Ranking India among the world's most terrorism-afflicted nations, the US said the spurt in terror attacks in the country and their coordinated nature suggested the terrorists were well-funded and financially organised
Ranking India among the world's most terrorism-afflicted nations, the US said the spurt in terror attacks in the country and their coordinated nature suggested the terrorists were well-funded and financially organised.
"In addition to the Mumbai attacks, the rise in terrorist attacks and their coordinated nature throughout India suggested the terrorists were well-funded and financially organised," the annual 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2008' of the US State Department said. Besides the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the report listed seven other major terrorist attacks in India during 2008 - prominent among them being the Jaipur bombings, attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul and the terror strikes in Ahmadabad, Delhi and Assam.
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As for the Mumbai attack, the report said Indian authorities believe that the terrorists used various funding sources, including credit cards, hawala, charities, and wealthy donors. Illicit funding sources that may have been exploited to finance terrorist operations were being closely investigated, it said.
India believes these attacks were aimed at creating a breakdown in India-Pakistan relations, fostering Hindu-Muslim violence within India and harming India's commercial centers to impede India's economic resurgence, the report said.