Protecting the Homeland Against Mumbai-Style Attacks and the Threat from Lashkar-E-Taiba PDF Download

Author: Subcommittee on Transportation Security of the Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives
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ISBN: 9781494975708
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Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Book Description
Today, we are talking about the Pakistani-based jihadi group known for its 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, Lashkar-e-Taiba or LeT. We will examine their capability and intent to attack our homeland and what measures, for instance, the FDNY, the New York City Fire Department, is taking, the other first responders are taking to prepare for attacks which use fire as a weapon. LeT is designated and sanctioned by our Departments of State and Treasury as a terror organization. LeT's networks span across South Asia and the Persian Gulf into Europe, especially Britain, as well as Canada and New Zealand. LeT is also a terror proxy of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, its ISI, which provides LeT with a safe haven and funding to train and prepare for terrorist attacks. LeT maintains ties with al-Qaeda. They fight together against us in the Afghan provinces of Ghazni, Kunar, and Nuristan. LeT terrorists earlier fought our forces in Iraq. Given that LeT has killed American civilians in India, fights U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and is operationally active in this country, we must consider the possibility of a future LeT strike in the homeland.