International terror experts ponder new menace

Pakistani security forces seal the door of a charity in Karachi, believed to be a front for militants suspected in the Mumbai attacks. Photo / AP Your Views Who do you think is responsible for the Mumbai terrorist attacks? The commando-style siege blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai last month is raising new concerns in the United States intelligence community, both about the tactics used and the unsettling possibility the operation was conducted independent of al Qaeda. That could mean there is a new global terrorist organisation to combat, requiring the resources and attention now focused on combating Osama bin Laden’s organisation. “People are looking…

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