Attacks in Mumbai

[4thofeleven]

Good luck to everyone living in or with friends in Mumbai.

One thing about the attacks strikes me as odd - all the media reports are attributing the attacks to an offshoot of Indian Mujahideen or Lashkar-e-Toiba. But it sounds to me as if the attacks were specifically targeting westerners - Americans and British in particular. That sounds to me more like the actions of a group with an al-Qaeda style ideology of war against the west. Wouldn't Indian Mujahideen or Lashkar e-Toiba be making attacks that are more targeted against Indian Hindus? Granted, I'm not that familiar with terrorist groups in India, but it seems to me this is more likely to be the work of a group with a grudge against the west or NATO, not an anti-Indian group.

Of course, the media isn't wasting time discussing that, when they could be spending time analysing how these attacks will affect the cricket... *sigh*

Comments

[sunnyskywalker]

Maybe targeting Westerners was an attention-getting move? I wish the media would spend a little more time trying to figure this out too.