Posts Tagged ‘Hostage’
At the Line of Fire without Bullet-proof vests…
(Policemen preparing for Line of Fire)
(Policeman at Taj)
(one of our Mumbai Police Guarding the Oberoi Trident Entry )
Note : This post is not insult your bravery or solitary or questioning your integrity , but just to point out how careless you have been…We have already lost 14 heroes from your department we dont want to loose any more…
Is this how we Combat Terrorist?
1. When the Terrorist holed in to the hotels and took hostages , cant we pump in sleeping gas through the central a/c (as both the hotels has Central A/c Systems implemented) make them asleep then enter into the permises with Gas Mask?
2. The security personal cut-off the television connections after 18-hours of the attack, in that mean time the terrorist were watching the TV channels for the updates on what is happening… which unit is going to come and when they will reach and how they are planning to attack…
3. Why our media people has to be so hungry to be on the exclusive news , even if it means it is a matter of National Security? Why couldnt the government ban the media in the affected areas till the operation is over? We could see some of the journlist standing next to the combat person and reporting what are they trying to prove their news reporting is more important than national security?
4. It was very sad to listen from a commander in MARCOS (Marine Commanders) that the terrorist has the full idea about the hotel layout and we were not very clear with it? So what do think before entering into this building? going for a cup of tea?
5. Again the same commander was disclosing this information National television…”It was too dark, we couldnt see what was happening inside, and the terrorist got used to the darkness so they could find way out easily”….helloooooo wake up , there is something called “Night vision glasses” which is used in most of the operations like this….
Even if you havent used the Night Vision goolges , atleast dont blabber things like this on a situation where the entire international community is looking at our news on how we are tackling the terror situation…
6. “ the terrorists had released some kind of gas, making it difficult for the commandos to fire” There is something called “Gas Mask” used in operations like this , which is used to avoid situations like this….
These are some of the areas as a lay person who dont know anything about the combat or fighting terror can point out…
Our country has the 3rd largest army in the world, and the best of the combating forces for gurellia warfare…even with these credentials why we missed on simple points like this?
As base solider or commando…before entering into to combat, there are checklist made, situations analysed , estimation of the enemny and their wepeons are taken into account, the blueprint of the building / location where you are going to combat etc., are considered before entering into the field….but these operations looks very unorganized and most of the time (even after 50 hours of the attack) there are no figures on how many terrorist were there , how many are killed …no idea about that…i am not even mentioning the possiblity of the terrorist escaping in disguise as a hostage or a commando there were no cross checking on people coming out …
Have we combated terror???
PS: This blog is not to criticize NSG Commandos or MARCOS or even Mumbai Police on their gallant efforts to help our people , sacrificed their lives to save our city. Instead its a pointer which make common man like us to think about there are certain missing links and uncertain questions which arise in our mind when we walk out of our homes…I salute all the gallant officers involved in the operations to rescue our people and save our city…these questions should not be misinterpreted as criticism
Some unanswered questions….
1. Why was morphine gas or tear gas not used in Nariman Bhavan (Chedda House) when they zeroed on the location of the terrorist? (the question can be applied to Oberoi / Taj, but still the authorities can state that , its not used for the because there were lot of hostages in Hotel, but Nariman Bhavan there were only 5 hostages…)
2. How come the government allowed the live broadcast of the operations? (even if the terrorists are not watching the television live, they can have local support or some other means to communicate the people outside and get the updated information…)
3. Don’t you think the media was partner with terrorist? (not in terms of the support, but in terms of execution, the whole idea of terrorist was to create terror and havoc in the society…don’t you think the media has helped them in glorifying the terror events by saying two commandos were killed, ATS chief is killed etc., on the ongoing basis….haven’t the media helped the terrorist to achieve their goal?. Why did the government allow the broadcast at the first place? to make the terrorist motive a successful one?????)
4. What was the motive of the terrorist? Was it to create terror by killing people? If so they had ample chance to kill all the people who was staying the hotel, who were holed up in the ball room to save themselves? The actual action against terrorist started only after 17 hours of the siege…why haven’t they killed those many people who were unarmed and helpless??? Was killing people their only motive? Was our government negotiating with the terrorists or their masters?
5. The way the encounter specialist and the ATS chief shot was very dramatic and unbelievable, was it pre-meditated move by the terrorists?
6. Why our commandos are equipped with such low end gadgets, compared to terrorists…None of the commandos are carrying instruments like thermal heat sensors, night vision goggles, communication gadgets etc., they were relying on the age-old walkie talkie models where the spectrum can be identified by the terrorist with simple equipments and monitor all the messages send / received by the commandos…
7. Why none of the operations look like a terrorist combat operation, instead it was looking like a team of Red Cross crops….trying to help the victims to reach hospitals….
8. 50 hours of continuous combat…is it humanly possible? or are we missing something , the estimated terrorists are much more than what we can think of…where by they are operating in shifts???
9. How come the constables standing in front of Taj / Oberoi was without bullet proof vest, are they sure that the terrorist were not going to use that exit?
These are some of them……many more to follow…..
PS: This blog is not to criticize NSG Commandos or MARCOS or even Mumbai Police on their gallant efforts to help our people , sacrificed their lives to save our city. Instead its a pointer which make common man like us to think about there are certain missing links and uncertain questions which arise in our mind when we walk out of our homes…I salute all the gallant officers involved in the operations to rescue our people and save our city and my deep condolences to the family / friends who have lost their near and dear one in this attack…these questions should not be misinterpreted as criticism
Ministers visit at the combat site justified ?
1. Cheif minister of Maharashtra
2. Sonia Gandhi
3. Manmohan Singh
4. R.R. Patil
5. Narendra Modi
These are some of the brave hearts who visited the combat location…for what to get them selves killed? or they were very sure that nothing will happen to them…is this something to think about?
Your soldiers and commandos are trying their best to combat the situations with the out-dated technology gadgets (as compared to the terrorists) , your news channels are spreading the news that RDX and other IEDs are found outside Taj / Trident hotel, was it a wise move by these leaders to visit these locations…
What were they trying to prove? they are as brave as their soldiers? (god-forbid) what if any one of the explosive goes off at the time of their visit? What if one of the terrorist fires these guys through the hotel window?
What were they thinking???? If anything happened to them wont that be “a feather in the cap” of the these terrorists? Or they were very sure that the terrorists will not shoot / attack at them???……
