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I checked a few days ago for a thread on this but didn't have the time to collect my thoughts and start one. This attack bothers me on several levels, the least of which is the fact that there was no mention of it on TFP.
An attack like this could occur anywhere in the world, even in the US. It was highly orchestrated and from the looks of it very successfully executed. Security in India seems to have been unprepared for this. Seeing the Taj burning for days and reading about hostages held for days made this more successful than it needed to be. There's a new term that was coined for the recognition gained by the ones that created this "celebrity terrorists" or "celebrity terrorism". They had worldwide coverage, probably became celebrities to many. The fact that a boat carrying a load of terrorists were able to bring the terrorists to India without being discovered should give someone in the India government pause. I can't believe their defenses are that low. However, I have no doubt a similarly executed attack could be carried out in any major city in the world: New York, Chicago, LA, London, Paris, you name it. That's what bothers me the most. How do we prevent this from occurring again? Can government (any government) actually protect its citizens against this type of terror?
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