On November 26, 2008, a largely unknown terrorist group rose into the international consciousness after an armed group of 10 terrorists implemented a well-known strategy planned, coordinated and complex. attack on the civilian population of Mumbai. Using Ak-47s, hand grenades and communications equipment, the terrorist attackers killed 104 people and injured 308 others. For three days, the Mumbai government struggled to effectively eliminate the perpetrators of the terrorist attack, which ultimately ended in a shootout between the last living attackers and an Indian commando unit. Only one attacker was captured by the police, but the scale of the attack and the terrorists' commitment to terrorizing the population of Mumbai, even when surrounded and outnumbered, highlight the development of the Lashkar- E-Taiba (LeT), an organization that has arguably become one of the most powerful global terrorist networks. Over the past 20 years, a combination of religious ideological dogmas within the Lashkar-E-Taiba and a perception of usefulness within the Pakistani Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has created the conditions that have allowed the transnational growth and expansion of Lashkar-E-Taiba. E-Taiba. Since its inception, the LeT has become the largest and most organized group in Kashmir (Desouza and Tobin 2007, 599). The group's broad jihadist ideological goals and global influence make Lashkar-E-Taiba a current threat to the United States, but also the group most likely to successfully carry out a significant, large-scale attack against the United States or Western interests. the fundamental origins of the ideological framework of Lashkar-E-Taiba, it is important to understand the history and religious development...... middle of article......ct & Terrorism 30, no. 7:593-613. Academic research completed, EBSCOhost (accessed February 11, 2012). Tankel, Stephen. 2011. “The Story of Lashkar-E-Taiba.” New York. Columbia University Press. PrintRath, Saroj. 2010. “New terrorist architecture in South Asia: investigation into the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai”. India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 66, 359: 359-380. Academic Search Complete (accessed February 2, 2012). Tankel, Stephen. 2009. “Lashkar-e-Taiba: From 9/11 to Mumbai” Developments in Radicalization and Political Violence. International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence. PrintTerrorist organization profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). (nd). START-National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. Retrieved from http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=66