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US 'Warned India' Taj Was Target
Sky
News
Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008
India was warned by the US in October that the Taj
Mahal Palace Hotel was a hot target for a potential terrorist
strike, according to reports.
America's ABC News claims a US intelligence official
revealed that Indian security agencies were told nearly two months
ago that militants might come from the sea to attack hotels and
businesses.
It adds that a second source confirmed that specific locations
- including the Taj - were given in the warning.
India's Intelligence sources told the national NDTV news channel
they had issued a series of warnings of a possible attack on Mumbai
by sea in the months leading up to last week's devastating onslaught.
(ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW)
However, many Indians have expressed anger at apparent intelligence
lapses, including what a senior coast guard official said was
a warning militants would attack Mumbai from the sea days before
it happened, and a slow reaction by security forces to the rampage.
Ratan Tata, the head of the Taj Group of hotels which owns the
Taj Mahal hotel, earlier told CNN that they had received a warning
that an attack might take place.
He said: "We did have some measures too, you know, where
people couldn't park their cars in the portico where you had to
go through a metal detector.
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