“The Mumbai terrorist attacks have opened a new chapter in the war against terrorism,” writes City Journal contributing editor Guy Sorman. “They remind us that Islamic radicalism owes more to classic Leninist thinking than to the Koran. This wasn’t some desperate move to make a statement. It was a carefully planned operation, under the command of sophisticated leadership—the group responsible had links to al-Qaida, according to many reports—in order to achieve a strategic, indeed worldwide, goal.”

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