Comments on: More Bomb Posts … In Trinidad and Tobago http://globalvoicesonline.org/2005/07/12/more-bomb-posts-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 23 May 2012 21:56:21 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christopher Yee Mon http://globalvoicesonline.org/2005/07/12/more-bomb-posts-in-trinidad-and-tobago/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 Christopher Yee Mon Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:08:59 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=364#comment-1675 I hope that this highlights to the rest of the world and more importantly to ourselves, how bad crime is becoming in the Caribbean I hope that this highlights to the rest of the world and more importantly to ourselves, how bad crime is becoming in the Caribbean

]]> By: Taran http://globalvoicesonline.org/2005/07/12/more-bomb-posts-in-trinidad-and-tobago/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Taran Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:15:03 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=364#comment-1656 Err. Ok. I'm getting dizzy here while the site changes. :-) Sirius has simply been the best on coverage from the island of Trinidad. Really great, world class blogging which I am very, very, VERY happy to have found happening. As far as 'Al Quaeda', well, that's sensationalism. In fact, I just posted that the police do have a suspect who was injured during the bombing. The actual picture of the dustbin which was blown up kind of puts things in perspective. The Jamaat al Muslimeen are probably suspected by everyone. The three groups that get blamed in such instances are: (1) Present Government (PNM), (2) Opposition (UNC), and (3) Jamaat al Muslimeen. Trinidad and Tobago has lots of news which doesn't make it onto the internet - bomb scares, etc - which therefore make people feel that they never existed before, especially if they are not from the region. The crime situation - and there is a severe crime situation - may well be the issue. The local extremist factions have been caught with far deadlier toys, and if they had wanted to make a statement they probably would have made a *statement*. While it's very convenient to pull Trinidad and Tobago into the Al Quaeda business, twist it into a 9/11 or a 7/7, and get lots of people reading unsubstantiated claims. While Trinidad and Tobago lags in a lot of areas, it is ahead in one thing: Unlike Osama bin Laden - everyone typically knows where Abu Bakr is. Err. Ok. I’m getting dizzy here while the site changes. :-)

Sirius has simply been the best on coverage from the island of Trinidad. Really great, world class blogging which I am very, very, VERY happy to have found happening.

As far as ‘Al Quaeda’, well, that’s sensationalism. In fact, I just posted that the police do have a suspect who was injured during the bombing. The actual picture of the dustbin which was blown up kind of puts things in perspective. The Jamaat al Muslimeen are probably suspected by everyone. The three groups that get blamed in such instances are: (1) Present Government (PNM), (2) Opposition (UNC), and (3) Jamaat al Muslimeen.

Trinidad and Tobago has lots of news which doesn’t make it onto the internet – bomb scares, etc – which therefore make people feel that they never existed before, especially if they are not from the region. The crime situation – and there is a severe crime situation – may well be the issue. The local extremist factions have been caught with far deadlier toys, and if they had wanted to make a statement they probably would have made a *statement*.

While it’s very convenient to pull Trinidad and Tobago into the Al Quaeda business, twist it into a 9/11 or a 7/7, and get lots of people reading unsubstantiated claims. While Trinidad and Tobago lags in a lot of areas, it is ahead in one thing: Unlike Osama bin Laden – everyone typically knows where Abu Bakr is.

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