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The Mumbai Attacks: More Than Meets the Eye
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Jeremy R. Hammond
Foreign Policy Journal
December 4, 2008
Details have emerged regarding who was responsible for the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, with the evidence pointing to the Pakistani-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). But the trail doesn’t end there.
Indications of a coming attack were reportedly received by intelligence agencies well in advance. US signals intelligence (SIGINT) picked up a spike in “chatter” indicating something was brewing, which was supported by information from assets in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some of the information that was received by US intelligence was passed on to India as early as September.
The details were specific. The CIA station chief in Delhi reportedly met with his counterpart at India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), to pass on intelligence that LeT was planning a major attack that would come from the sea.
Less than a week before the attacks, a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan purportedly killed a British citizen of Pakistani descent named Rashid Rauf, who was suspected of planning to blow up commercial airliners flying from Britain to the U.S. He fled Britain in 2002 after being suspected of stabbing to death his uncle, Mohammed Saeed. He settled in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and married a relative of Maulana Masood Azhar, the leader of another militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
Besides being linked to JeM, he was also suspected by some intelligence sources of having connections to the ISI. Pakistani authorities arrested him in Bahawalpur in August 2006 at the behest of British authorities, but he escaped police custody when they allowed him to enter a mosque ostensibly to say afternoon prayers. While police waited outside, Rauf walked out the back door. He may have just escaped, but there were also rumors that he was secretly taken into custody by the ISI in a plan that kept him under wraps while preventing him from being extradited to Britain.
The location of Rauf was reportedly given to U.S. officials by the Pakistani government, and may have been a move calculated to appease the U.S. over charges that elements of the ISI are still assisting militants engaged in cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. Earlier this year, terrorists bombed the Indian embassy in Kabul, and both India and the U.S. claimed that the ISI had been involved in the attack.
The airstrike that killed Rauf may also have been the result of early information obtained on the attack on Mumbai, as intelligence agencies reportedly had learned that he was involved in the planning of a major upcoming terrorist event. They may have sought to take him out before such an attack could occur.
Indian intelligence had obtained its own warnings of an attack. One indication was a request from a LeT operative to obtain international SIM cards for an upcoming operation. There was also information that a LeT team was training at a camp near Karachi, and that part of their training was to prepare for launching attacks from the sea. The team was trained under Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, also known as “Chacha”. Also among the information received was that the Taj Mahal hotel was pinpointed as a major target.
As a result, security at the hotel was increased, but was lessened again just a week prior to the attacks because of complaints from the hotel’s clients. Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, which owns the hotel, acknowledged that warnings of a possible attack had been received.
The Tata Group is also invested in the energy sector, and stands to gain from the recent deal between the U.S. and India, which would provide India with nuclear resources outside of the framework of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards system. Pakistan has voiced its opposition to the U.S. deal with its nuclear-armed neighbor.
On November 18, RAW intercepted a satellite phone conversation made to a number in Lahore, Pakistan, known to be used by the military commander of LeT known alternatively by the names Yusuf Muzammil or Abu Hurrera, also known as “Yahah”. The caller notified his handlers that he was heading for Mumbai with unspecified cargo.
As a result of the intelligence it had received, India’s Navy and Coast Guard were on the lookout for suspicious ships entering Indian territorial waters, and were specifically told to watch for an unidentified ship coming from Karachi.
Only one of the terrorists in the Mumbai attacks was captured alive, Azam Amir Kasab, a resident of the territory of Punjab in Pakistan. According to reports, he has told his interrogators a great deal about how the attacks went down.
Kasab confessed to being a member of LeT. He and his fellow terrorists were instructed to target foreigners, particularly Americans, British, and Israelis. They had set out from Karachi in a ship called the “MV Alpha”, which is allegedly owned by Dawood Ibrahim, a terrorist wanted by India in connection with bombings in Bombay in 1993 that resulted in 250 deaths. Ibrahim is also wanted by Interpol, and has been designated a global terrorist by the U.S.
Confronted with increased naval patrols that were boarding and searching suspect vessels, the team hijacked a fishing trawler called the “Kuber”, registration number 2303, and killed most of its crew except for Amarsinh Solanki, whom they kept alive to help navigate.
On November 26, as the terrorists neared their target destination, they killed Solanki by slitting his throat. An associate of Ibrahim’s in Mumbai had arranged to pick the team up in inflatable rubber dinghies. They went ashore at about 9pm. Witnesses reported seeing them land in the dinghies, which were unusual among the common wooden fishing boats, and unloading a number of large bags.
