ABSTRACT
The Mumbai attacks were not simple isolated attacks, which could be developed and carried out overnight. When Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists stormed and attacked Mumbai, the terrorist organization had already completed 22 years of its bloody existence. Fourteen months after the Mumbai attacks, in February 2010, militants, who had successfully used the reconnaissance done by Headley and supported by Tahawwur Hussain Rana, again attacked India. The United States, in its one-page response to India about its review of the LeT terrorist case, admitted for the first time that 'some information relating to Headley was available' to its government officials prior to 'the Mumbai attack'. While Sajid Majid's instructions were limited to targeting Mumbai, Major Iqbal's mandate was wider and beyond Mumbai and covered almost all parts of India. While the LeT had only one assignment for attacking Mumbai, for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Mumbai was just one in a series of attacks.
