Mumbai Attackers Had Hit List Of 320 World Targets

Azam Amir Kasab, one of the Mumbai attackers, filmed on CCTV inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai. Photograph: Reuters

From The Guardian:

Lashkar-e-Taiba ringleaders had ambitions well beyond causing mayhem in India, the Guardian has learned

The plotters behind the Mumbai attack, which left more than 170 people dead, had placed India's financial capital on a list of 320 worldwide locations as potential targets for commando-style terror strikes, the Guardian has learned.

It suggests that Lashkar-e-Taiba, the outlawed terror group that planned much of the attack from Pakistan, had ambitions well beyond causing mayhem in India.

Western intelligence agencies have accessed the computer and email account of Lashkar's communications chief, Zarar Shah, and found a list of possible targets, only 20 of which were in India.

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My Comment: This list of targets was probably brought to the attention of the Pakistani authorities. The list of targets has not been publicized .... this tells me that there must be ongoing investigations in other countries.

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