Old rivalries

The left-liberal daily La Repubblica writes that the massacre in Mumbai will intensify old rivalries between India and Pakistan: "And if the suspicions between these two nuclear superpowers turn into an acute mental crisis, the situation will get really dangerous. ... From the tangle of terrorist groups, each with their own motivations and plans, the following idea is crystallising: independent movements are spreading the Islamist gangrene throughout the Asian subcontinent. It's easy to believe that the source of this disease lies in Afghanistan, with its formidable and cavernous hinterland Pakistan. With its frequently violent mosaic of religions, India is like a great promised land. Al-Qaida is more an inspiration than an organisation. If the already strained relations between these two nuclear powers are further poisoned, what today seems like a nightmare scenario may become reality."

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