that that's lashkar itaiba. >> the group involved in the attacks in mumbai. >> that's a state-sponsorederror group sponsored by the pakistani intelligence association. they're very fluid. people are members of both organizations. they go back and forth. and lashkar operatives gave safe houses to al qaeda members when they were leaving from the war. >> about the mumbai attack, with the small number of lightly armed fighters, machine guns, grenades, they were basically able to paralyze a city by taking over and ape tackin atta few -- just a few locations, that's a worrying attack. not a big attack but with a few people lightly armed be able to paralyze a major city like mumbai. that's stunning. >> in the chicago trial of david headley, the pakistani american who was involved in planning the mumbai attacks, a lot of unsettling information came out. one was that there were fights planned, possible terror strikes more than 300 of them, only a few of them actually in india. many of them in the west. according to headley, he feels corrected by an isi major who said specifically to attack ameri

and the boundaries between lashkar and al qaeda are very fluid.s of both organizations. they go back and forth. and lashkar gave safe houses to al qaeda members when they were leaving bore ra bore ra. >> what i find about their attacks especially the mumbai attack was with a relatively small number of lightly-armed fighters, machine guns, grenades, they were able to basically paralyze the city by taking over and attacking just a few -- a hotel, a few other locations. i think that's a worrying kind of attack. because it's not a big attack, but with a few people lightly armed to be able to paralyze a major city like mumbai, that's stunning. >> in the chicago trial of david etly, this pakistani american who was involved in the planning the mumbai attacks, a lot of very unsettling information came out. one was that there were sites planned, possibly terrorist strikes, more than 300 of them. only a few of them actually in india. many of them in the west. and according to hedley, he was directed by an isi major who said specifically to attack americans

since we are talking about mumbai two thousand and eight that was attacked in which groups like the lashkar e tayyiba which has links with the pakistani establishment what identified your normal for behaving badly kids recently going on in the united states at this point there's a lot of evidence which points to just complicity between terrorist groups like that as also the pakistani establishment and in like fashion there are other groups that we have clear evidence for instance in germany which mean there is a group called the gesture muhammad which had also been implicated in a number of attacks within india over the last few years the group that you would refer to the indian mujahideen has also been identified and that i want to apologise for and i'm going to as i can because it would suggest that there are no sleepers all groups within india because on one hand the recent t.v. spoke about groups coming from outside of india the standard phrase used in india is state sponsored terrorism meaning and the establishment bit but groups like the indian which i have been have a domestic want t

known groups since we are talking about mumbai two thousand and that was attack in which groups like lashkar e. links with the pakistani establishment i would not i did just cargo or just as a security analyst one linkage that i can see is the fact that the al qaeda and what they were the new leadership that has now emerged after bin laden clearly would be seeing the tenth anniversary of nine eleven which is coming up in the next few days as a moment when they might like to believe clearly because of religion that they have lost over the last four years that is just one possibility or a group for instance in pakistan in afghanistan that are now affiliated with al qaeda might have chosen this particular period in the run up to the tenth anniversary to carry out an attack of this nature this week and a few days after nine eleven would be a moment where the possibility of a spectacular attack would definitely be on the increase i will be keeping you updated on the new dehli gras and there's also more on the story on our web site that's our team dot com and in our free video section we've got pi

it happened in the pre-dawn hours near lashkar gah in helmand province.han forces took over security in that area this past summer. also today, nato reported four of its troops had been killed in the last 24 hours. separately, the u.n. reported violent incidents in afghanistan have increased nearly 40% over last year. afghan and coalition troops destroyed more than $350 million worth of heroin and opium in a raid this week. a nato announcement today said it may be the largest seizure since the war began ten years ago. afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium. much of the revenue is believed to finance the taliban. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and to the battle for libya. rebel forces pressed again for control of sirte, a city of 100,000 people on the main road between tripoli and benghazi, still held by moammar gadhafi's loyalists. one of the deposed leader's sons may be holed up there too. we begin with a report from neil connery of independent television news. >> reporter: on the western outskirts of si

these include groups like lashkar e tiba. secretary clinton, secretary panetta, admiral mullen, ambassador crocker, ambassador munter and the congress, republicans and democrats here in the senate now all agree that pakistan government complicity and long-standing history of support and protection for the haqqani network is a major impediment of the united states goal of achieving safety and security in pakistan and afghanistan. the pakistani government should end its protection of the haqqani network. the haqqani network is a wholly owned subsidiary of the i.s.i. and responsible for the death of american service men and women and civilians in afghanistan. both the united states and pakistan would benefit from a strong and stable afghanistan, but the i.s.i., part of the pakistani government, disagrees and supports terror. that's why it's so important that the senate made this decision to remove all but the counterterrorism accounts from pakistan and to put in new language conditioning any extension of aid to pakistan on coope