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The Saudi Connection to the Mumbai Massacres Jerusalem Issue BriefInstitute for Contemporary Affairsfounded jointly with the Wechsler Family FoundationVol. 8, No. 21 12 February 2009The Saudi Connection to the Mumbai Massacres:Strategic Implications for IsraelCol. (res.) Jonathan FighelThe Mumbai attacks have been linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and radical Islamic groups in Kashmir generally. Yet it would be a mistake to see Lashkar only as a local organization with only a local agenda.Saudi Arabia has contributed very much to what Lashkar-e-Taiba looks like, how it thinks, its motivation, ideology, and funding. Saudi Arabia presents itself as the protector and the spearhead of...