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2008-11-28 India-Pakistan

Fareed Zakaria(Mumbai native) take on Mumbai attacks

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Posted by Uleck Ghibelline9225 2008-11-28 03:15|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Lashkar e-Taiba

#1 Zakaria, thanks for the taqiyya version...why then were the attackers asking for the nationalities of the guests and releasing non UK and US citizens and why attack the Jewish house?
They probably conducted surveillance of a number of potential targets and selected the most vulnerable.

Posted by Hammerhead 2008-11-28 11:02|| 2008-11-28 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 so why did the jilhadists ask for Brit and American passports

Zakaria is trying to avoid the obvious here

(and he has also been trying to avoid the obvious problem with Islam too - he was a big proponent of sending lots of aid to Pakistan after their earthquake - I'll bet a lot of this aid ended up in the hands of jihadists)

Posted by mhw 2008-11-28 11:05|| 2008-11-28 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 My gut says its Muslims of all nationalities involved and local shock troops trained for this mission.

Did they want to send a message or were like Die Hard, trying to get into the Nakitomi building vault? Anything is possible? We don't clearly know who or what exactly they wanted at this time.

Posted by Omomomble Tojo8809 2008-11-28 11:13|| 2008-11-28 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I gave up on Zakaria after reading that terrible book of his about the coming Iraq war.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-11-28 11:14|| 2008-11-28 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Zakaria does work for Newsweak right? Let's all vote to change the name of his magazine...I like NewsFeeble, myself.

Posted by Emerz 2008-11-28 11:17|| 2008-11-28 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Agree with several comments above. Only interesting thing about Zakaria is his wine collection. His commentary and "analysis" define the highly educated cluelessness that passes for sophistication in the Beltway/NYT/MSM axis these days. And don't forget - this sort mindset and smug incompetence just got handed the keys to the US (oh, that's not til January 20, but what with all the bizarre goings-on surrounding the P-E, I keep forgetting).

I'm guessing hammerhead's nailed it here - the two targets were the most vulnerable. Attacking iconic Indian establishments while asking who's American or British certainly is consistent with that.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-11-28 12:00|| 2008-11-28 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Sunna Va Beeeeech.... I never realized that.

Now, it is all diamond like in the cyrstalness.

Posted by .5MT 2008-11-28 12:19|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-11-28 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Fareed, what do you say about the attack on the Jewish Center? Nothing to say? Hmmmmm ...

Posted by WilliamMarcyTweed 2008-11-28 13:15|| 2008-11-28 13:15|| Front Page Top

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