According to testimony in a current trial:

--An ISI agent specifically added Chabad House as a Jewish target to the list of places to be hit in the Mumbai terrorist action.

--Handlers in Pakistan also instructed the terrorists during the raid on how to kill hostages at Chabad House:

After approaching from behind, place the barrel on the back of their head and fire," one handler said, according to a transcript of an intercepted conversation from the Chabad House that was read in court yesterday.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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