cui bono?

It might make sense that a Pakistan group funded by the shadowy Pakistani intelligence service would be behind these outrages – the Pakistani intelligence service deeply opposes recent moves towards peace between India and Pakistan.

However the attacks, apart from the gratuitous attack on Jews, were focused on financial institutions and that is more of an Al-Qaeda technique.

Or it could be a local Indian group – there are plenty of home grown terrorist organizations in India.


Indian police: Pakistani militant group behind attacks

A high-ranking Indian police official says a Pakistani militant group called Lashkar-e-Taiba is behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed at least 174 people, including two Canadians.
The only gunman captured by police, identified as Ajmal Qasab, has told authorities that he was a member of the group, according to Joint Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria.

"Ajmal Qasab has received training in an L-e-T training camp in Pakistan," Maria said Sunday, using the group's acronym. "Our interrogation indicates that the terrorists had other places that they also intended to target."

A Pakistani official responded by demanding that India provide evidence to support the claims.
"This is only an allegation. We have demanded evidence of the complicity of any Pakistani group," said Farhatullah Babar, a spokesman for President Asif Ali Zardari. "We will take the strictest action against any group or individual ... if India provides us the evidence."

Indian authorities have said 10 gunmen were involved in the attacks and all but the one in custody were killed.

According to The Associated Press, a U.S. counter-terrorism official had suggested some "signatures of the attacks" were consistent with Lashkar and another group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, thought to be based in Kashmir.

Some experts say Lashkar was created by the Pakistani intelligence service to wage a clandestine war against India over Kashmir.

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