Al-Qaeda Eyes Europe's Soft Targets

Al-Qaeda Eyes Europe's Soft Targets

For weeks now, counterterrorism officials have been warning about a possible al Qaeda plot to conduct "Mumbai-style" terror attacks in Europe. The searing memories are still fresh. Just two years ago, a 10-man terror team from the al Qaeda ally Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked India's financial capital, Mumbai—killing over 160, wounding nearly a thousand, and terrorizing the world's largest democracy for almost three days. We now know the terrorist commando team had been carefully trained in Pakistan by Lashkar-e-Taiba and possibly by Pakistani navy frogmen, and was guided minute by minute in their attack by LeT handlers in Karachi and Lahore using cellphones. We also know the terrorists benefited from an American citizen's help in preparing the battlefield: David Headley, who has confessed to being the man who did the reconnaissance for the attack.

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