Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S. : Bush aide | U.S. | Reuters

Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S. : Bush aide | U.S. | Reuters: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cities are vulnerable to an attack like the gun-and-grenade assault that terrorized Mumbai for three days and killed 179 people, the White House homeland security adviser said on Wednesday.

Ken Wainstein told a Washington think tank the Mumbai attacks in November showed the effectiveness of a low-technology coordinated assault on an open city.

'You can envision that happening in any American city, and it's chilling when you think about it,' Wainstein told policy-makers and others in a speech at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 'That's the kind of thing that is all too realistic anywhere in the world.'"