan B, but the fans will definitely be missed Harsha Bhogle Posted: Mar 27, 2009 at 0950 hrs IST It is a relief and an accomplishment that the IPL is on. There has been much discussion and debate and that is not wrong because activities on this scale are inevitably going to polarise people. Some of the debate was puerile and fairly devoid of logic, some of it was justified but we live in a democracy, thank god, and there must be room for everyone, including politicians of all hues. If wannabes and society climbers clambered onto the first edition of the IPL, the politicians have sought to own a bit of this time; both types have always been eager to swallow every opportunity that comes their way, anyway! It won’t be the same this year. Having been lucky enough to have had a vantage point last year, I could see the enthusiasm and the energy that people filled stadiums with. The crowds made IPL 1. Without them it would have been just another tournament; they made it the biggest thing to have happened to cricket. And the players were exceptional in their commitment; at any rate most of them. You had some people of dubious attitude and they stood out but most others immersed themselves into their new teams, sharing knowledge, sparing time for younger players and showing why they had entry into the world of the greats. The players will still be there this year but there will be something missing. Having said that we need to weigh what is missing with all that we might have otherwise missed. As the situation grew in complexity, as various actors clambered onto the stage, it was no longer a question of whether or not the IPL should be in India. It was whether or not the IPL should happen. It was no longer about whether we should have curd rice or pasta but whether we can have dinner at all. And that is what the IPL organisers have done; they have gone in search of a different restaurant because theirs is closed for dinner. So is Mr Modi wrong or Mr Chidambaram? The IPL or the government of India? Ignore for a moment the language used or the combativeness on display and cut to the options they had. Mr Chidambaram, like a bowler does, used his prerogative to set the field. Now that was given. He wasn’t going to provide central forces (and what a sad moment in itself that the availability of anti-terror forces should be the deciding factor in our game!), and he wasn’t going to allow state governments to take policemen away from election duty. Now faced with this, the IPL could either have conceded defeat or played a shot, which is the prerogative of the batsman. They have chosen to play an unconventional shot, a switch hit if you choose, having used up other options. So now, Mr Chidambaram has what he wants, which is the forces he needs to conduct an election and Mr Modi has a sub-optimal result, not a boundary maybe but a three, but at least he is batting. So has the IPL told the world it is unsafe to play sport in India by moving out? No, it hasn’t. It has accepted the ground reality that a tournament of this scale in the middle of the world’s largest and most complex democratic exercise is unviable. A tournament of this size any other time or a smaller event in the middle of an election is still possible. The Davis Cup tie against Australia for example, probably doesn’t need to be moved out. But now everyone leads to look ahead, to make the best of the situation that presents itself. That is what sport teaches you; that there is no point in looking at what might have been, that you try and win the game from the position you are in. And the big plus with moving it overseas is that allows the brand to acquire a larger global presence. The IPL has created a wow factor across the entire sporting world (yesterday, at a formula 1 promotional event Shane Warne was asked questions about the IPL) and this is an opportunity to demonstrate it in another land. In another part of the world names like Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils will enter the minds of sports lovers the way Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal have with young Indians. Football leagues have been around much longer and football is many many times the size of cricket but isn’t this a delicious thought? That a kid in Cape Town would talk of being a Rajasthan Royals fan or a young man in Durban would want to support the Mumbai Indians? Moving the IPL to South Africa isn’t the best thing that could have happened. But as a fall back option it has much merit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaurav92 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 April 18: Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) in Cape Town Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) in Cape Town April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) in Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) in Cape Town April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) in Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) in Durban April 22: RCB v DC (4 pm) in Cape Town April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth; CSK v DD (8pm) Durban April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) in Durban April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) in Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) in Durban April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) in Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth; CSK v DC (8 pm) in Durban April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) in Centurion April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) in Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) in Durban April 30: RR v CSK (4 pm) in Centurion; DD v DC (8 pm) in Centurion May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) in Durban; MI v KKR (8 pm) in East London May 2: CSK v DD (4 pm) in Johannesburg; RR v DC (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) in Johannesburg; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) in East London May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) in Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) in Durban May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) in Centurion May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) in Centurion; RCB v RR (8 pm) in Centurion May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) in East London May 9: CSK v RR (4 pm) in Kimberley; DC v KXIP (8 pm) in Kimberley May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) in Johannesburg; RCB v MI (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) in Kimberley May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) in Centurion; KXIP v MI (8 pm) in Centurion May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) in Durban May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) in Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) in Durban May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) in Bloemfontein May 16: DC v KKR (4 pm) in Johannesburg; CSK v MI (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) in Bloemfontein; KXIP v DC (8 pm) in Johannesburg May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) in Centurion May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) in Johannesburg May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) in Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) in Durban May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) in Centurion; MI v DD (8 pm) in Centurion May 22: Semi Final 1 in Centurion May 23: Semi Final 2 in Johannesburg May 24: Final in Johannesburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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