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The Slow-Motion Terror In Mumbai
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
... ( or does it ?) and while there is no chance that the total number of deaths will exceed those of September 11th, there is something about the ongoing nature of the crisis that sickens and appalls in a manner that is especially torturous and painful to watch. Just as we think that the nightmare is coming to an end, it finds a way to continue and find new ways to horrify us. In extraordinary fashion, the hotel staff at the Taj Mahal ...
Barcepundit (English edition) — ... 3:02 am EST: Siege at Taj Mahal hotel over, officials say (BBC): Police commissioner Hassan Gafoor said the hotel was now under their control. "All combat operations are over. All the terrorists have been killed."3:34 am EST: Police going in (NYT): Soldiers were still combing the hotel, going room to room in search of remaining gunmen, but the siege appeared finally to have ended, J. K. Dutt, director general of the National Security Guard, an elite commando force, said in the news conference at 9 a.m. ...
Mumbai Siege Ends
Blue Star Chronicles —
... There are reports that people are probably still hiding in their hotel rooms, fearful that they are still not safe to expose themselves. Room to room searches are continuing to ensure that everyone is out of the hotel and that it is, indeed, secured. All of the terrorist are reported to have been killed. ...
