Indian soldiers run to take position during a gunbattle outside The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Two Canadians have been killed in the wave of attacks on Mumbai blamed on Pakistan-linked militants, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Friday. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain)From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — American intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Friday that there was mounting evidence that a Pakistani militant group based in Kashmir, most likely Lashkar-e-Taiba, was responsible for this week’s deadly attacks in Mumbai.
The officials cautioned that they had reached no firm conclusions about who was responsible for the attacks, or how they were planned and carried out. Nevertheless, they said that evidence gathered in the past two days pointed to a role for Lashkar-e-Taiba or possibly another group based in Kashmir, Jaish-e-Muhammad, which also has a track record of attacks against India.
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My Comment: If there is a Pakistani link to the terrorists that attacked Mumbai, expect Pakistan to be receiving a considerable amount of pressure from everyone to crack down further on their Islamic militants.
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