Mumbai’s Wired Terrorists

How did technology aid the Mumbai gunmen in their assault? They carried GPS. They had satellite phones, CDs with high-resolution images of the city, and multiple cell phones whose SIM cards they frequently switched as to avoid tracking. In hotel rooms, they watched the coverage of their assault. "This is terrorism in the digital age," writes The Washington Post. "The flood of information about the attacks—on TV, cellphones, the Internet—seized the attention of a terrified city, but it also was exploited by the assailants to direct their fire and cover their origins." In a separate piece, The Post looks at the details emerging about the sole surviving gunman, Azam Amir Kasab. The 22-year-old is from Punjab province, where he dropped out of school in the fourth grade. The terrorists were originally taught recitations of the Koran and lectures on Jihad. Then they underwent small-weapons training, and finally, "marine" training. The 10 gunmen were chosen from a batch of 25.