Mumbai terror attacks similar to 1993 New York Landmarks plot
The Economic Times
December 8, 2008
NEW DELHI: The meticulous planning and execution of the Mumbai terror attack, which has left the country’s security agencies scurrying for cover, might not be as original as it is presumed to be, because of its eerie resemblance to the 1993 New York Landmarks Plot, hatched by Al-Qaeda.
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When compared to an Osama bin Laden’s then-relatively new terror group’s plot to target prominent hotels and landmarks in Manhattan that was uncovered 15 years ago, the audacious last week’s attack looks like a re-play of the same.
According to US-based private Intelligence company, Stratfor, in July 1993, US counter-terrorism agents had arrested eight individuals later convicted of plotting an elaborate, multi-stage attack on key sites in Manhattan.
“The militants, who were linked to Osama bin Laden’s then-relatively new group al Qaeda, planned to storm the island armed with automatic rifles, grenades and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
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