Well known author, Deepak Chopra, was interviewed by Larry King on CNN post the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Remember, Chopra was born in New Delhi.
"You know, this is Obama's opportunity to actually harness the help of the Muslims.
You know, there's 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. That's 25 percent of the population of the world. It's the fastest-growing religion in the world. We cannot, if we do not appease and actually recruit the help of this Muslim world, we're going to have a problem on our hands.
And we cannot go after the wrong people, as we did after 9/11, because then the whole collateral damage that occurs actually aggravates the situation."
Read the full interview, republished on AlterNet, here.
Meanwhile, AlterNet also carries a piece drawing together some sources of information on the Mumbai attacks, including this rather startling revelation from Outlook India.com that by mid-September, Indian agencies knew that the attack would come from the sea and by mid-November, they knew that the Taj hotel would be targeted.
"You know, this is Obama's opportunity to actually harness the help of the Muslims.
You know, there's 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. That's 25 percent of the population of the world. It's the fastest-growing religion in the world. We cannot, if we do not appease and actually recruit the help of this Muslim world, we're going to have a problem on our hands.
And we cannot go after the wrong people, as we did after 9/11, because then the whole collateral damage that occurs actually aggravates the situation."
Read the full interview, republished on AlterNet, here.
Meanwhile, AlterNet also carries a piece drawing together some sources of information on the Mumbai attacks, including this rather startling revelation from Outlook India.com that by mid-September, Indian agencies knew that the attack would come from the sea and by mid-November, they knew that the Taj hotel would be targeted.
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