Getting real about jihadi terror

U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent television address, on a strategy to combat the violence and influence unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria couldn’t have come a day or a moment too soon. “Every taxpaying citizen is entitled to information on how his contribution to the government treasury is being utilised towards enhancing his safety” On the negative side however is the poor track record of our State intelligence and police agencies. In the context of the al-Qaeda’s recent announcement of the setting up of a branch in the subcontinent, all religious groups must sink their dogmatism and petty differences and take up this momentous challenge at a time when India faces immense danger from terrorism. We are happy that the Mumbai police and a few other law enforcement agencies are using social media to disseminate public safety information.