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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on November 26, 2008, 05:21:12 PM
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DEVELOPING: Hostages were being rescued from two luxury hotels after a gunfight between the Indian army and armed gunman in Mumbai, India, following attacks by terrorist gunmen who, eyewitnesses said, appeared to be targeting Americans and Britons.
At least 100 people were rescued from the Taj Mahal, ending the encounter there. However, that was not the case at the Trident, where police are trying to evacuate people through the hotel's basement.
The terrorists also targeted a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station, killing at least 78 and injuring 200, police and witnesses said.
An organization calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claimed it was behind attacks in the nation's financial capitals, which began late Wednesday night. Officials say four suspects were killed by police and nine others were arrested, the Associated Press reported.
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And so it begins..............again :thatsright:
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Wanna bet this was in part over the Indian Navy doing anti piracy work?
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foxnews says that 5 indian policemen are dead in the rescue operation.
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the terrorists were looking for american and british citizens, I am hearing . . .
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the terrorists were looking for american and british citizens, I am hearing . . .
Yeah that's what this part of the Original post by TX said
following attacks by terrorist gunmen who, eyewitnesses said, appeared to be targeting Americans and Britons.
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Yeah that's what this part of the Original post by TX said
oops :thatsright: :-)
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i could have died from not-surprise seeing the name of the group, the Deccan Mujahideen... another peaceful day brought to you by the religion of peace
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i could have died from not-surprise seeing the name of the group, the Deccan Mujahideen... another peaceful day brought to you by the religion of peace
IMHO with the rest of the world seeing that President Bush is on the way out...open season on U.S. citizens has officially started.
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127 people dead right now.
FOXNews.com - URGENT: At Least 3 Americans Injured in Mumbai Terror Attacks; Indian Commandos in Gunfight to Free Hostages Held in Hotels (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458270,00.html)
Al-Qaeda might be behind this attack.
FOXNews.com - Spy Agencies: Mumbai Terror Attacks Show Hallmark of Al Qaeda (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458384,00.html)
Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular - Times Online (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5241036.ece)
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I think they meant the 'Taj Hotel' and not the 'Taj Mahal'. I doubt there are many tourists staying at the Taj Mahal, lol.
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UPDATE
MUMBAI, India — Commandos who stormed the headquarters of a New York-based ultra-orthodox Jewish group found the bodies of five hostages inside, an Israeli emergency medical crew said, as a fresh battle raged at the luxury Taj Mahal hotel and other Indian forces ended a siege at another five-star hotel.
An Israeli diplomat in Mumbai confirmed that there were no survivors inside the building.
A rescue service run by Orthodox Jews says staff members sent to Mumbai to help at the siege of the Chabad Lubavich Center also are reporting the hostages inside are dead.
"Apparently the hostages did not remain alive," the ZAKA service said in a brief statement quoting its staff in Mumbai. It did identify the hostages nor say how many may have died. A Brooklyn, N.Y.- born rabbi and his wife had been believed to be held hostage.
The ZAKA reportedly were allowed to enter the center as part of their role in preparing orthodox Jewish bodies for immediate burial. Jewish law requires burial within 24 hours of death.
Police sources said the bodies of two terrorists also were found in the center. It was not known when the hostages were killed.
Meanwhile, heavy fighting and fires broke out at the Taj Mahal hotel as commando units made a final push against terrorist gunmen still holed up inside.
Persistent gunfire and half a dozen grenade explosions could be heard from outside the hotel, according to a FOXNews.com reporter in Mumbai.
Sources told a FOXNews.com reporter in Mumbai that commando units were engaging as many as six gunmen in a ballroom on the floor above the main lobby. All of the hostages that had been held in the hotel were rescued, police officials said, but there were conflicting reports emerging that there still may be some hostages involved.
The State Department, meanwhile, says at least two Americans died in the terrorist attacks in India and more were injured. The U.S. is sending investigators to India to help unravel who is behind the bloody assaults that killed at least 150 people.
An official confirms the two Americans killed were traveling with a group from the Synchronicity Foundation in Virginia. A spokeswoman from that group identified them as 58-year-old Alan Scherr and his 13-year-old daughter Naomi.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458564,00.html
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India, Pakistan simmer over Mumbai attacks
Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:17pm EST
Reuters
By Rina Chandran
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian accusations of a Pakistani link to the attacks on Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people threaten to damage attempts to improve ties between the rivals.
Indian officials have said most, perhaps all, of the 10 attackers who held Mumbai hostage with frenzied attacks using assault rifles and grenades came from Pakistan, a Muslim nation carved out of Hindu-majority India in 1947.
