FBI agents ordered to India to investigate attacks

[babylonsister]

FBI agents ordered to India to investigate attacks

By FOSTER KLUG and LARA JAKES JORDAN – 1 hour ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — The government ordered FBI agents Friday to fly to India to investigate the bloody Mumbai attacks that killed two American travelers and a former New York couple. U.S. citizens still in the city were warned their lives remain at risk.

Intelligence officials looked urgently for clues about the identity of the attackers, a crucial unknown as Indian officials charged, without giving details, that "elements in Pakistan" were involved. A tentative rapprochement between the two nuclear-armed rivals could hang in the balance, and a U.S. counterintelligence official cautioned against rushing to judgment on the origins of the militants.

President George W. Bush pledged cooperation with Indian authorities and mourned the deaths of more than 150 people at the hands of gunmen who attacked targets across India's financial capital starting Wednesday night.

"My administration has been working with the Indian government and the international community as Indian authorities work to ensure the safety of those still under threat," he said in a statement from the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. "We will continue to cooperate against these extremists who offer nothing but violence and hopelessness. "

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[jimshoes]

1. So even with our government buggining every phone in the world and

and monitoring every internet post and e-mail, the US government was unaware of these planned attacks in Mumbai? Man, if only we'd spent another $8 trillion dollars we'd have had a leg up on these terrorists. :sarcasm: But seriously, does India even want our FBI poking around in that country? The Iraqi's have finally set a firm date for ending our presence there, maybe the Indians don't really want us injecting ourselves in their anti-terror efforts.

[DonEBrook]

2. It's just the Bush Doctrine doing its thing.

Let's not question God's own President. He is still president, I think...unfortunately.

[amdezurik]

3. so...India needs help framing black guys for this?