There Was A Plot To Bomb The U.S. Consulate In Mumbai Last Year

US Embassy Mumbai

Last Year, Plan To Ram Boat Into US Consulate
-- Times Of India

MUMBAI: In mid-2007, two persons from Indonesia flew into Mumbai and stayed at the Taj President off Cuffe Parade. They were exploring the
possibility of attacking Mumbai by sea. One of them was related to an accused in the al-Qaida bombing of a Bali night club in 2002, which claimed 202 lives. According to sources, the duo got in touch with an aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

For several days, the two foreign nationals scouted for an apartment in Colaba market with a local contact of this aide. They finalised the leave-and-licence agreement for a flat in the name of the local contact's wife. The flat was then completely renovated.

``They were extremely discreet in their operations and communicated in a foreign language. They had sophisticated communication equipment like satellite phones and a laptop and at times spoke at length on the phone. They moved around in a black SUV,'' sources told TOI.

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