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EVENT:
On December 7, US citizen David Coleman Headley, already charged with seeking to bomb a Danish newspaper office, was indicted for conspiring in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, which killed 173 people.
SIGNIFICANCE:
Headley's case, following closely on the arrest of US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan over the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood in November, highlights the way 'self-starter' individuals and cells, typically made up of members of the local population, are central to al-Qaida's new model of operations in the West.
Word Count (approx): 1242
Headings
- Pan-Islamic grievance
- Willingness to die
- Inspiration by jihadist preaching
- Personal weapons and resources
- Role of 'self-starters'
- Numerous communities
- New converts
- Converted convicts
- Homeland links
- Al-Qaida flexibility?
Primary Keywords: INT, Canada, Middle East, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States, politics, judicial, media, religion, security, terrorism
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