Mumbai’s 9/11: death toll hits 125 - but is it Al Qaeda?

NVDL: Al Qaeda similarities:
- organised
- co-ordinated
- sophisitcated
- tactical

Dissimilarities:
- taking of hostages (although arguably the 9/11 Hijackers did that)
- use of hand grenades
- no suicide attacks

Photographs from security cameras showed some youthful attackers carrying assault rifles and smiling as they launched the operation. - NYT

clipped from www.cnn.com The death toll from the series of attacks in Mumbai, India, has risen to 125, Mumbai police said today. Another 327 people were reported wounded. CNN correspondent Sara Sidner reports fresh explosions at the Taj Hotel, the scene of one of the attacks. Earlier, people thought to be freed hostages were seen walking from another besieged hotel, the Oberoi Hotel. full story