DATE: 26/11/2018
Sunday
Current Affairs
Prepared by: Maharana Sibasankar
Sources: THE HINDU and the Indian Express
- A decade after the Mumbai attack
- According to MK Narayan, former National Security Advisor,26/11 Mumbai terror is comparable to the September 11 terror attacks in the United States.
- The attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 by the Pakistan-based terror outfits, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was another such attack which shook the country.
- In Mumbai terror attack the authorities in Pakistan, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence and the Pakistani armed forces were involved.
- It is difficult to recall any recorded instance in modern times where a state and its various agencies were directly involved in carrying out a terror attack of this nature.
- It was evident from the circumstances of the act that Pakistan agencies were involved at every stage of attack from planning to provide instructions to the terrorists during the entire four-day siege.
- Abu Hamza, one of the conspirators, who was arrested after the 26/11 terror attack told that there, was an involvement of Pakistani Special Forces in preparing the 10 member fidayeen group.
The targets were carefully chosen for maximum impact, i.e. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Jewish centre at Nariman House, the Taj and Oberoi Hotels, and the Leopold Cafe since these places were frequently visited by the Europeans, Indians and the Jews.
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