US worries about repeat of Mumbai attacks: Mullen Updated at: 1510 PST, Thursday, July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON: The US military's top-ranking officer said Thursday he feared extremists might launch another attack on India, similar to the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, in a bid to spark a war with arch-rival Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters on board his plane bound for New Delhi, Admiral Mike Mullen praised India for showing restraint in the aftermath of the bloody November 2008 attacks that left 166 dead.
"I've worried a great deal about a repeat attack, of something like that," Mullen said. The admiral said he wanted "to focus on making sure this doesn't happen again".
http://www.geo.tv/7-22-2010/68787.htm
WASHINGTON: The US military's top-ranking officer said Thursday he feared extremists might launch another attack on India, similar to the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, in a bid to spark a war with arch-rival Pakistan.
Speaking to reporters on board his plane bound for New Delhi, Admiral Mike Mullen praised India for showing restraint in the aftermath of the bloody November 2008 attacks that left 166 dead.
"I've worried a great deal about a repeat attack, of something like that," Mullen said. The admiral said he wanted "to focus on making sure this doesn't happen again".
http://www.geo.tv/7-22-2010/68787.htm