Television grab from Indian channel AAJTAK TV shows a helicopter approaching a building in Mumbai. Special forces stormed a Jewish centre in Mumbai Friday as part of efforts to end a hostage crisis and flush out Islamic militants behind an audacious assault on the city that left 130 people dead. (AFP/AAJTAK)From The Telegraph:
The Army of Muhammad is back. This was the message buzzing in radical Islamist circles yesterday as the world tried to absorb the shock of the terrorist attacks in Bombay, India's economic capital.
While it is not yet clear which group was behind the attacks, it looks as if the perpetrators were trying to imitate the tactic of ghazwa, used by the Prophet against Meccan caravans in his decade-long campaign to seize control of the city.
The tactic consists of surprise no-holds-barred attacks simultaneously launched against a caravan or settlement with the aim of demoralising the enemy and hastening his capitulation.
The Bombay attacks differed from previous terror operations in India in a number of ways. In the past, one approach had been to place explosive-packed devices in crowded places with the aim of killing large numbers at random. Another was suicide attacks on specific targets by lone "volunteers for martyrdom".
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My Comment: These tactics are far more effective than suicide attacks, car bombs, or the lone gunmen. When you consider the propaganda value .... what the terrorists did in Mumbai almost equals to what happened on 9/11.
Terrorist attacks in the future are going to mirror what happened in Mumbai this week.