Indian newspapers are reporting that the train bombings on July 11th may have been the work of Pakistan’s intelligence service:
Forty-eight hours after bombs ripped through Mumbai, the needle pointed to Pakistan. Intelligence agencies on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan?s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the ?mastermind? of the blasts that killed about 200 people.
The Mumbai Police, meanwhile, identified the trio who planned and executed 11/7: Rahil, Zahibuddin Ansari and Faiyaz, linked to the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) and the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Of them, Rahil had reportedly made an abortive bid to trigger a blast at Byculla railway station on March 11 ? the eve of the anniversary of the 1993 Bombay blasts.
The agencies, which briefed National Security Adviser MK Narayanan and Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi, said the blueprint for Tuesday?s blasts was made by the ISI while the ?plan? was executed by ?local Indian operatives?.
If true, this doesn’t necessarily rule out an al Qaeda connection as well. Pakistan’s intelligence service has been known for having rogue agents who have worked with, and for, among others, the Taliban. But, if true and provable, this could only be considered an act of war.
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