India+Terror+Attack

**12/01/2008 **
 * India Terror Attack **

Date of attacks: Nov. 26 ended Nov 29th  10 militants picked for operation out of 24 militants trained in Pakistan  1 militant captured Ajmal Amir Kasab,  Assault on two luxury hotels, a cafe, a rail station and a Jewish center  195 people killed total, deadliest attack in India for 15 years  22 foreigners including 6 US citizens, 20 police officers including head of Anti-Terrorism Squad  gunmen were trained in Pakistan and came to Mumbai on boats via the Arabian Sea It took 10 hours to get Indian commandos into position to fight the militants Bomb blasts in Idia since May have killed 260 people and injured hundreds.  **Militants Training: ** The U.S. doesn’t believe Pakistan’s government was involved in the attacks.  The outlawed Lashkar-i-Taiba,a Kashmiri guerilla group alleged to have carried out the attacks, still operates training camps for militants inside Pakistan and has expanded its membership.  Kasab said the terrorists were trained by a former soldier in seven phases, including the use of weapons and ammunition and such physical activity as diving, running and swimming, the newspaper reported, citing the unidentified people. 

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">India Statements: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Dec. 1 India blamed “elements” from Pakistan for last week’s deadly Mumbai terror attacks and told Pakistan to match its words of cooperation with “strong action” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Prime Minister [|Manmohan Singh] on Nov. 27 said India will “go after” individuals and organizations behind the assault, while Pakistan President [|Asif Ali Zardari] said his government will act, provided there’s evidence. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> “Indian and Pakistan political leaders are wiser after the experience of 2002,” said New Delhi- defense analyst. Statements by the Indian officials are “carefully nuanced where attention is drawn to elements in Pakistan” without “casting aspersions on the Pakistani state.” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> “Police are overworked, understaffed and undertrained.” [|Vikram Sood], former director of India’s foreign intelligence agency, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Indian government officials said that although they had ruled out military action in response to the attacks, they were considering calling off the ongoing dialogue with Pakistan or suspending the five-year-old official cease-fire on the border. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Pakistan Statements: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> “Non-state actors” were forcing their agenda and Pakistan’s government “will cooperate with India in exposing and apprehending the culprits” behind the attacks, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Nov. 28. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Pakistan’s political leaders will meet tomorrow to discuss security policy. Prime Minister [|Yousuf Raza Gilani] will head the meeting to assess the regional situation, according to Zahid Bashir, the Pakistani premier’s press secretary.