This was a nightmare come true for security experts who had been dreading the culmination of what was being called OperationB-A-D: after Bangalore and Ahmedabad, Delhiwas feared to be the obvious next target. This was not just speculation, but hadbeen claimed by the Gujarat police and IB on the basis of their decodingof an intercepted call, made allegedly from Sabarmati jail in Gujarat toPakistan, soon after the Ahmedabad blasts in July.