Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

Dec 3, 2008

Brookings Institution

A panel discussion was held on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, the previous week. The discussion focused on the extremist networks allegedly responsible for the assaults, the increasing tensions between India and Pakistan, how India and the U.S. should respond to the crisis, and the repercussions for the broader region and the NATO .. Read More
A panel discussion was held on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, the previous week. The discussion focused on the extremist networks allegedly responsible for the assaults, the increasing tensions between India and Pakistan, how India and the U.S. should respond to the crisis, and the repercussions for the broader region and the NATO mission in Afghanistan in particular. Daniel Benjamin moderated. They responded to questions from members of the audience.

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00:00:24 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR SEATS PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM AND DANIELLE BENJAMIN. I WANT TO WELCOME...
00:05:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY. THE 60 HOUR MASSACRE...
00:21:54 Unidentified Speaker COULD AFTERNOON. I JUST GOT OFF AN AIRPLANE. -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE WILL STAY...
00:32:29 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALLUDED TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HORRIFIC ATTACKS IN MUMBAI AND...
00:46:57 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS. THESE WERE THREE VERY LUCID PRESENTATIONS. I HAD A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS...
00:48:39 Unidentified Speaker THE EVIDENCE IS STILL NOT POSITIVE BUT PRETTY STRONG. I THINK IT IS VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE IT IS...
00:51:03 Unidentified Speaker IN EVERY CRISIS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BREAKTHROUGH AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS...
00:52:10 Unidentified Speaker HE IS IN A VERY FRAGILE POSITION. HE WON THE SECOND FREE ELECTION THAT PAKISTAN HAS EVER HAD. BUT...
00:53:40 Unidentified Speaker LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT AS TO THE INDIAN STRATEGICS THINKING ABOUT...
00:54:14 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT TO DO. THE ARMY STRATEGY WAS TO LAUNCH A SHORT ATTACK...
00:55:45 Unidentified Speaker IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT TO RESTRAIN INDIA'S ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS IN THEIR OWN ECONOMIC NATIONAL...
00:57:23 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY PAKISTAN BELIEVES IN THE STRATEGIC DEPTH IDEAS AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE...
00:57:37 Unidentified Speaker VANDA FELBAB-BROWN MENTIONED IRAN. THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION MIGHT HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE IRANIANS...
00:58:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT -- I COULD KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAME...
00:59:09 Unidentified Speaker WHAT HAVE ANY OF YOU COME ACROSS AS FAR AS JIHADIST OR ISLAMIST CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE WINNING IN THE...
00:59:29 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A CRACK THAT?
00:59:33 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SHAMELESSLY PLUG MY OWN BOOK AGAIN. IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT WHAT AL QAEDA SEES AS ITS IDEOLOGY,...
00:59:51 Unidentified Speaker IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE BOOKSTORE ON YOUR WAY OUT.
00:59:57 Unidentified Speaker IT'S ALSO CHEAPER AT AMAZON. THE PURPOSE OF 9/11, AND THE PURPOSE OF MUMBAI, THERE ARE MANY RAMIFICATIONS....
01:02:08 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS YOU SAID SO MUCH AGAINST PAKISTAN, AND IF YOU WROTE AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY -- IF YOU...
01:02:52 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON.
01:03:01 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS NO NEWS TO REPORT OR BASIS IN FACT THAT BILL CLINTON WILL BE ASKED TO BECOME A NEGOTIATOR...
01:03:53 Unidentified Speaker ALL I CAN SAY IS THE LOSS OF LIFE IS TRAGIC. IT'S ESPECIALLY TRAGIC BECAUSE IT'S REPEATING ITSELF....
01:05:15 Unidentified Speaker EVEN OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE UNITED STATES OR OUTSIDE PARTIES -- THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON REGARDING...
01:05:28 Unidentified Speaker NO. HISTORICALLY, WHEN THE INDIANS ARE READY, THE PAKISTAN PEOPLE ARE READY AND VICE VERSA. IT'S...
01:05:56 Unidentified Speaker I AM A DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCER. MY QUESTION REGARDS THE FOG -- THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE STATE...
01:06:18 Unidentified Speaker THAT HAS YOUR NAME WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
01:06:21 Unidentified Speaker MY BOOK IS ABOUT THE QUESTION OF THE FAILURE OF PAKISTAN. OR THE FAILURE OF THE IDEA OF PAKISTAN. ...
01:07:28 Unidentified Speaker I'M THE CIVIL -- I'M FROM THE CIVIL-RIGHTS OFFICE IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE. MY QUESTION IS...
01:07:51 Unidentified Speaker WHEN I START WITH THE SECOND PART OF THAT -- THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL IMPORTANT CASES IN THE U.S. IN...
01:10:10 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU AGREE THE GREATEST DANGER TO U.S. INTERESTS FROM LET WOULD BE POSED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM...
01:10:21 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. THE HUNDRED STRONG -- 800,000 STRONG THE ASPIRATE AND THE U.K., THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH...
01:10:48 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE MIKE TO THAT PERSON, BUT I DID THAT THIS PERSON HERE. IT WASN'T...
01:11:04 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE POLICY OUT OF PAKISTAN HAS BEEN TO TAKE AID FROM THE U.S.,...
01:11:35 Unidentified Speaker CHINESE INFLUENCE ON PAKISTAN.
01:11:39 Unidentified Speaker I WILL GIVE A SHORT ANSWER TO THAT -- THE CHINESE ARE NOW, OFFICIALLY AND UNOFFICIALLY, WORRIED ABOUT...
01:12:40 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ADD THAT DURING THE 2001-2002 STANDOFF, CHINA DID IN FACT PLAY AN IMPORTANT QUIET BUT EFFECTIVE...
01:13:31 Unidentified Speaker IN THE INTEREST OF EQUITY, THE MAN WHO HAD HIS HAND UP DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU.
01:13:41 Unidentified Speaker I'M FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY. HOW DO YOU THINK THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN INDIA WILL INFLUENCE...
01:14:02 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT SURE THE HINDU CONSERVATIVE PARTY EXPECTS TO PUSH THEM INTO THE VICTORY COLUMN. BUT UNDER...
01:14:59 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ADD ONE MORE POINT ABOUT THE DOMESTIC INDIAN PROCESS. CONGRESS WILL BE A LOT OF TROUBLE ANYWAY....
01:16:07 Unidentified Speaker I'M A FORMER U.S. ARMORY -- U.S. ARMY AREA SPECIALIST IN THE REGION. THE EVENTS OF 26/11 SUGGEST TO...
01:16:53 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. WHAT IS VERY STRIKING ABOUT AL QAEDA AND ITS PARTNERS IN THE GLOBAL G HYDE, HYDELET...
01:18:31 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT GIVE UP -- DID NOT GIVE UP ONCE THEY ARE ON THE LIST,...
01:19:31 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS FOR BOTH STEVE AND FOR BRUCE. STEVE, PARTICULARLY RAISES THE SPECTER OF...
01:20:47 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A CHEERFUL QUESTION.
01:20:50 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT HAS REASSURED ALL VISITORS EFFECTIVELY THAT THEY HAVE A SYSTEM TO...
01:22:24 Unidentified Speaker THE GOOD NEWS IS REACTORS ARE VERY HARD TARGET, BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED WHEN YOU'RE WINNING...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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