The plotters behind the Mumbai attack, which left more than 170 people dead, had placed India's financial capital on a list of 320 worldwide locations as potential targets for commando-style terror strikes, the Guardian has learned. It suggests that Lashkar-e-Taiba, the outlawed terror group that pl...

The end of 2008 and the start of 2009 saw some startling displays of violence. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai shocked the world, and the situation in Gaza worsens each day. The merciless killing of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire of situations they have nothing to do with is unjust. As i...

Paul Weaver England will reap the benefits of their decision to return to India following the Mumbai terrorist attacks when they announce a ground-breaking agreement between the two countries this month which will include an Ashes-like five-Test series. The partnership, which will take further shape...

Until gunmen entered the Taj Mahal hotel in the early hours of 26 November, Praful Patel had known no other home for 16 years. Room 1017 was his residence, a sanctuary from which he ran his investment business amid statues of his favourite Hindu deity, Ganesha, the elephant-headed "remover of obstac...

Alastair Cook is a suitable reminder to England that sound preparation for a Test series is not always essential. Nearly three years ago Cook scored a hundred in India in his maiden Test. Only 10 days earlier, he had been sunning himself at an Antiguan beach hotel, the notion of a Test debut far fro...

Why would a terrorist group of Islamists from Pakistan whose primary goal is to have Pakistan gain control of the third of Kashmir that belongs to India and therefore aimed to destabilize Indias major city devote so much of its efforts — 20 percent of its force of 10 gunmen whose stated goal w...

Several recent articles related to the Mumbai attacks indicate that terror operations and the manner in which they are carried out are becoming much more sophisticated. We’ve included excerpts from just a few. —– Sixty hours in Mumbai have begun to change the calculus of global ter...

After previously claiming that the Mumbai Chabad House massacre was “a theatrical statement of hate” whose intended audience was India, with the attackers “cynically exploiting anti-Semitism in order to further inflame world opinion and curry favor with the Muslim jihadi set,”...

In an MSNBC report on some Muslim reactions to the Mumbai terrorist attacks: Many Muslims said they are worried such carnage is besmirching their religion. “The occupation of the synagogue and killing people in hotels tarnishes the Muslim faith,” said Kazim al-Muqdadi, a political scienc...

Trust it to Richard Silverstein to get everything wrong about the Mumbai Chabad House massacre (note: I am providing the link to his post because it is blog etiquette. But I discourage you from clicking on it since the extra traffic will only embolden him). It is without question deeply disturbing t...