Terrorism Terrorist Expert on Mumbai Attack: Tactics Indicate Local Indian Outfit
By Ben Cohen
According to terror expert Jason Burke, the horrific attacks on Jews, UK, U.S and Israeli citizens in Mumbai this week smacks of homegrown terrorism:
Putting together this jumble of tactics and the targeting of an
Orthodox Jewish centre and the apparent singling out of UK and US and
Israeli citizens would certainly seem to indicate a homegrown local
Indian outfit. The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is already
talking about the involvement of "external links" which could mean
al-Qaida or Pakistan, but analysts recently have down-played foreign
involvement in the series of attacks in the last 18 months. The
homegrown explanation fits, insofar as anything based on an unknown
name of an unknown group, with the claim of responsibility from the
Deccan Mujahideen who appear likely to be close to the fragmented but
effective Indian Mujahideen movement. The claims of responsibility the
Indian Mujahideen have made in recent months have been treated as
credible.
By Ben Cohen
According to terror expert Jason Burke, the horrific attacks on Jews, UK, U.S and Israeli citizens in Mumbai this week smacks of homegrown terrorism:
Putting together this jumble of tactics and the targeting of an
Orthodox Jewish centre and the apparent singling out of UK and US and
Israeli citizens would certainly seem to indicate a homegrown local
Indian outfit. The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is already
talking about the involvement of "external links" which could mean
al-Qaida or Pakistan, but analysts recently have down-played foreign
involvement in the series of attacks in the last 18 months. The
homegrown explanation fits, insofar as anything based on an unknown
name of an unknown group, with the claim of responsibility from the
Deccan Mujahideen who appear likely to be close to the fragmented but
effective Indian Mujahideen movement. The claims of responsibility the
Indian Mujahideen have made in recent months have been treated as
credible.
Orthodox Jewish centre and the apparent singling out of UK and US and
Israeli citizens would certainly seem to indicate a homegrown local
Indian outfit. The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, is already
talking about the involvement of "external links" which could mean
al-Qaida or Pakistan, but analysts recently have down-played foreign
involvement in the series of attacks in the last 18 months. The
homegrown explanation fits, insofar as anything based on an unknown
name of an unknown group, with the claim of responsibility from the
Deccan Mujahideen who appear likely to be close to the fragmented but
effective Indian Mujahideen movement. The claims of responsibility the
Indian Mujahideen have made in recent months have been treated as
credible.