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New Terror Architecture in South Asia

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  • Saroj Kumar Rath

    (Saroj Kumar Rath is Research Associate, Hosei University, Tokyo)

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Mumbai attacks remain a mystery for long despite the capture of a ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’ terrorist on the night of 26 November 2008. Pakistan took 77 days to admit its citizen’s involvement, Mumbai police consumed 90 days to file the chargesheet and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spent a year to arrest a couple of conspirators. The plotters of the attacks belong to five countries (US, Canada, Italy, Pakistan and India) involving three continents. Presently nearly a dozen courts across the world are hearing the case. ‘LeT’ is now considered as the most dangerous terror group in recent time after al Qaeda. Unravelling the Mumbai conspiracy and the new terror architecture in South Asia is challenging as with each passing day mysterious but fresh facts related to the attacks are trickling. The new terror architecture employed in South Asia in recent time is a shift in tactics from suicide bombs to a commando-style military assault with small teams of highly trained, heavily armed operatives launching simultaneous, sustained attacks.

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  • Saroj Kumar Rath, 2010. "New Terror Architecture in South Asia," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 66(4), pages 359-381, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indqtr:v:66:y:2010:i:4:p:359-381
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