Once on shore near the Gateway to India, Mumbai’s main landing point near the Naval dockyard, the team split up. Four men went to the Taj Mahal hotel, where an advance team had already checked in on November 22 and set up a control room. Two went to the Nariman House, the Mumbai headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch, an ultra-orthodox Jewish group. Another acquisitioned a taxi and drove to the railway station. Two others headed to the Leopold restaurant, a hot spot for foreign visitors to Mumbai.
At about 9:20pm, one team arrived at the Nariman House, where they took hostages, while another opened fire at the Leopold café. At 9:45, terrorists entered both the Taj Mahal and Trident Oberoi hotels, where hostages were again taken. At 10:15, two of the men began firing indiscriminately outside the Cama hospital. At 10:30, terrorists entered the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station and again opened fire.
According to Pakistan’s Daily Times, the terrorists identified and killed two U.S. intelligence officers at the Taj Mahal hotel.
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December 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
INSIDE JOB!! PROBABLY OUR OWN SPECIAL FORCES!! AND ITS KILLS ME TOO SAY THAT
December 4th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I’m not so sure it was an inside job, but this is all very convenient to make Pakistan the next target on the U.S(NWO) agenda. VERY SUSPECT….
December 4th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
More replies please
December 4th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
We are really not very well liked around the world since we, as a nation, abandoned our U.S Constitution and allowed th leberal eastern establishment to subvert our Christian value system and replace it with Dharma. It won’t be long now and “the long knives” will have everything in place for the subversion of These United States into a slave state. God help us …HE would if we were to show the initiative to help OURSELVES first. BUT, we as a nation of emasculated male animals have simultaneously abandoned our call to manhood. We are a nation of sissies, fairies, dykes, whores, whoremongers and spoiled brats, corrupt politicians, hypocritical church leaders and otherwise greedy, selfish wasted Israelite humanity. Do we deserve GODS’ help? You answer that for yourself.
December 4th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I still dont get U.S Intelligence.
Evrything I have ever seen/heard indicates that all Amaericans are dumb as dog shit.
Can someone explain where this term comes from.
Oh and the DEFENSE Force. All they do is ATTACK.
Thats another one I will have to look up.
Maybe it’s a joke. Americans are funny little fellas, arent they.
December 4th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Who you calling little boy? Don’t let this sloped forehead, closely spaced eyes, and flabby, hairy, torso confuse you. We are darn clever, and if you don’t believe me, we’ll come invade your terrorist abetting asses too. Your either with us or with the terrorists. What are you some kind of fruity, cultured, European? Shit we’re defending the free world here, one country at a time, we ain’t got no reason to be ‘thinking about stuff’, besides it’s hard to concentrate with all that automatic weapons fire and women and children screaming in the background. Thinking? You sound like one of those damn fancy pants liberals, with all them there big words and such. You hate Americans, because you don’t love freedom, your probably a damn Communist to boot.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Like a rag-tag of Pakistani rebels were used as a “false flag” operation. False flag for what? There’s no war in India. We need to focus on where the real wars are ongoing, Iraq and Afghanistan.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
lol Typical American..are you living in a different dimension?!
December 4th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
#7 You have made my day and point.
Good luck with your stupidity. You funny little fella you.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
What do you mean living in another dimension? You one of them New Age hippie liberals, smoking dope, looking for spaceships? Sweet Jesus, when I was growing up, we were happy just to drink Schaefer Beer and to beat up black people. What did you watch too much of that there X-files, with your heathen, bisexual, pinko, frat, buddies. It’s them damn video games rotting your brain, making your pecker soft. Sounds like some kind of Marxist Ideology? Do you drink blood and howl at the moon too boy? Another dimension my ass. You need to get laid.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Damn busted, I forgot to switch screen names, when I was fucking with ya. Stupid American.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
why do you idiots always attack eachother???? why not try saying something insightful about the article?
December 4th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I have to say this operation was either a product of astronomical odds, or strictly a NWO Satanic masterpiece. I think the later, a work of prescient evil genius!
December 4th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Pathetic, people use the response area to talk trash. Sure, they are infowarrior patriots in their own minds. If this is where the patriots gather to comment, then I praise the New World Order for planning to kill these dumb asses off. Seems very necessary.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I have to say this operation was either a product of astronomical odds, or strictly a Satanic NWO masterpiece. I think the later, a work of prescient evil genius!
