Reflections on Mumbai massacre

Lashkar-e-Taiba Said Behind Mumbai Terror Attacks -Brenda Gazzar

Suspicions in the devastating Mumbai terror attacks are centering on Lashkar-e-Taiba [logo above], a Pakistani-based jihadi terror organization whose objectives include destroying India and Israel, and establishing an Islamic caliphate.

The organization is banned in India and Pakistan. During the 1990s, the group received instruction and funding from Pakistan's intelligence agency
(Jerusalem Post)


Lashkar-e-Taiba "Backed by Saudi Money" -William Kristol

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a jihadi group of Wahhabi persuasion, "backed by Saudi money and protected by Pakistani intelligence services," [a]ccording to the respected journalist and diplomat Husain Haqqani, who is now Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S.
(New York Times)



The War Against Terror Has Changed -Amos Harel

The war against terror has changed. The new scenario poses totally different challenges to anti-terror units. As soon as large areas such as hotels are attacked, the challenge becomes incalculably more complex. Anti-terror experts say that just securing one floor of a hotel where terrorists are holding hostages would take an entire unit. Even Israel does not have enough units capable of handling a few hostage-taking and other attacks simultaneously.

In light of the quality of the training the terrorists received and the number of people training together, the West should perhaps return to attacking terrorist training camps, including those in Pakistan or Lebanon.
(Ha'aretz)