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After Four Days, Mumbai Terrorist Siege Ends
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The city of Mumbai can finally breathe a sigh of relief as Indian authorities say that they've finally ended the terrorist siege inside the city . Government officials said Saturday afternoon that the death toll had risen to 162 and was likely to rise again. They also said 283 people had been wounded. Most of the dead were apparently Indian citizens, but at least 18 foreigners were killed and 22 had been injured, said Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Maharashtra State. At least five Americans were believed to have died in the attacks. Just 10 militants, the city’s ...
Civilization Clashes With Barbarism
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... The siege at the Taj is over and the gruesome task of figuring out the identities of the piles of dead bodies scattered throughout the hotel is being attended to. The initial estimates of 80 dead is now double that-- and rising. The one captured terrorist, a 21 year old Pakistani, Ajmal Amir Kasab, was a laborer with a 4th grade education. In coming days we'll hear about which madrassah had taught him about jihad. ...
More Than 170 Killed in Mumbai Terror Attacks
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... remains woefully ill-prepared. The siege, for instance, exposed problems caused by inexperience and inadequate equipment, including a lack of high-power rifle scopes and other optics to help troops discriminate between the attackers and civilians.
As the investigation continued, it was unclear whether the attackers had collaborators already in the city, or whether others in their group had escaped. All told, the gunmen struck about 10 sites in bustling south Mumbai.
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