MUMBAI ATTACK LOOKS LIKE AQ MODUS OPERANDI

The attack in Mumbai looks like some of those AQ plots that never quite made it into operation, at least in terms of having so many moving parts. Of course 911 was "successful" but other plots involving even more airplanes never made it into implementation.

Of course it looks like attackers, at least some from abroad, came ashore and proceeded to attack ten or more targets. They were suicidal and seemed interested in killing civilians at their various targets. Of course this maya be related to Jammu and Kashmir. In India there are a lot of attacks by insurgents and terrorists. This was on a larger scale, and obviously meant to be a spectacle.

It sounds a lot like a military operation because of the story that the group came in on a dingey after being left ten nautical miles beyond Indian waters. That requires some discipline. The terrorists reportedly
impressed the Indian forces fighting them with their professionalism with grenades and the AK.

If there is a Deccan Mujahadeen, which is the group we are told takes credit for this then we can wonder if they want to create a Hyderabad emirate. Of course the danger of communal violence after this attack by
people claiming to be doing it for the sake of Islam is heightened. Hopefully moderation and good sense prevail.

We must remember that there may be elements in Pakistan or elements in Islam that have carried out these attacks or supported them in some essential manner. This involvement of a few does not make all Pakistanis or Islamic people guilty of this assault. That is a very irrational idea and I address this admonition to Americans who are likely to need such reminders.

I don't think that the Pakistani government supported this attack although some may want it to look that way, like AQ in particular.