Cady Barrett
28 November 2008
Religious Conflicts

If the attacks on Christians were not enough, India has new troubles on the horizon. With the most recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai, causing all westerners to be evacuated from the country, the world is now watching as the religious conflicts grow worse. With a country of 1.9 billion people, 119 were killed on Wednesday and Thursday by a terrorist group thought to be Islamic. Some believe that the conflict happening in Iraq is now shifting to India. India is one of the world’s largest growing countries, not only population wise but economically as well. After the attacks the democratic country has now joined the world in a global war on terror. It has been said that many of the terrorist groups are going to target the democratic south Asia countries. In Mumbai alone there are 19 million currently living, and with the massive attacks and bombings the city is in shambles. Early this morning, Indian commandos freed dozens of hostages, but could not free dozens more trapped in the Oberoi Hotel. More than 400 people were brought out of the Taj Mahal hotel. Survivors reported seeing death on the streets in the form of dozens of dead bodies. At least 288 people have been injured in the attacks so says the State Department. All of this troubles me personally because of the violence already occurring in India between the Christians and the Hindus. With all of this conflict now occurring in the East could is spread to the West? And furthermore could this be the beginning of the third world war?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-27-mumbai_N.htm