Mumbai terror attack planned 6 months ago

[spindrifter]

NDTV Correspondent
Friday, November 28, 2008, (Mumbai)

An arrested terrorist has revealed that the Mumbai terror attack operation was planned about six months ago.

Investigators are examining satellite phone and GPS found on trawler seized in Arabian Sea.

Sources have told NDTV that data from GPS revealed terrorists sailed from Karachi harbour on November 12 or 13. Their phone was used to call Lashkar commander Yusuf Muzamil in Muzaffarabad.

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On November 18, Coast Guard had warned of possibility of infiltration by sea route.

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http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074497

[Lerkfish]

1. so, all that ubiquitous wiretapping of all communications and we didn't know about it?

but american soldiers getting sexy on the phone with their wives, THAT got listened to.

:puke:

[spindrifter]

2. I don't think we were wiretapping

calls involving foreign nationals to foreign nationals. That would probably be an insurmountable task.

[Lerkfish]

5. oh well, valid point.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Interesting - the England cricket team were due to be staying in one of the hotels

but had a late change of plans. In combination with the gunmen saying "who is American or British?", there's a possibility they would have been a high-profile target:

The High Performance Squad – which includes former England Test captain Michael Vaughan, Monty Panesar and Andrew Strauss – made a late decision to go to Bangalore for a training camp instead.

Had they been in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, it is likely they would have returned to the Taj Mahal hotel, where they stayed earlier in the tour. Their whites, pads and blazers are still there.
...
He said: "It was only at the last minute that our training camp was switched Bangalore. I don't know why it was switched but we could have been there in one of those hotels when they were attacked.
...
"All the stuff was deposited there after England's two practice games in Mumbai at the start of this tour. That's how close the danger is."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3532016/England-cricketers-were-due-to-be-staying-in-Mumbai-hotel-at-time-of-massacre.html

[tekisui]

4. Now, that is interesting.

Reports have also said one or more of the gunman were British nationals, with Pakistani heritage.

[xchrom]

6. wow -- i didn't realize that -- very interesting. nt