Will McCants at Jihadica has a simple yet poignant post about Jihadis trying to capitalize on the attacks in Mumbai to gain support, etc. In addition, he points out that what is most alarming about what happened this weekend is that it was an operation carried out with small arms, and although it seemed to be highly coordinated, was something that your every day Joe shmo could put together.
Jihadis use these attacks as propaganda to rally more support to their cause. What Will is getting at here is that there is no real way to stop these attacks other than to defeat the ideology that encourages them.
Ibn Yaaqub Al-Amriki 