December 5th, 2008 at 12:22 am
“Responsibility for the attacks was claimed via e-mail by a previously unknown group calling itself Deccan Mujahideen. This appears to be a front, apparently designed to direct blame upon groups within India and give the appearance of a home-grown terrorist attack.”
HAHAHA
This means Paul Jospeh Watson fell for the bait!!! He went hook line and sinker for the homegrown terrorist rouse.
Way to go. Stuff like this is the reason your not a real journalist.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:51 am
I think Alex is right when he says that this is probably the beginning of the “Crisis” that Biden and Powell said would “test” B. Hussein in his first few months of office, I mean after all, we gotta go and catch the GHOST of Osama. I pray to God that the American people will start to see that Obama is nothing more than a PUPPET. But I know that we are definately nearing the End Times, and while it is important to try and wake up our fellow man, we will not be able to defeat the New World Order. The Only one who can defeat them is Jesus Christ. For those of you who don’t believe in God, it says in Revelation that there will be a One World Government in the end times. The one world government is now emerging so open your damned eyes.
December 5th, 2008 at 1:36 am
amen
December 5th, 2008 at 2:11 am
#15 Lighten up buddy, the truth is we are all fucked.
Might as well have a laugh now cause in a few months time you wont be allowed to.
We’re just having a giggle because there’s no point in moaning any more.
If you had any idea of the depth of the shit we are in as a species you probably wouldnt be so serious.
And if you feel bad because you are a dumb fuck american that voted for obama or voted at all, you are forgiven.
December 5th, 2008 at 2:53 am
To #4…. pretty much correct. Also, considered this:
> Millions of funamentalist chistians that are waitng for Someone to come and save them while they reliquish all their power. ( someone else will do the dirty work while they relax )
> They create inertia for other people who want to reclaim and advance their freedoms. (you cant reason with them, they know it all )
> They are actually causing this to happen because of their complacency and ignorance. ( they accept it )
> Their is no bravery. ( they are in the comfort zone waiting for the lolly pop, while the ship sinks)
> They think it is God’s will that this country is destroyed and the world comes to an end. ( they think God is out side of themselves )
> Their attitude sucks.
Truth = A 3lb. cat can make a 200lb. human leave it alone if it gets agitated enough. It doesn’t need any help. It’s got what it takes!
December 5th, 2008 at 3:34 am
nonsense
December 5th, 2008 at 8:16 am
This here some sorry commentary. Disgraces infowars/prisonplanet. Shame!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Maxfli–You believe that americans are the Israelite people of the Bible?
December 5th, 2008 at 8:49 am
There’s so much compartmentalization within the intelligence community that … very frequently … the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. That’s just the nature of covert operations, as Oliver North tried to explain. Hence, we have the plausible deniability that protects the government from the workings of the shadow government. Yes, even Station Chiefs can be left out of the loop and when reports of “chatter” start coming in … the first question to be asked is usually “Are we running this operation or is this something another group is running?” It’s a dog eat dog world. Killing one’s own in order to maintain plausible deniability is an accepted practice in the intelligence community. That’s what happens when you run with the big dogs.
Sadly, when outsiders try to unravel the Gordian Knot of any given operation … they’re written off as “conspiracy kooks” and are dismissed out of hand. When the truth comes out decades down the road … no one seems to care and there’s very little satisfaction in being able to say, “I told you so!”
December 5th, 2008 at 9:14 am
In todays real world,all of us who have been enlightened by Alex or someone else know that these type of large scale attacks are and historically have always been state sponcered false flag operations,that is a given.And the people who still will not face the truth and call you a conspiracy nut are brainless idiots who never will face the truth..And by the way ,all the 9-11 truth movements have been infiltrated with false information,that is another given.Bush and Cheney were NOT behind the 9-11 attacks.I hope you all realize that by now.That is simply part of the dis-information that everyone was supposed to believe.They are merely puppets willing to take the blame for the real perpetrators.People who try to blame it on some imaginary powerful neo-nazi group are also full of dis-information and are actually helping the dis-information effort and you are doing more harm than good.You know who you are so wake up and get a life..Thrush and Spectre are fictional hollywood.Everyone with a brain should have figured out,maybe not any specific names(only the guilty know who they are for sure),but must realize what group was behind it ,so there is no reason to give you my opinion or best guess.The cover up was obviously in the works well before the actual attack.We all have irrefutable proof-the bbc reporting the collapse of building 7 almost 20 minutes before it actually happened-so if you have done some historical research it then becomes all too obvious who was actually behind it,need I say more?It is too dangerous to talk about.”From the wilderness” is a professional dis-information website.You’ve got to admit he’s good though.So are many others and they had most of us duped for a long time,but not anymore.We should have known that the cover-up was of course going to be huge,convincing and all incompassing.I mean of course!We were all stupid suckers,but we know better now,at least I hope some of you out there have learned and know the truth by now.
