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A blessed Thanksgiving to you West Coast Gal and Jet Jaguar.

Thank you for that update West Coast Gal and thank you for the ping to post no. 1756.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2138741/posts?page=1756#1756

Thanks to Jet Jaguar for the ping to this thread:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139318/posts

Taxi was meant to blow up Mumbai airport
India Today ^ | November 28, 2008 | Prabhu Chawla
Posted on November 27, 2008 3:28:27 PM PST by PapaBear3625

The flyover [overpass] outside the domestic airport in Mumbai and a taxi driver’s unfamiliarity with the new slip route to the terminal perhaps went a long way in averting a major disaster that could have taken the toll into hundreds on Wednesday night itself.

Shortly before the terrorists moved into their targets in South Mumbai, a black and yellow taxi, with three passengers and enough ammunition to bring down a dome, sped in the direction of the airport. Instead of taking a slip road that would have taken the passengers straight to the airport, the driver took the flyover which bypassed the airport, only to get stuck at a red light.

At rush hour, the lights stayed red for long, at which the passengers berated the driver and asked him to cut the traffic lights. The driver moved on, but the wait turned out to be a minute or two too long. The car exploded. All that was found was a severed head and parts of three human legs. Had the terrorists’ plans of coinciding a blast at the airport with the attacks on the Taj and Oberoi hotels succeeded, the death toll of 26/11 would have been much bigger than it already is.

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