It is unlikely that any foreign power would have been able to conduct the operation by itself, nor could any indigenous opposition group pull it off alone.
Despite Indian accusations to the contrary, the Naxalites appear to remain a self-reliant group that has not established a strong partnership with Pakistan. (With STRATFOR map.)
The official reason for recent security operations is to catch militant prison escapees, but the real reason could be the return of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The explosive-parcel operation failed to reach its first objective but did attain its second, which was to generate worldwide media coverage and sow fear in the West.
There's no real news in the Iraq-war documents recently released by WikiLeaks, but there are some interesting issues raised by the release and the reaction to it.
As Mexican drug trafficking organizations like Los Zetas become increasingly desperate, there almost certainly will be more cases of innocents like David Hartley caught in the crossfire.
