
The Economist, US
Suspecting an al-Qaeda involvement or inspiration, The Economist recounts that a few years ago, when US President George Bush was introducing Manmohan Singh to Laura Bush, he had said that India was a country of 150 million Muslims and not a single al-Qaeda member. The magazine terms the attack on Mumbai “a serious setback or even turning-point in the battle against al-Qaeda and its clones”.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Much is at stake in India, whose struggle with terrorism had gone unheeded by the Western media, writes Sandy Gordon. The Sydney Morning Herald warns that “increased India-Pakistan tension would be highly damaging to the broader war on terrorism”.