Flames and smoke poured from the Taj hotel in Mumbai, India,on November 28, 2008. Arko Datta/Reuters
From Yahoo News/AP:
WASHINGTON – The deadly attacks in India may have provided a low-frills but bloody blueprint for other violent groups to follow, U.S. anti-terrorism officials told Congress on Thursday.
The FBI's chief intelligence officer told a Senate hearing that the November siege showed that well-trained assailants with simple weaponry can cause massive casualties.
"I think we can expect that groups will look to that as a model for themselves," Donald Van Duyn said at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing. "We sometimes focus on tactics that may be exotic and esoteric ... but for most terrorists, they're looking for what works."
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My Comment: I am sure that the Secret Service agree with this assessment .... and it is also their biggest fear when it comes to the Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2009.
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