[justa-hairyape]

Makes little sense that heavily armed local terrorist would arrive by rubber dingy. They could have just drove a car or walked around town. Only way that makes sense is if the waterways gave them better attack logistics.

[Enchante]

Yes, why would a locally based group choose to assault in boats? They would have so many more options on land, unless the water routes/access points were just a lot more vulnerable, etc.

aside:

Former CIA honcho John McLaughlin asserted on CNN a few minutes ago that India has the LARGEST Muslim population in the world. I would have hoped that a big time CIA dude would know better what he is talking about. That is quite a piece of ignorance for a guy who was #2 in the CIA..... what is true is that India has a huge Muslim population, but it falls behind Indonesia and Pakistan in total numbers:

Rank Country Muslim Population

1 Indonesia 207,000,105
2 Pakistan 159,799,666
3 India 151,402,065

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

[Paul R.]

The Taj appears to be directly accessible from the water... Is anyone saying / guessing where that group of terrorists attacked from?

http://www.goindiaholidays.com/images/h_taj-mahal-palace-and_s_141.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=taj%20mahal%20hotel%20mumbai&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[cookcounty]

"Makes little sense that heavily armed local terrorist would arrive by rubber dingy. They could have just drove a car or walked around town. Only way that makes sense is if the waterways gave them better attack logistics."

Come ashore on the beachfront at night, grab some taxis, and boom!

[homeguard]

Good point...these bastards arent locals.....