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Day Three of the Mumbai Terror Attacks
A Blog For All —
... Despite the Indian authorities' assurances that the situation was under control, the siege continued at the Taj Mahal hotel and explosions could still be heard in central Mumbai. One security official said: 'There is growing concern about British involvement in the attacks.' But Gordon Brown has urged caution. He emerged from a conversation with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to say there was no suggestion of a British link. More than 150 people have been killed, including two Americans and five Jewish hostages at the Chabad house . That includes the ...
Indian commandos too late to rescue hostages: five slain.
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Yis'ga'dal v'yis'kadash sh'may ra'bbo, b'olmo dee'vro chir'usay
v'yamlich malchu'say, b'chayaychon uv'yomay'chon uv'chayay d'chol
bais Yisroel, ba'agolo u'viz'man koriv; v'imru Omein.
Via
Hot Air, the hostage crisis at Mumbai's Chabad-Lubavitch Center
ends precisely as I feared:
3 Americans killed at Mumbai Jewish center
MUMBAI, India - Commandos who stormed the Mumbai headquarters of
an ultra-orthodox Jewish group on Friday found the bodies of five
hostages inside — a New York rabbi and his wife as well as three
others. The rabbi ...
Something Different
Jules Crittenden —
... suicide bomber. The attack itself has paralyzed a city of 18 million. And two days after the attack began, Indian forces are still working to root out the terror teams. Washington Post : “A new, horrific milestone … ” UK Daily Mail : Up to seven gunmen were British, came from the same area as the 7/7 bombers. Reuters : Hotel staff emerge as heroes, taking bullets, shepherding guests to safety. NYT : US Intelligence focuses on Lashkar e Taiba. Hot Air’s roundup, discussion . Topics: Jihad , india Posted by Jules Crittenden at ...
Ten Terrorists Caused "India's 9/11"?
Ace of Spades HQ —
... journalists at a briefing. "We'll take out everything from the western border. We won't leave anything there." Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said "elements" in Pakistan may have been responsible for the attacks in Mumbai. Other officials have said most, perhaps all, of the attackers were from Pakistan, a Muslim nation carved out of Hindu-majority India in bloodshed in 1947. The two countries have fought three wars since the partition, and relations have always been tense. More on the massacre: The commander said his men had had to literally feel their way through ...
