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| Jihadist terror group may plan suicide bomber paraglider attack |
| 2010-01-25 |
| INDIAN intelligence officials suspect the terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks is planning another audacious strike on the country, this time from the air, using suicide bombers flying paragliders. UK Bansal, an Indian Home Ministry official, told reporters that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) faction was thought to have acquired a number of the gliding parachutes, the Timesonline reports. "We have intelligence reports that LeT has purchased 50 paragliding kits from Europe with an intention to launch attacks on India," he said. No other details were given, but security levels have been hiked across the country ahead of tomorrow's Republic Day celebrations, one of India's biggest holidays. If accurate, the intelligence would mark a radical new tactic. Experts said the potential threat posed by jihadist paragliders would have to be considered seriously as LeT, which murdered 166 people in Mumbai in a sophisticated commando-style raid, has already proven itself highly innovative. "The Mumbai attack (where ten LeT gunmen sailed to Mumbai from Karachi, murdering the crew of a fishing boat en route), was the group's first act of sea-borne terrorism," said B. Raman, a former counter-terrorism chief in the Indian foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing. "It would be natural for them to plan another spectacular attack from the air. The warning has to be taken seriously.' Paragliders usually do not have an engine but can, in skilled hands and in the right conditions, cover large distances. The world record for flying a paraglider is more than 460km. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #9 ION NEWS KERALA > [Igbal Wahhab]MUSLIM LEADER: UK TO BE HIT WITH MORE 7/7-TYPE TERROR ATTACKS FOR GENERATIONS. Believes new Terror Attack(s) agz Britain is IMMINENT. ALso argues that LONDON NEEDS TO DO MORE TO INSPIRE + DIVERT YOUNG MUSLIM MALES FROM ENGAGING IN PRO-VIOL ISLAMIC RADICALISM E.G. INTERESTED IN STARTING BUSINESSES. "BUSINESS, NOT [suicide]BOMBS". On a weirdly myster related note, see Below. * ION SAME > WORLD'S FILTHIEST HOTELS REVEALED [Britain has eight of 'em includ EUROPE'S #1 WORST HOTEL]. Perhaps Britain's highly impressionable young Muslims are NOT impressed by Britain's Hotels??? Just saying. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-25 21:22 |
| #8 various Lebanon based terrorists used this method in attacking Israel in the 1980s (and also used a hot air balloon during that era) that is pretty much passe now in that region Why passe', lord garth? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-25 13:07 |
| #7 Some one ought to contact these guys for help. Never before thoguht of them as a defense contractor. http://www.bigassfans.com/ |
| Posted by: plainslow 2010-01-25 10:59 |
| #6 The jihadis will always be coming up with new clever and annoying ways of doing their murderous mischief. Just another example of why you don't win a war by playing defense. You do know there is a war on, right? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-01-25 10:27 |
| #5 #4 Is this coverred in the Koran? Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division When it suits them . |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-01-25 10:26 |
| #4 Is this coverred in the Koran? |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-01-25 10:21 |
| #3 various Lebanon based terrorists used this method in attacking Israel in the 1980s (and also used a hot air balloon during that era) that is pretty much passe now in that region |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-01-25 09:07 |
| #2 Evidently they now have an air force. Appears they may be looking into High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) fly-in bombing. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-25 08:42 |
| #1 yeah sure...and how long will be the towelhead distance record? This would be the definition of "short final". Just Do It, brave lion-pilots of Islam. |
| Posted by: 2Sealys 2010-01-25 08:38 |