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India: Cricket and Ongoing Security Fears

Mar 25, 2009 | 16:15 GMT

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Summary

India announced the decision to move the Indian Premier League cricket tournament to South Africa on March 22. Fears of an overstretched security apparatus facing both the tournament and national elections prompted the move, which has already become politicized. Despite the decisions, the Islamist militant threat to India remains.

Despite India's decision to move a major cricket tournament to South Africa out of security fears, another major Islamist attack in the South Asian country is inevitable.v...

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