stratfor.com - 12/4/2008
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On the surface, last week’s attack on Mumbai was remarkable for its execution and apparently unconventional tactics. But when compared to a plot uncovered 15 years ago that targeted prominent hotels in Manhattan, it becomes apparent that the Mumbai attack was not so original after all. The 1993 ...
boston.com - 11/28/2008
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boston.com —
Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the
target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation
remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on ...
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Mumbai under attack
link.brightcove.com - 12/2/2008
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Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: A Straggler's Thanksgiving
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... • From the New York Landmarks Plot to the Mumbai Attack : "On the surface, last week’s attack on Mumbai was remarkable for its execution and apparently unconventional tactics. But when compared to a plot uncovered 15 years ago that targeted prominent hotels in Manhattan, it becomes apparent that the Mumbai attack was not so original after all." • ...
Mumbai Off the Shelf Plan A New York Replay
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. —
Stratfor provides another interesting take that seems to reflect an earlier report that this attack was an "off the shelf plan" tweaked for Mumbai. Mumbai and the New York Landmarks Plot The plan included entry into the island by sea and to blow the Lincoln and Holland tunnels to cut off entry and exit from the island. Attacking multiple sites to sow chaos and using decoy vehicles to confuse responders and gain entry. Stratfor goes on to outline the attack including the prepositioning of arms, munition and food as well as infiltrating the staff of the hotel. They continue ...
Mumbai and Obama
Antiwar.com Original —
... ." Stratfor.com has also noted similarities between the attacks in Mumbai and a plot that U.S. authorities thwarted against New York City's financial centers and prestigious hotels, where foreign visitors and high-ranking officials are likely to be staying or meeting, dubbed the Landmarks Plot, back in 1993. The similarities suggest, according to Stratfor, that the plan to disrupt Mumbai was an "off-the-shelf" scheme adapted to Mumbai. This could mean that whatever group pulled off the Mumbai attacks is already in close contact with ...
Mitigating Mumbai
AmericanTruckersAtWar —
... . According to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the Mumbai attack deserves attention because it raises important questions about the plans of U.S. authorities to prevent, prepare for and respond to similar attacks directed against targets in the United States. As we’ve previously pointed out, the tactics employed in the Mumbai attack were not new or remarkable , although the attackers did incorporate some tactical innovations due to their use of modern technology. As shown by a long string of historic terror attacks, armed assaults can be quite effective. There are a number of ...
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Report: Shots at Mumbai office of Jewish group
democraticunderground.com 11/27/2008 — Source: [b]AP[/b]
Report: Shots at Mumbai office of Jewish group
MUMBAI, India Media reports say gunmen seized the Mumbai headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch overnight, and that shots have now been heard coming from the building.
Representatives ...
The attacks in Mumbai
washingtonmonthly.com 11/27/2008 — THE ATTACKS IN MUMBAI.... Terrorist attacks are not, tragically, entirely uncommon in India, especially this year, but the events in Mumbai have been on another level of magnitude. Indian police commandos rescued some hostages on Thursday as standoffs ...
Mumbai
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 11/28/2008 — Happy Thanksgiving, indeed. From the Lede , last night: Earlier, Suketu Mehta, who compared Mumbai to New York in his book Maximum City ,
attempted to put the scale of the attack in Mumbai in perspective for
New Yorkers, saying that it would be "as ...
Mumbai Attacks and Indian Economy
juancole.com 11/28/2008 — Aljazeera English reports on the potential economic impact of the Mumbai attacks. I don't think there are long-term economic implications of the attack as long as Mumbai authorities put in basic security in key areas. In the Middle East, the ...
"They work every day" -- in Mumbai bombing
correntewire.com 11/30/2008 — Reuters :
Staff emerge as heroes in Mumbai hotel sieges
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prashant Mangeshikar could be dead, one of more than a hundred victims of militant attacks across Mumbai landmarks, if it had not been for an employee at the Taj Mahal ...
Mumbai: Graveyard Owner Refuses To Bury Terrorists
mypetjawa.mu.nu 12/1/2008 — Maybe Lashkar-e-Taiba will claim them. MUMBAI, India (AP) _ A Muslim graveyard has refused to bury nine gunmen who terrorized Mumbai over three days last week, leaving at least 172 people dead and wreaking havoc at some of its most...
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