[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E first reported on LeT in December 2000, after the group attacked the 17th century Mughal fort (also known as the Red Fort), a major tourist attraction in India. In claiming responsibility for the attack, LeT cited the ongoing \u201cguerrilla war\u201d in Jamu and Kashmir, and further threatened it would continue targeting Indian assets until India disbands from the region.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EBarry Bearak, \u201cGunmen Kill 3 at Garrison in New Delhi\u0027s Center,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, December 23, 2000, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/12\/23\/world\/gunmen-kill-3-at-garrison-in-new-delhi-s-center.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2000\/12\/23\/world\/gunmen-kill-3-at-garrison-in-new-delhi-s-center.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELeT grabbed Western media attention again in November 2008, when the group executed a series of simultaneous attacks throughout Mumbai, India, over the course of three days, resulting in the murder of more than 166 people.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cMumbai Massacre: Background Information,\u201d PBS, accessed May 5, 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/secrets\/mumbai-massacre-background-information\/502\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/secrets\/mumbai-massacre-background-information\/502\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Out of ten LeT perpetrators, only Ajmal Kasab survived. He was later tried in India and sentenced to death. Kasab was executed on November 21, 2002.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ESurabhi Malik, \u201cAjmal Kasab Hanged at Pune\u0027s Yerwada Jail This Morning,\u201d NDTV, November 21, 2012, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/ajmal-kasab-hanged-at-punes-yerwada-jail-this-morning-505125\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/ajmal-kasab-hanged-at-punes-yerwada-jail-this-morning-505125\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, ISIS\u2019s violence in Iraq and Syria diverts mainstream Western media attention away from Islamist militant activity in India and Pakistan. LeT gets little Western media attention, except for the occasional headline highlighting the Pakistani government\u2019s unwillingness or inability to rein the group in. The group also grabs headlines in relation to its continued freedom of movement despite extensive evidence that LeT was behind the Mumbai attacks. For example, in April 2015, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi\u2014one of LeT\u2019s top leaders and the suspected mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks\u2014was released from a Pakistani jail on bail.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003E\u201cMumbai Attack Suspect Lakhvi Released On Bail in Pakistan,\u201d BBC News, April 10, 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-32250763\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-32250763\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWestern media outlets sporadically provide in-depth profiles of or interviews with the group\u2019s leadership, which can provide greater insight into LeT\u2019s ideology and long-terms goals in Pakistan and beyond. \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E journalist Declan Walsh, for example, has reported extensively in the region and on the group, including conducting interviews with LeT leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EBasharat Peer, \u201cDeclan Walsh, Expelled,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew Yorker\u003C\/em\u003E, May 13, 2013, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/declan-walsh-expelled\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/declan-walsh-expelled\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELeT may begin to get more attention in the coming years as its influence in Pakistan continues to grow. As \u003Cem\u003EForeign Policy\u003C\/em\u003E magazine highlighted recently, despite being banned in 2002, LeT has expanded its ambitions for an Islamic state beyond Pakistan, grown its membership, and expanded its outreach through social services in Pakistan. In January of 2015, for example, the militant group began providing ambulance services in Pakistan\u2019s port city of Karachi.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ESaba Imtiaz and Declan Walsh, \u201cIn Pakistan, a Charity Project Points to Official Tolerance of Militants,\u201d \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, January 28, 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/29\/world\/in-pakistan-a-charity-project-points-to-official-tolerance-of-militants.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/29\/world\/in-pakistan-a-charity-project-points-to-official-tolerance-of-militants.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Western Media"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]