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India’s main airports were on a state of high alert Thursday amid fears that 14 terrorists given the same training as the Mumbai gunmen are preparing to mount a 9/11-type attack using hijacked passenger aircraft.
The Defense Minister, A. K. Antony, ordered the nation’s armed forces to be on guard against “terror strikes from the air” eight days after India suffered its worst terrorist attack in 15 years, when at least 10 gunmen struck targets including a hospital, two luxury hotels and a backpacker bar in south Mumbai, killing 171 people.
The India Bureau for Civil Aviation is thought to have been warned of plans to capture one or more aircraft at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore or Madras airports, the main Indian transport hubs. Officials said that credible intelligence indicated a plan to attack a significant population center using an airliner in an assault that would resemble those made on New York and Washington in 2001.
The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have pledged joint efforts to fight terrorism as they held talks under Turkish auspices to improve ties troubled by militant attacks along their border.
Originally posted by Walkswithfish
The USA is itself reluctant to go into Pakistan and take action in the tribal regions where Al-Qaeda and Taliban are alleged to be,
Nuclear-armed Pakistan put its forces on high alert after a hoax caller pretending to be India's foreign minister spoke to President Asif Ali Zardari in a threatening manner on November 28, two days after the attacks on Mumbai began, Dawn newspaper reported.