December 5th, 2008 at 10:21 am
They’re almost ready to do it.
http://patriotscave.blogspot.com/
December 5th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
look at this its realy escaleting now!!!!
http://in.reuters.com/article/.....0720081205
they officialy blaimt pakistan army(ISI) now!!!!!!
watch this link!!!!!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Alex your minions are driveing me crazy, with wich post gets in and wich gets out.
aaaaaaargh!!
ALEX!!!!
im getting scared about wasting my time posting, un fucken belivable.
damn, this aint good.
Alexander, you dont have faith anymore, i understand you, trust me, im not a fallen, you need the un-fallen Alexand’re. but, i bet the mods wont show you all the fuss, from yestarday.
anyway, i hold no hate, yestarday i hated, today, im upset
HW Spartan
PS; im speechless to the point ,where if i here any more comercials, i go ape shit. i hate comercials that have no “end days” help. i like the seeds stuff, the water…but
why the repeated 9\11 comercials… to people who know about the inside job? (note;im not one of those that say it was bin laden, but i also dont say it was a “inside job, Demons dont attack demons)
aaaaargh!
PPS; hahahahahahaha (throws keyboard out window) smashhhhhhhhhhhh!
PPPS; maybe they are blocking certain posts from here(australia)?
mmmm you know what Alex, i think im getting blocked from here, on certain KEY POSTS that i submit
if thats the case, i oppologize about my recent posts, BUT
BUT.
December 6th, 2008 at 1:06 am
more than meets the eye
hahaha
that is a understatment,
i think we humans have run out of bubble gum, well guess what happens when we are all out of gum…
.. time to kick ass.
hahaha
HW Spartan
PS; to the mods and Alex, i fully opologize ,from the bottom of my heart, about my last 20 or so posts, i ran out of bubble gum, along time ago, hahah
no, really ,sorry folks, not my self last few weeks
now, getting back to the topic
i find it funny, that a Anti terroists guy was killed and a Greek\cyprian shipping tycoon was killed
they, and many more, where exterminated by non-terroists, then there bodies were thrown amoung the dead… for Gods sake, the Greek\cyprian guy, was on camera one minute, then found dead after??????????????????????????????????/
also i belive the same people killed the Anti terroist guy, by the same people who killed the Greek guy.
how many other, people where killed by shadow men, then thrown in the mix????????
December 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Another professional job by the global elite’s special ops…Even if the truth were to leak out somehow, bribes, intimidation and assassination (let alone obfuscation) would be used to maintain the rotted status quo hypnotism of the masses…They have all the hit-money in the world: any fool will make a good fall-guy…
December 7th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Suspended Rane sees politicians’ hand in Mumbai terror attacks
December 07, 2008
Claims he has evidence to prove that local leaders were involved and will reveal all in right time.
Narayan Rane, suspended by the Congress for his outburst against Sonia Gandhi when he didn’t get the CM’s post, launched another broadside on Saturday, this time alleging the involvement of local political leaders in the terrorist attack on Mumbai. “I have concrete information that anti-national elements were provided logistics and financial support by political leaders.” According to him, no terrorist operation of this magnitude was possible without support from local political leaders. He did not name the leaders or their party. He only said he would disclose details “at an appropriate time”.
Reacting to the charge, BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde said, “We have always maintained it was the ruling Congress-NCP administration’s failure on all fronts. But if somebody from the Congress is levelling such a charge, it cannot be overlooked.”
A senior Congress minister said, “I think the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) officials should immediately interrogate Rane to ascertain the facts. If he has concrete information, he should immediately share it with the investigating officials. And if he’s lying Rane should be dealt accordingly.”
While ATS and crime branch officials maintained silence, a minister close to NCP president Sharad Pawar expressed shock: “Doesn’t he realise the impact it will have in international fora?”
Refusing to divulge his gameplan, Rane made it clear that he was ready to engage in a long drawn out battle with Deshmukh, he said, “I am going to expose his misdeed every day. Waiving a copy of a CAG report. Deshmukh invited adverse remarks for misappropriation of Rs1.19 crore invested in Vilasrao Deshmukh Latur Institution.”