Is Pak serious about militant crackdown?

July 14, 2011 14:36

Stating that the Mumbai serial blasts "renew questions" about Pakistan's crackdown on militants, the US media has pointed out that the latest attacks in India's financial hub had all the markings of LeT which also carried out the 2008 terror strikes there.

While Indian investigators begin to sift through the wreckage of three terrorist bombings in Mumbai, suspicions have immediately turned to Pakistan-connected militant groups, ProPublica said."Whatever the investigation uncovers -- and it's still very early -- one thing is clear: Those groups still operate despite international pressure on Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks of nearly three years ago," said the report.

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