I'm amazed nobody has pulled up this stuff about the Mumbai Terror Attacks that's come out this past week.

For those who don't know what the news is, last year 10 gunmen laid waste to Bombay's hotels & rail station with machine guns. After a siege that lasted days 166 civilians and police were dead, as well as nine of the gunmen.

Most of the subsequent arrests have focused on Lakshar-e-Taiba, a terrorist group in Pakistan, however 2 months ago a US citizen, David Headley was arrested as the man who planned the whole thing. There are now reports he may have been a CIA asset & that the US intelligence services didn't share what they knew with those in Indian intelligence, which might have prevented the attacks or at least lowered the loss of life.

Anyway, here's an article about Headley's arrest & his dealings with the US security forces, it explains better than I can.

Mumbai terror suspect David Headley was ‘rogue US secret agent’ - Times Online

In another twist on the whole incident, the only gunman to have survived, Mohamed Ajmal Kasab, has changed his story having first admitted his guilt & is now claiming that the police framed him & he was only in Mumbai to break into the Bollywood film industry. He's claiming that the photos of him charging around with a gun are in fact a 'doppelganger'. He's also claiming that Headley was one of four 'white men' who came to interrogate him. All I can say to all of that is

Anyway all that & more about how Headley apparently lived a lavish lifestyle whilst scoping targets in Mumbai is in here

Mumbai terror attack suspect withdraws confession | World news | guardian.co.uk

So, the only question that remains is... would Lyle feel India was justified in attacking the US in response? (just joking Lyle, no need to go off on one)

But, anyway I think this really does show something truly shocking about what was a horrifying terrorist attack.