Community | September 30, 2009 | 4 comments

Terror group responsible for Mumbai still intact

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/asia/30mumbai.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp

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It’s been nearly a year since Pakistani militants’ deadly attacks on Mumbai, and the NY Times reports that the group responsible, Lashkar-e-Taiba, is still alive and kicking.

"Despite pledges from Pakistan to dismantle militant groups operating on its soil, and the arrest of a handful of operatives, Lashkar has persisted, even flourished, since 10 recruits killed 163 people in a rampage through Mumbai, India’s financial capital, last November. Indian and Pakistani dossiers on the Mumbai investigations, copies of which were obtained by The New York Times, offer a detailed picture of the operations of a Lashkar network that spans Pakistan. It included four houses and two training camps here in this sprawling southern port city [Karachi] that were used to prepare the attacks."

Not great news for India or for India’s testy relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. The NYTimes also points out that the influence of the group could hurt coalition efforts in Afghanistan. Pakistan has become the fulcrum of a lot of the battle against international terror, what with the remnants of Al Qaeda in its Northwest Frontier Province, and being the home base for the Mumbai attacks of last year. But is Pakistan doing enough to combat terror? Is the ISI, the country’s spy agency, secretly backing some of these groups? Or does the government have enough power to effectively fight terror?
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4 comments // Terror group responsible for Mumbai still intact

  • freecrack
  • idealist
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      idealist  

    • this story gets more focus because how "t" word's did it. running around with machine guns and bombs.. now thats pretty scary.

    • 2 years ago
  • freecrack
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      freecrack  

    • how is it that this story gets endless coverage and nobody puts together that the attacks were focused on jews.
      why is who they were targeting not germain?
      doesnt that clarify the story? why is it overlooked?
      carmalite you are so right in that india has dealt with this for so long so i ask why does this story get more press than any of the other attacks?
      what peaked my interest was that this is the first terror attack to utilize modern infantry procedures and that the targets were jews.

    • 2 years ago
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  

    • Very bad news for India. India is strong and has had to deal with this situation for a long time. I hope the world helps her if she asks for it.

    • 2 years ago
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