Posted on 12/01/2008 10:47:42 AM PST by Righting
At least 22 foreigners dead in Mumbai attacks 29 Nov 2008, 1054 hrs IST, AFP
MUMBAI: At least 22 non-Indians have been killed in the attacks in the western Indian city of Mumbai, which have left more than 155 people dead and 370 injured, according to officials.
A breakdown of known fatalities by country:
Israel: Five Israelis who were taken hostage in a Jewish cultural centre have been killed, a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in India said. None of the victims was formally identified, but the Chabad-Lubavitch community which runs the centre said Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who was born in Israel and his wife, Rivka, had perished as Indian commandos moved in to end the siege.
United States: The State Department Friday said five US citizens had been killed in the attacks on Mumbai. Officials did not name the dead, but the Synchronicity Foundation, a Virginia-based meditation community said two of its members, father and daughter Alan and Naomi Scherr, had died.
It was not immediately clear if New York-based Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife were counted among the five.
France: Two French nationals have been killed, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a statement, without naming them. The president of the fashion lingerie company Princess Tam Tam said the two were its founder, Loumia Hiridjee, and her husband Mourad Amarsy.
Australia: Two Australians are known to have died in the attacks -- Doug Markell, aged 71, and Brett Taylor, 49.
Canada: Two Canadians died in the attacks, one of whom was female, the country's foreign minister, Lawrence Cannon said. The names of the two have not been released.
Germany: A spokesman for the German foreign ministry said one national had been killed. He was not named, but a Munich-based media firm, CAMP TV, said the dead man was its co-owner, Ralph Burkei. An Indian security official has said three Germans died in the attacks.
Singapore: Lo Hoei Yen, 28, was killed after she was taken hostage in the Oberoi/Trident hotel, a diplomat said.
Britain: British-Cypriot businessman Andreas Liveras, a 73-year-old yachting tycoon, has been confirmed dead by the Foreign Office.
Japan: In Tokyo, Mitsui Marubeni Liquefied Gas announced that one of its Japanese employees, Hisashi Tsuda, aged 38, had been killed.
Italy: An Italian, Antonio de Lorenzo, died in the assault, the Italian foreign ministry said.
Thailand: A woman Thai worker died in the attacks on the Oberoi/Trident hotel, Thailand's foreign ministry said Saturday, adding that she had worked in the hotel's spa. A spokesman said five Thais were rescued.
Yet another attack from Islam upon the world. What will the world do now?
didn’t the terrorists get the message they’re supposed to be nice now that Obama is elected?
Nothing. It is the path of least resistance.
Keep telling people Islam is a religion of peace
5 US, 2 OZ, 2 Canucks.
Dead.
We need to go after these tangos.
Many of the dead were women, all were defenceless.
I STG, we should be allowed to carry weapons when abroad
just like we did in the 1800s, when one always could have a Colt pistol in one’s luggage or on a belt.
At least we would get a few shots back and take some down.
This makes a lot of people very, very ugly.
To hell with what “the world” does. WE, and by “we” I mean individual Americans, need to be ready to shut these guys down as soon as they shout allah akbar.
Yes, but for the moment we can only kick sand...until “we”take major reprisals...nothing will change
What will the world do now.
Baaa baaa baaa
Translation: Not much.
Heck, we should have fought back in 1993 when the first attack on the World Trade Center happened-
In the South we call it "Kick a$$ and take names later!.. These degenerates are not worthy of any kind of diplomacy what so ever.. I have a gun and I know how to use it!.
I thought that everyone loved the Canadians and no terrorist would possibly harm an innocent Canadian. At least that's how they seem to like ot think of themselves.
We have two major special Ops units in the USA, Delta Force and Seal Team 6.
Time to turn them loose with absolute creative license.
Goal. Destroy Lashkar-e-Taiba. And all their running dogs.
Assassinate who they have to.
A photographer who took some of the pictures of the attackers said that there were armed guards in the train station. He urged some of them to shoot the attackers but they failed to act.
Words fail.
Not with this next joker of a president coming up next month. If anything, it will get even worse and we will surrender more and more.
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