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Red Alert: Possible Geopolitical Consequences of the Mumbai Attacks (Open Access)

Nov 27, 2008 | 04:34 GMT

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Summary

If the Nov. 26 attacks in Mumbai were carried out by Islamist militants as it appears, the Indian government will have little choice, politically speaking, but to blame them on Pakistan. That will in turn spark a crisis between the two nuclear rivals that will draw the United States into the fray.

The Nov. 26 attacks in Mumbai appear likely to lead to a confrontation between India and Pakistan that could draw in the United States as well....

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