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US intelligence warned India of Mumbai attack in mid-October – Report December 1, 2008, 11:22 PM (GMT+02:00) Thuraya system for satellite phones DEBKAfile's intelligence sources report that the Indian spy agency RAW (the Research and Analysis Wing) caught wind of a terrorist threat for Mumbai in late August, three months before the event. More information was collected by RAW during September and October about the shape of the attack and its targets and passed to the American NSA. US government agencies relayed the warning to the Manmohan Singh government in New Delhi which passed it on to political officials in Mumbai, India's financial capital. There it stopped.  More... Captured terrorist says Israelis specifically targeted in Mumbai, six victims identified DEBKAfile Special Report December 1, 2008, 1:37 PM (GMT+02:00) Islamist terrorist Azzam Amir Kassab, 21: A brutal killing machine captured alive The captured terrorist, Azam Amir Kasab told police his group was sent with a specific mission to target Israelis to avenge the Palestinians. That is why they targeted Nariman House (Chabad Center), the Times of India reports. Another victim of the Chabad Center massacre has been identified as Norma Schwartzblatt-Rabinovitz, 50, from Mexico, who was due to immigrate to Israel and two of whose children already live there.  More...