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On The Verge Of Cataclysm

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The return of an old terror strategy will ultimately lead to public defiance of law in India A terrorist in action Here he is joined by an accomplice (snaps from a television footage) Fire engulfs the Taj Palace Hotel Employees and guests of the Taj Palace Hotel being rescued by a fire crew Policemen taking position at the site of attack in the Colaba area All photos above: AFP A policeman supports an elderly man after assailants opened fire at a Mumbai railway station Photo: Reuters Scenes of scare and chaos such as this one were all over the blood-splattered streets of Mumbai last night Photo: AP Some victims of the terror strike inside a local hospital Photo: AFP ______________ Surajit Dasgupta ______________ T he shooting spree that the terrorists got into last night in Mumbai, killing more than a hundred citizens and tourists, indicates a possible return of the bloodcurdling days of the modus operandi of Sikh terrorists in the Punjab-Delhi belt of the 1980s. After years of blasti