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Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault
Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault
The Mumbai terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fighting.
Indian demands Pakistan turn over most wanted
Indian demands Pakistan turn over most wanted
longwarjournal.org — Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed. Indian has demanded the Pakistani government turn over about 20 most wanted terrorists to demonstrate its seriousness about fighting terrorism in the wake of last week's terror siege of ... (more) Indian demands Pakistan turn over most wanted
Obama's first gaffe?
blog.foreignpolicy.com — He chose his words very carefully, but U.S. President-elect Barack Obama nonetheless made big news in India with this exchange from today's press conference: [Question:] During the campaign, you said that you thought the U.S. had a right to attack ... (more) Obama's first gaffe?
Mumbai: Behind the attacks lies a story of youth twisted by hate | World news | The ...
guardian.co.uk — The pitted roads around Multan, the city of saints, stretch flat across the fields. They lead past rundown factories, workshops, shabby roadside teashops and mile after mile of flat fields broken only by the mud and brick houses of the villages of ... (more) Mumbai: Behind the attacks lies a story of youth ...
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... . 2) The terrorists were hopped up on cocaine, LSD and steroids to keep themselves awake. Not surprising actually. But, the report, after siting this interesting fact, goes on to relate it to something incongruous: My first thoughts did not turn to "truck drivers and security guards". My first thoughts were actually, "Somalia and Fallujah". Particularly after reading Bellavia's, ...

Juiced: Mumbai jihadists hopped up on coke, steroids
Jihad Watch — ... "Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault," by Damien McElroy in the Telegraph, December 3 (thanks to Anne Crockett): ...

Mumbai Terrorists Used Cocaine To Stay Awake During 3-Day Assault
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... by the terrorists and later found drugs in their blood," said one official. "There was also evidence of steroids, which isn't uncommon in terrorists. "These men were all toned, suggesting they had been doing some heavy training for the attacks. This explains why they managed to battle the commandos for over 50 hours with no food or sleep." One terrorist used the drugs to keep on fighting despite suffering a life-threatening injury. Read full story here. -OR- Watch this video report with CCTV footage of the ...

India ready to inject surviving Mumbai jihadi with truth serum
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , for one thing, and told cops that he was sold to Lashkar e-Taiba by his father when it’s unlikely that a “draftee” would be chosen for a mission this important. He’s the one who’s probably lying. Or maybe he was just high at the time , as I suggested he might have been in one of my earlier posts. I wonder, is LSD the best thing to take while executing an intricate paramilitary operation? Indian analysts tell ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/3/2008
Gates of Vienna — ... Mumbai Attacks: Terrorists Took Cocaine to Stay Awake During Assault Terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60-hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fight. Officials said drug paraphernalia, including syringes, was recovered from the scene of the attacks, which killed almost 200 people. The heavily built men, who had undergone training at a special marine camp established by the Lashkar-e-Taibat (LeT) terrorist group in Pakistan, had also ...

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