Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 03/2010

The Long Arm of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Stephen Tankel

February 2010

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

In his February 2 testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair highlighted the growing danger posed by Pakistani militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Calling the group a "special case," he asserted that it is "becoming more of a direct threat and is placing Western targets in Europe in its sights." He also expressed concern that it could "actively embrace" a more anti-Western agenda.