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US 'warned India' about attacks US 'warned India' about attacks
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The US warned India about a possible threat at least a month before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media have quoted unnamed officials as saying.The US warned India about a possible threat at least a month before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media have quoted unnamed officials as saying.
One senior US official also told the BBC there were "strong indications" that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba group was behind the carnage. The Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has meanwhile implied he suspects the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Toiba was responsible.
Pakistan has denied involvement in the attacks, in which 188 people died, and has proposed a joint investigation. Islamabad has denied Indian allegations that the attackers, who killed almost 200 people, had Pakistani links.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in Delhi to discuss the crisis.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in Delhi to discuss the crisis.
She has urged India and Pakistan to remain in contact and work together to find those behind the "horrible attack".She has urged India and Pakistan to remain in contact and work together to find those behind the "horrible attack".
Ms Rice said all parties should "co-operate fully, and Pakistan in particular needs to co-operate fully and transparently".Ms Rice said all parties should "co-operate fully, and Pakistan in particular needs to co-operate fully and transparently".
Seaborne attackSeaborne attack
One US official said India had been told of an apparent plot to launch an attack on Mumbai from the sea, Associated Press news agency reported. On Tuesday, a US official told the Associated Press that the Indian authorities had been told of an apparent plot to launch an attack on Mumbai from the sea.
The reports came as India's navy chief said there had been "systemic failures" in the country's security and intelligence services. Security remains tight in many parts of Mumbai following last week's attacks
Indian officials have repeatedly said there is evidence that the militants behind the attacks had Pakistani links. Mumbai police chief Hassan Gafoor later appeared to confirm the report by saying that there had been a known threat to at least some of the locations targeted, including the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
LASHKAR-E-TOIBA Jihadi organisation based in Indian-administered KashmirFormed towards the end of the Afghan war against the SovietsBlamed for hundreds of attacks in the region since 1990Listed as a "terrorist group" by the US and UK class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7753863.stm">A Pakistan militant link? class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7761502.stm">Sir Mark Tully on Mumbai One of the gunmen, named as Azam Amir Qasab, survived and is in police custody. Police have said he is "certainly" from Pakistan. Security authorities had "had an alert that hotels like Taj could be exposed to such danger", he told a news conference.
The Indian media have said he is linked to the Kashmiri militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, or Army of the Pure, but the group has denied responsibility. ABC News also quoted Indian officials as saying that after receiving the US warning, they also intercepted a satellite phone message on 18 November warning of a seaborne attack on Mumbai.
An Indian official appeared to confirm the US media reports that there was a known threat to at least some of the locations targeted, including the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. The city had been on high alert, but security measures at the targeted hotels had recently been relaxed, the US television network said.
Mumbai police chief Hassan Gafoor told a news conference on Tuesday that security authorities had "had an alert that hotels like Taj could be exposed to such danger".
ABC News quoted Indian officials as saying that after receiving the US warning, they also intercepted a satellite phone message on 18 November warning of a seaborne attack on Mumbai.
The city had been on high alert but security measures at the attacked hotels had recently been relaxed, the network reported.
ABC also reported that the Indian authorities had seized a mobile phone SIM card belonging to the attackers, which they said had led to a "treasure trove" of contacts and information.ABC also reported that the Indian authorities had seized a mobile phone SIM card belonging to the attackers, which they said had led to a "treasure trove" of contacts and information.
LASHKAR-E-TOIBA Jihadi organisation based in PakistanFormed towards the end of the Afghan war against the SovietsBlamed for hundreds of attacks in the region since 1990Listed as a "terrorist group" by the US and UK Profile: Lashkar-e-ToibaA Pakistan militant link?Sir Mark Tully on Mumbai
One of the gunmen, named as Azam Amir Qasab, survived and is in police custody. Police have said he is "certainly" from Pakistan.
The Indian media have said he is linked to the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, but the group has denied responsibility.
Although he did not mention Lashkar-e-Toiba by name, the US Director of National Intelligence said the militant group the US suspects carried out the Mumbai attacks was the same one that was behind the train blasts in the city in July 2006 that killed 186 people.
Lashkar-e-Toiba was blamed by the Indian government for those bombings, along with the Students' Islamic Movement of India (Simi).
'Resolve''Resolve'
The allegations from the US are likely to add to growing public anger that the attacks were not prevented. Correspondents say the alleged US intelligence warning is likely to add to growing public anger that they were not prevented.
India's home minister and the chief and deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra state have all resigned.
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India's NDTV has broadcast CCTV from inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on the night of the attacksIndia's NDTV has broadcast CCTV from inside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on the night of the attacks
India's home minister and the chief and deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra state have all resigned. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Suresh Mehta said on Tuesday that failures needed to be "taken stock of", but he added that the government's response was "going to be quite adequate".
The navy chief, Adm Suresh Mehta, said on Tuesday that failures needed to be "taken stock of", but he added that the government's response was "going to be quite adequate".
India's new Home Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, has said he will respond to the crisis "with determination and resolve".
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a military response was not under consideration but that if Pakistan did not act the bilateral peace process would be at risk.Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a military response was not under consideration but that if Pakistan did not act the bilateral peace process would be at risk.
India has also asked Islamabad to hand over 20 fugitives from Indian law it believes are hiding in Pakistan. It is not clear what, if any, links those on the list had to the Mumbai attacks.India has also asked Islamabad to hand over 20 fugitives from Indian law it believes are hiding in Pakistan. It is not clear what, if any, links those on the list had to the Mumbai attacks.
Indian media reports say the names include alleged underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in connection with bombings in Mumbai in 1993, and Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar who was freed from jail in India in exchange for passengers on a hijacked plane in 1999.Indian media reports say the names include alleged underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in connection with bombings in Mumbai in 1993, and Muslim cleric Maulana Masood Azhar who was freed from jail in India in exchange for passengers on a hijacked plane in 1999.
Islamabad has not responded directly to the request but on Tuesday offered India a joint investigation into the attacks.Islamabad has not responded directly to the request but on Tuesday offered India a joint investigation into the attacks.