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Terror in Mumbai
Top U.S. official: We warned India before Mumbai attacks
By The Associated Press
Tags: Chabad, Mumbai, Pakistan 

The United States warned India before last week's brutal attacks in Mumbai that terrorists appeared to be plotting a mostly waterborne assault on its financial capital, a senior Bush administration official said Tuesday.

The official would not elaborate on the timing or details of the U.S. warning to Indian counterparts. The official confirmed, though, that Washington passed on information it had about a possible attacks, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of intelligence information.

The revelation of U.S. involvement comes as the Indian government faces widespread accusations of security and intelligence failures after the attacks last week. Suspected Muslim militants carried out a three-day assault that killed 172 people and wounded 239 in the heart of Mumbai.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to visit India Wednesday, carrying the American demand that Pakistan cooperate fully in the investigation into the attacks and to try to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, who share a long and deadly rivalry.

Amid information that the terrorists trained in camps in Pakistan, India has demanded that Islamabad hand over suspected terrorists believed living there and had said that Pakistan's leaders must take strong action against those responsible.

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      1.   The problem with having become 18:38  |  Mark Lincoln 02/12/08
      2.   In fact, conssider the source 18:42  |  Mark Lincoln 02/12/08
      3.   I love these warnings 19:33  |  Axel 02/12/08
      4.   Israel too should have been warned 19:44  |  Israel 02/12/08
      5.   Terror warnings are too general 19:48  |  Indian 02/12/08
      6.   I suggest Tariq Ali`s opinion 20:12  |  David James Vickery 02/12/08
      7.   Crying Wolf 20:15  |  Dave 02/12/08
      8.   #2, Sensitive because it came from eaves- 20:23  |  Gary 02/12/08
      9.   Pakistan is a lost cause 20:57  |  IW 02/12/08
      10.   What is sensitive about that Gary? 21:10  |  Mark Lincoln 02/12/08
      11.   Indian # 5 What More Do You Want? 22:50  |  Jeff Northridge 02/12/08
      12.   axel # 3 just wait 23:00  |  American in NY 02/12/08
      13.   Warning of the Mumbai attack 23:15  |  Moshe 02/12/08
      14.   NSA usually does not make a practice 00:33  |  Gary 03/12/08
      15.   #9, Pakistan is Definitely in Poor Shape 00:36  |  Gary 03/12/08
      16.   mark lincoln # 1 we all think of you as an unreliable source, 02:27  |  terrornator 03/12/08
      17.   DJ VICKERY Indian inteligence naming Pakistan is not an unnamed 08:04  |  PETER SM 03/12/08
      18.   AM In NY.Since when is your "supposedly" fact? 11:00  |  PETER SM 03/12/08
      19.   G-d Bless The Rabbi and Rebettsin 18:29  |  Big Sur 03/12/08
      20.   Dear Mr Lincoln #1 18:31  |  Big Sur 03/12/08
      21.   I DON`T UNDERSTAND 19:46  |  newsreader 03/12/08
      22.   Jews Murdered in Mumbai`s Chabad House were tortured first 06:05  |  Indian Jew 07/12/08
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