Summarized -- Outsourcing as a Terror Target

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1144564,00.html?cnn=yes

Late on the evening of December 28, a gunman walked into a hall of  
the Indian Institute of Science, a prestigious academic institution  
in Bangalore,and opened fire with a Chinese-made AK-56 rifle at the  
delegates attending a conference.

...No arrests have been made, and the police have named no suspects  
yet, but suspicion is increasingly zeroing in on the Islamist terror  
outfits that have been waging a mounting campaign of terror against  
India.  The Lashkar-e-Toiba, a jihadist group that aims to drive  
India out of Kashmir, is a prime suspect, but Bangladesh-based terror  
outfits are also considered potential culprits.  India's security  
experts have been warning for months that it was only a matter of  
time before terrorists attacked Bangalore in a bid to weaken the  
country's booming technology sector.  In March this year, Indian  
authorities announced that plans seized from militants belonging to a  
Lashkar-e-Toiba cell in New Delhi showed that the terrorists had  
planned to strike at software companies in Bangalore.

...The Indian Institute of Science is one of India's most important  
scientific institutions, and its presence in Bangalore is a key  
reason that the city became India's technology powerhouse....   
Jaswant Singh, a former finance minister of India and a member of the  
BJP, India's major opposition party, said that the attack could  
seriously hurt “the internal, international, and economic standing of  
the country.”...  “Attacking Bangalore would be a logical step for  
the jihadis at a time when India is becoming an economic power,” says  
Anil Bhat, a New Delhi-based terrorism expert.

...On the night of December 29, a letter faxed to media outlets in  
Bangalore claimed that a five-star hotel would be hit by bombs on New  
Year's eve, and the house of a major state politician would be  
attacked by suicide bombers.

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