ABSTRACT
On November 26, 2008, much of the world’s media was xated on the events unfolding during the catastrophic four-day stand-off in Mumbai (capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and India’s most populous city): this attack claimed the lives of over 180 Indian civilians, but also included the deaths of American and Israeli tourists. This signaled the rst deliberate attack against foreign nationals in India by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Mumbai brought LeT to the attention of the Western world and has been seen as India’s 9/11. This was not the rst attack that LeT carried out, but it was by far the most publicized. It is likely that it will not be the last to secure the international media’s attention. Prior to this date, in December 2001, LeT carried out an attack on the Indian Parliament buildings with the assistance of another proxy group-Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). This terrorist attack led India and Pakistan to the brink of war, if not nuclear exchange in 2001-2002. LeT has also planned, but failed to carry out, attacks in Denmark, Australia, as well as United States (US). It has only been until recent years that the United States has put a bounty on the capture of Haz Mohammed Saeed-one of the founders of LeT. Saeed remains a deant outspoken public gure in Pakistani society (Al-Jazeera, 2012).
