The deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai are prompting new efforts to bolster security in the U.S. by law enforcement officials who fear the assault on India’s financial capital represents an unforeseen model for future attacks on U.S. soil, says the front page article in the USA Today.
In a warning this week to its members, the American Hotel and Lodging Association said the Mumbai incident and the bombing of a Marriott Hotel two months ago in Islamabad “may be the beginning of a resurging and alarming trend of luxury hotels becoming magnets for terrorist attacks.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-05-mumbaisecurity_N.htm?csp=Daily%20Briefing
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