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Old 23-06-2008, 08:00 AM   #86 (permalink)
MrHat
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Originally Posted by duffer View Post
Well the reason I hear from many cricketers when discussing security dangers is that they don't necessarily fear being specifically targeted, their main concern was ending up as collateral and the likelihood of that happening in India is very high as well.

Every major city in the north and now the south has been the target of major attacks and now even tourist spots like Jaipur are being targeted, so although it may not be as commonplace as in Pakistan there still lies a high threat.

I don't see the relevance of putting a "Western" spin on it either, sporting teams have never been specifically targeted in Pakistan to my knowledge; foreign embassies, multinationals and government buildings are the Western targets in Pakistan. If anything the Indian team is the biggest target when touring Pakistan and yet they're happy enough to go there too.
I am not sure what cricketers think, not that they'd say so publicly anyway. CA, FICA might think differently..

And bcos it hasn't happened before, is not a reason count on it never happening.
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