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Mon Dec 1

• Los Angeles Times - Systemic failure seen in India's response to attacks
• The Associated Press: India clears last Mumbai siege site
• Can't we hold torturers accountable and still find out the truth? - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

Sun Nov 30

• SpyTalk - Mumbai Latest Proof that Terror World Has Changed Much Since 9/11: " Until Mumbai, when it emerged that the terrorists were singling out U.S., along with British and Israeli citizens, most Americans were probably only dimly aware that the beta version of al Qaeda had long been eclipsed by an even more lethal 2.0. Today, al Qaeda affiliates and wannabees are roiling a crescent-shape d swath of the world ranging from the Philippines across the Indian subcontinent through the Middle East to the westernmost tip of North Africa. Its émigrés have launched attacks from or in Germany, Britain, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy."
• International Herald Tribune - Attackers expose luxury hotels' vulnerabilitie s: "With the death toll approaching 200, and with more bodies still being found at the Taj, the attacks have underlined the vulnerability of five-star hotels to determined attacks by determined gunmen armed with military assault rifles, as well as the attractiveness of such targets to terrorists.&qu ot;

Sat Nov 29

• NY Times - Pakistan Denies Any Role in Mumbai Attacks: "At the center of the Pakistan?s concern is the suggestion by Indian officials that Lashkar-e-Taib a, which originated in Kashmir, was responsible for the Mumbai attacks. American intelligence and counterterrori sm officials have also said there was mounting evidence that the group had been involved." ;
• The Guardian - Security chiefs fear revamped version of 70s-style violence: ""Pe rhaps it wasn't so difficult after all to plan and execute this attack: small arms and hand grenades are not hard to find; boats are scarcely specialised equipment; and Mumbai is a vast, open city with more than enough soft targets. Perhaps we don't know enough about where the perpetrators are from, because they could have come from almost anywhere." ;"
• Der Spiegel - Opinion: India Is Pointing in the Right Direction: "Even if the governments in New Delhi and Islamabad have cautiously begun to discuss their core differences, like the status of Kashmir, and even if telegrams of sympathy are sent from Islamabad to Mumbai and New Delhi, the benefits will be limited. And if the murky political and military situation in Pakistan is not clarified and solved, then the war on the terror between Kabul, Karachi and Mumbai will almost certainly be lost."
• Der Spiegel - A Lack of Strategy: India's Terrorism Dilemma: "In India, there are just 126 domestic security personnel for every 100,000 people. In most Western countries, that ratio is closer to 400-500 to 100,000. Furthermore, around a fifth of police jobs are currently unfilled in India due to a lack of qualified applicants.&qu ot;
• Reuters - India, Pakistan simmer over Mumbai attacks: "An official in Islamabad said the next one to two days would be crucial for relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan has condemned the assaults and denied any involvement by state agencies"

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