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Mujahideen Attack in Mumbai
Gates of Vienna —
A terrorist attack has been launched in Mumbai against several prominent targets, including the airport and two luxury hotels. At least eighty people are dead, among themn the chief of the anti-terror police squad, and more than 900 have been injured. A previously unknown group called the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed credit for the attack. There is some speculation that the infamous Lashkar-e-Taiba is involved. According to The Times of India: In one of the ...
Mumbai Attacks: Strategic Convergence
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. —
Mumbai, India was attacked Wednesday evening by an unknown number assailants. Reports indicate at least 101 dead and 270 wounded. A number of the dead are police, but the majority were simply innocent bystanders. At least 6 foreign nationals were killed. Gateway pundit has a good round up . Times of India has on going coverage as well, but the site is extremely slow. Reports indicate that 5 terrorists are held up in the Taj with 50 hostages and another 7 are in the Oberi with approximately 100 hostages. Early reports also indicate that the terrorists ...
India Terror Attacks Still Underway
Ace of Spades HQ —
... hub. The fourth floor of the five-star hotel is on fire and according to some reports, at least 30 are still trapped inside, most of them held hostage by armed gunmen. The Army, the Navy, the National Security Guard and Rapid Action Force are involved in the raging encounter with unspecified number of heavily-armed terrorists. For those interested in keeping up to date, here are a few Indian media sources. IBN TV news site and streaming video . NDTV And The Times of India .
Mumbai Update 11:00 AM EST
The Moderate Voice —
... Britons. Since the last three gunmen were killed at the Taj Mahal hotel this morning troops have been going door-to-door checking for casualties and setting off controlled explosions on bombs left by the terrorists. Ten coordinated attacks which began on Wednesday night have left at least 195 people dead and 295 injured. Elite National Security Guard commandos said they discovered 30 bodies in a single room after storming the Taj Mahal hotel at 7.30am.
Times of India:
Mumbai siege ends, combing op on at Taj
Qaida ...
India Thinks Pak N-Sites Already In Radical Hands
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told President Obama that nuclear sites in Pakistan’s restive frontier province are
“already partly” in the hands of Islamic extremists, an Israeli journal has said, amid considerable anxiety among US pundits here over Washington’s confidence in the security of the troubled nation’s nuclear arsenal.
Claims about the high-level exchange between New Delhi
and Washington were made in the Debka, a journal said to have close ...
Obama Approves US-UAE Nuclear Deal
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has approved plans for the United States to help the United Arab Emirates become the first Arab nation with a nuclear power industry that will fuel the country’s growing demand for electricity.
Obama’s official backing of the pact, known as a “123 agreement,” is being praised by pro-business groups that say US companies are now in the running for major construction work connected to the $41 billion project.
The ...
Google and Print Media to Square off at WAN Conference
Interesting Times —
... Publishing, Bennett, Coleman & Co. (Times Group), India; - John Paton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of impreMedia LLC, United States; - Martim Figueiredo, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, 'i' daily newspaper, Portugal; - Gerd Finkbeiner, Chairman of the Executive Board, manroland AG, Germany; - Jaideep Bose, Editor-in-chief, Times of India; - James Orr, Online News Editor, The Christian Science ...
