nytimes.com - 11/27/2008
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Some hostages at two luxury hotels in Mumbai had been freed earlier on Thursday as the standoff reached into its second day. >
news.sky.com - 11/28/2008
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Indian forces remain locked in battle with terrorists
holed up at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in...
Mumbai. Night falls on Taj Mahal Palace Darkness falls on the Taj Mahal Palace as siege enters third night Police have said the operation to end the siege, ...
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Mumbai Terror Attacks: Indian Forces Still In Taj Mahal ...
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No Obama Press Conference Today-- News Day Is All About Mumbai
DownWithTyranny! —
... to do with this travesty. Many in India will blame them anyway. It's more likely that the Pakistanis involved in this are at least as dedicated to see their own country collapse into anarchy as they are expecting to see India grant independence to Kashmir-- or break apart or whatever they want. The Pakistani Foreign Minister is in India and expressed shock and horror and pledged cooperation. The president and prime minister of Pakisatn have condemned the attacks. There is still too much confusion-- in a society where confusion is a hallmark-- to be able to even ...
Searching for Answers in Mumbai
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... There remained much mystery around the group behind the attack, unusual in its scale, its almost theatrical boldness and its targeting locales frequented by wealthy Indians and foreigners.
Two men who claimed to be among the gunmen called local television stations, demanding to speak with the government and complaining about the treatment of Muslims in India and about Kashmir, the disputed territory over which India and Pakistan have fought two wars.
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Indian Forces Fire at Jewish Center
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Sharpshooters fired from buildings across from Nariman House, home to the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch, where militants were holed up, news agencies reported. Commandos were seen being dropped from helicopters onto the roof of the building in an attempt to free hostages. Elsewhere in the city, Indian army and paramilitary commandos scoured through two charred luxury hotels, searching for survivors of the bands of gunmen who unleashed two days of chaos here. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/world/asia/28mumbai.h...
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