India: Attacks Averted -- at Least Temporarily May 10, 2006 19 58 GMT
http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=265987 Summary In the latest of a series of raids against the militant Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Indian security forces detained another three LeT affiliates in Mumbai on May 9. Indian security forces disrupted another LeT cell May 8, killing Abu Hamza, the leader of an LeT breakaway group. India has taken advantage of the militant group's poor operational security to avert several potentially major jihadist strikes in large Indian cities -- but New Delhi is not out of the danger zone yet. Analysis Acting on a tip, New Delhi police arrested two jihadists linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in New Delhi on May 8, uncovering plans to bomb several major sites throughout India. These arrests led to a shoot-out with, and further arrests of, other LeT elements. Though these raids mark a major victory for India in its battle with Islamist militants, more attacks are likely in store. LeT's bomb plot began to unravel May 8, when New Delhi police arrested two men on a tip, Feroze Abdul Latif Ghaswala and Mohammed Ali Chippa, both Indians who had received jihadist training in Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The men were captured with nine pounds of the explosive RDX and $1,000 in cash on them as they arrived in New Delhi at the Nizamuddin train station. They revealed that they were to meet an accomplice, Pakistani national Mohammed Iqbal, aka Abu Hamza (not to be confused with the jailed founder of the London-based militant Islamist group Ansar al-Shariah, Abu Hamza al-Masri.) The makeup of this cell fits the typical pattern of Islamist militants in India, where most cells are composed of Pakistani and Bangladeshi handlers, financiers, trainers and bomb-makers who recruit from disgruntled local youths and enjoy the support of a local network. Two hours after capturing the two men, New Delhi police found Hamza and engaged in a shoot-out with him outside of the city's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, killing him. After going through his Hyundai, police discovered the addresses of safe-houses and of another LeT cell south of Mumbai. This led to a raid in Mumbai on May 9, which resulted in three more arrests of LeT suspects. The plot was potentially quite lethal. The second cell possessed 10 computer server cabinets, each containing an AK-47, ammunition, and seven pounds of RDX. These kits were likely meant to be shipped to jihadists throughout the country. The New Delhi cell was also well-armed: Its safe-house near the border between the Union Territory of Delhi and the state of Haryana contained two AK-56 rifles, ammunition, 10 hand grenades, 11 pounds of the explosive PETN and other bomb-making materials. The explosives could have been divided into smaller units for use in suicide vests or combined for a larger punch. 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