Al-Qaeda and ISIS eye India as new target NOV 06, 2014AKASH MAITHAL #AL QAEDA #BANGLADESH #DHANBAD Share via emailShare Two were detained for questioning in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district after they were found wearing T-shirts that had ‘ISIS Pakistan’ written over it. In August, two young men were arrested in Ramanthapuram district of Tamil Nadu after a photograph of a group of people posing in T-shirts with the symbol of ISIS went viral on social media. Security and intelligence officials are concerned about educated youth getting drawn into Islamic State propaganda on social media chat-rooms. Weeks after Al-Qaeda announced the formation of a South Asia wing to strike across the Indian subcontinent, agencies said they had discovered that IM members were training with Al-Qaeda and other groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan for major attacks. Decrypted communications between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and Al-Qaeda and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New Delhi. The groups appear to be working together to launch major attacks in the region. Niti Central, in conversion with Journalist Mayank Jain, discusses why International Terror outfits like ISIS and Al-Qaeda are interested in India and what India must do to keep itself safe from these threats.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:31:15 +0000
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