"We are going to these games."

That's the defiant message from Australian Commonwealth Games officials facing threats of violence from Islamist militants.

The latest threat came from one of the most violent and hunted men on the subcontinent, Ilyas Kashmiri.

He is the leader of the feared 313 brigade, an al-Qaeda linked group widely believed responsible for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that left 165 people dead including two Australians.

Head of the Australian Commonwealth Games association Perry Crosswhite was in little mood for turning back on Thursday, saying the athletes would be as secure as anyone inside the games village.

"We are going to these games," Mr Crosswhite told AAP.

"We have to continue this way.

"Unless something happens that does not allow the games to go ahead, we will have a team there."

Vice president of tactical intelligence at global intelligence company Stratfor Scott Stewart is worried about Kashmiri, who has been reported dead several times.

Kashmiri is a former Pakistani commando and now runs the 313 brigade which is an operational arm of al-Qaeda.

"He has vowed to continue targeting foreigners in attacks across India," Mr Stewart said.

But it is unlikely, Mr Stewart said, that athletes would be directly targeted.

"The real threat is going to be the soft targets," Mr Stewart told AAP on Thursday.

Soft targets will include the bars, restaurants and shopping areas around the athletes village and stadiums in Delhi.

He went on to endorse Australian Federal Police plans to have officers live with athletes inside the village.

"It would be helpful, they can keep an eye on things, make sure things are done right."

Beyond the immediate threat of Kashmiri, Mr Stewart says the Indian landscape provides plenty of threats for security forces to focus on.

"The problem is there are so many threats from so many actors.

"The police there are not as well trained in areas like tactics, marksmanship, the country is just so darn huge."

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean said there was no intelligence that would force an Australian withdrawal from the Games.

"We're in touch with the sporting bodies that have to make the final decision as to whether the team goes across," he told ABC Radio.

"We've spoken to our Indian counterparts and indeed Pakistan as well, and there is nothing, at this stage, that required us or has resulted in us changing the travel advisory in relation to India."

Chair of the Senate's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Russell Trood says he is "reasonably confident" security can be maintained for the athletes.

"There's no doubt there are some dangers and there are some risks," Senator Trood told AAP.

"It's unfortunate the Rudd government's bilateral relationship with the Indian government is in such bad repair."

He was referring to ongoing violence against Indian nationals in Melbourne.

Victorian senator Steve Fielding was more worried.

He wants Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to make a call on whether athletes should go or not, on behalf of athletes heading to Delhi and elsewhere for upcoming tournaments including the hockey world cup and Indian Premier League cricket competition.

"We should be getting on to this now," Senator Fielding said on Thursday.

"It is crazy to wait until the last minute."