An official in Islamabad said the next one to two days would be crucial for relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan has condemned the assaults and denied any involvement by state agencies.
Full Article (http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AP75S20081129?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews)
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A tenth militant caught alive told interrogators they wanted to be remembered for an Indian version of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, Times Now TV said, quoting an unidentified Defense Ministry official.
This is really horrible! This could India's deadliest terrorist attack. I would not be surprised if Al-Qaeda is somehow involved.
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Condolences to anyone who loved ones in Mumbai Terrorist Attack. We know what America went through on September 11, 2001, so I feel your pain.
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WTF??? :thatsright:
But what angered Mr D'Souza almost as much were the masses of armed police hiding in the area who simply refused to shoot back. "There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything," he said. "At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back."
As the gunmen fired at policemen taking cover across the street, Mr D'Souza realised a train was pulling into the station unaware of the horror within. "I couldn't believe it. We rushed to the platform and told everyone to head towards the back of the station. Those who were older and couldn't run, we told them to stay put."
The militants returned inside the station and headed towards a rear exit towards Chowpatty Beach. Mr D'Souza added: "I told some policemen the gunmen had moved towards the rear of the station but they refused to follow them. What is the point if having policemen with guns if they refuse to use them? I only wish I had a gun rather than a camera."
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article14086308.ece
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This is really horrible! This could India's deadliest terrorist attack. I would not be surprised if Al-Qaeda is somehow involved.
Single attack, possibly. However, over the past five years several thousand have died in attacks by this and similar groups.
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Muslims refuse to bury militants (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Indian Muslims say they do not want the gunmen killed by the security forces during the attacks in Mumbai to be buried in Muslim graveyards.
Community leaders believe the militants cannot be called Muslims because they went against the teachings of Islam and killed innocent civilians.
One leader said the militants had "defamed" the religion.
In what is perhaps their first openly defiant act against "Islamic terrorism", Muslims in India have decided they will not allow the militants to be buried in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country.
These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery
They said that they could not believe that the assailants, who they said had "killed innocent civilians unprovoked", were true followers of Islam.
LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
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Muslims refuse to bury militants (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Indian Muslims say they do not want the gunmen killed by the security forces during the attacks in Mumbai to be buried in Muslim graveyards.
Community leaders believe the militants cannot be called Muslims because they went against the teachings of Islam and killed innocent civilians.
One leader said the militants had "defamed" the religion.
In what is perhaps their first openly defiant act against "Islamic terrorism", Muslims in India have decided they will not allow the militants to be buried in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country.
These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery
They said that they could not believe that the assailants, who they said had "killed innocent civilians unprovoked", were true followers of Islam.
LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
this, if their refusal is allowed to stick, is a step in the right direction
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Muslims refuse to bury militants (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Indian Muslims say they do not want the gunmen killed by the security forces during the attacks in Mumbai to be buried in Muslim graveyards.
Community leaders believe the militants cannot be called Muslims because they went against the teachings of Islam and killed innocent civilians.
One leader said the militants had "defamed" the religion.
In what is perhaps their first openly defiant act against "Islamic terrorism", Muslims in India have decided they will not allow the militants to be buried in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country.
These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery
They said that they could not believe that the assailants, who they said had "killed innocent civilians unprovoked", were true followers of Islam.
LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Muslims refuse to bury militants (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Indian Muslims say they do not want the gunmen killed by the security forces during the attacks in Mumbai to be buried in Muslim graveyards.
Community leaders believe the militants cannot be called Muslims because they went against the teachings of Islam and killed innocent civilians.
One leader said the militants had "defamed" the religion.
In what is perhaps their first openly defiant act against "Islamic terrorism", Muslims in India have decided they will not allow the militants to be buried in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country.
These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery
They said that they could not believe that the assailants, who they said had "killed innocent civilians unprovoked", were true followers of Islam.
LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
You just know that the DUmmies are saying these people are incredibly intolerant. You just know they are!
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Muslims refuse to bury militants (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Indian Muslims say they do not want the gunmen killed by the security forces during the attacks in Mumbai to be buried in Muslim graveyards.
Community leaders believe the militants cannot be called Muslims because they went against the teachings of Islam and killed innocent civilians.
One leader said the militants had "defamed" the religion.
In what is perhaps their first openly defiant act against "Islamic terrorism", Muslims in India have decided they will not allow the militants to be buried in Muslim graveyards anywhere in the country.
These terrorists are a black spot on our religion, we will very sternly protest the burial of these terrorists in our cemetery
They said that they could not believe that the assailants, who they said had "killed innocent civilians unprovoked", were true followers of Islam.
LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7758651.stm)
Good for them!