Mumbai Terrorist Attacks Will Have An Impact On India'S Economy

The Mumbai terrorist attack presents three characteristics that will impact India's economy. According to Reuters, India police said today that the number of victims in the Mumbai serial terrorist attacks on the evening of 26 has risen to 101, including 6 foreigners.

An Islamic Organization calling itself "Dewar Jihad" has declared responsibility for the serial terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

This website connects Fu Xiaoqiang, an associate researcher of China Modern International Relations Research Institute.

There are three characteristics of this terrorist attack. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have the following three new characteristics compared with the past: 1, targeting officers from the US and European countries and India government agencies.

The two luxury hotels that the terrorists attacked were five star hotels with more foreigners. 2, terrorists used a comprehensive attack.

In addition to previous terrorist attacks mainly using bombs, the terrorist attacks also used a variety of means: automatic rifles, bombs, grenades, and kidnapped some hostages; 3, the attack was carefully planned.

The terrorist attacks took place in more than a dozen places, which greatly distracted the attention of the India police. It was very difficult to rescue hostages.

It is understood that the India police have used a variety of special forces and other police force, but still did not search and rescue hostages, due to the careful planning of terrorists, search and rescue will be more difficult.

What is the organization of the "holy war" - the holy war army? After a terrorist attack, an Islamic Organization called the "Deccan Jihad" claimed responsibility.

For the organization, Fu Xiaoqiang called the organization as if it had emerged overnight and seemed to be a new organization from its name.

But in recent years, terrorist attacks in India have seen a new feature of terrorist organizations: localization of terrorist organizations.

There are complex religious contradictions in India itself. Islamic extremist forces also exist in large numbers, such as the Islamic student movement (SIMI) and the India jihad army.

In addition, some organizations have changed their names in the past terrorist activities to create panic.

The dewar jihad army may have been replaced by a more famous terrorist organization.

In addition, from the careful planning of the bombing case, it can be seen that this is not a new organization, and traces of old organizations may be related to terrorist organizations such as rush Carle militia and Kashmir radical organization "the Allah army". Therefore, the India police may also target the organization.

Besides, from the perspective of this terrorist attack, it can not be ruled out that the organization is related to the Al Qaeda or at least the concept is influenced by the Al Qaeda.

For the root cause of this terrorist attack, Fu Xiaoqiang said that there had been a clash between Muslims and Hinduism in India. The government has not been able to solve this problem from the root cause. The sectarian clash that existed for a long time has laid a curse on this serial explosion.

Terrorist attacks will have an impact on India's economy and the ruling party. Fu Xiaoqiang's associate research fellow made the following analysis of the possible impact of the Mumbai serial explosion.

The terrorist attacks in Mumbai will first produce three impacts on India: first, India's tourism and economy will be impacted.

Mumbai, as a financial and economic center of India, suffered from this series of explosions and the previous explosion, which will inevitably cause tourism impact and cause psychological panic to foreign tourists. Besides, India's investment environment will also be affected. India now faces the double impact of global financial crisis and terrorist attacks.

Secondly, it will have a certain impact on the ruling party of India.

India will hold a general election next year. This terrorist attack will pose a threat to the ruling position of the Congress party.

The terrorist attacks and the recent terrorist attacks in India will surely shake the position of the Congress party.

Finally, the attack will trigger and aggravate hatred and conflict between India's domestic sects.

Terrorist attacks will further strengthen the anti-terrorism cooperation between the United States and India, in addition to the impact on India, and will also have some impact on the international level.

According to Fu Xiaoqiang's analysis, from the targets of this terrorist attack, foreigners, including tourists from the United States and Britain, were chosen as targets of attack and kidnapping. They can see the hidden targets of terrorists: warn India not to go too close to the western countries such as the United States and Britain, especially India has recently signed a nuclear agreement with the United States.

In addition, if the organization is linked to Al Qaeda, attacks on the United States and Britain and other foreigners also serve al Qaeda's global goals.

As to whether the bombing will affect us Indian relations, Fu Xiaoqiang believes that not only will it not affect, but it will further strengthen the cooperation between the United States and Britain and India on anti-terrorism issues.

After the terrorist attack, the United States held a meeting to discuss the countermeasures overnight. The United Kingdom also strongly condemned the terrorist activities for the first time. It seems that the US and India will further strengthen cooperation on anti-terrorism issues in the future.