America Knows Ahead of Attacks on India?

Was the US Government fully aware of the possible terror attacks on India, yet the Indian authorities were undermining the warning message? The BBC reported is disturbing. If India was negligent, its authorities must be blamed on being lax on securities. Also, police response was far from perfect.

The US warned India about a possible threat at least a month before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media have quoted unnamed officials as saying.

One official said India had been told of an apparent plot to launch an attack from the sea, the AP agency reports.

The reports came as India's navy chief said there had been "systemic failures" in the country's security and intelligence services.

At least 188 people are now known to have died in the coordinated attacks.

The allegations are likely to add to the growing public anger that the attacks were not prevented.

India's home minister and the chief and deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra state have all resigned amid criticism of the government's handling of the crisis.