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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan10-2008dec10,0,2872223.story
U.S. Sharpens Focus on Lashkar-e-Taiba
[Los Angeles Times] Greg Miller - The terrorist attacks in Mumbai are prompting concern among U.S. intelligence officials that Lashkar-e-Taiba is emerging both as a more potent threat to American interests and as a potential successor to al-Qaeda. Senior U.S. intelligence officials said the attacks had triggered a reexamination by CIA analysts of the Pakistani group's potential to follow the strikes last month in Mumbai with a long-term campaign against Western targets. However, counter-terrorism experts said Lashkar's reach still appears to be limited. Seth Jones, a counter-terrorism analyst at Rand Corp., said, "It's one thing to get on a boat from Pakistan and move to India. It's a whole different step to build an infrastructure and cells capable of conducting operations in a Western country."