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ADDING to post no. 1188:

Paper no. 2942
27-Nov-2008

“India’s Day Of Infamy”
By B. Raman, Camp New Delhi

ABOUT THIS AUTHOR: “(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai.”)

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http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers30/paper2942.html

RECAP and noting posts/comments at the end of this article:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023670.php
(TIMES ONLINE.co.uk)

November 26, 2008
“Intel chiefs expected Al-Qaeda spectacular — and got it in Mumbai”

ADDING to post no. 1203:

Thanks to Abu Afak for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138931/posts

and this post:

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138931/posts?page=37#37

101 killed as gunmen rampage in India city
By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM,
Ramola Talwar Badam
Associated Press Writer

MUMBAI, India – Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a JEWISH group’s Headquarters in India’s financial capital, killing at least 101 people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.

Police and gunmen were exchanging occasional gunfire at two luxury hotels and dozens of people were believed held hostage or trapped inside the besieged buildings. Pradeep Indulkar, a senior official at the Maharashtra state Home Ministry said 101 people were killed and 287 injured.

Officials said eight militants had also been killed in the coordinated attacks on at least 10 sites that began around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Gunmen also seized the Mumbai headquarters of the Ultra-Orthodox JEWISH outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, the New York-based group said.
Indian commandos surrounded the building Thursday morning and media reports said gunfire was heard from the building.

Police loudspeakers declared a curfew around Mumbai’s landmark Taj Mahal hotel, and black-clad commandos ran into the building as fresh gunshots rang out from the area, apparently the beginning of an assault on gunmen who had taken hostages in the hotel....”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting

37 posted on November 26, 2008 11:42:21 PM PST by abu afak (Mellita, domi adsum)