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India terror attacks: British shipping tycoon killed in Mumbai massacre
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 11/27/08 | Gordon Rayner

Posted on 12/02/2008 8:03:00 AM PST by Oyarsa

Andreas Liveras, 73, was gunned down moments after he phoned the BBC from inside the Taj Mahal hotel to give an eyewitness account of the terrorist attacks.

He was one of dozens of Britons either injured or taken hostage by Islamic extremists during a series of co-ordinated raids on Western targets.

Eyewitnesses said the terrorists, who indiscriminately gunned down anyone in their path and set fire to the Taj Mahal and the Oberoi hotels, specifically targeted British and American tourists when they began taking hostages.

The killers demanded a list of the names and room numbers of all British and American guests at the Oberoi hotel, before rounding up hotel guests to begin a siege which has entered its second night with the fate of the hostages still unclear.

Indian officials said they were unsure how many hostages remained in the hotels following 24 hours of gun battles with soldiers, nor was it clear how many people remain trapped in their rooms by the fires.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bbc; blabbermouths; islam; jihad; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; mumbai

1 posted on 12/02/2008 8:03:01 AM PST by Oyarsa
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To: Oyarsa
And so, did this British shipping tycoon happen to have a ship or shipment being held hostage by the Somali pirates?

This gets curiouser and curiouser!

2 posted on 12/02/2008 8:10:07 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
From what I understand, he had a yacht in the harbor and his crew urged him to return to it because they heard about some shooting...

...he refused, thinking it couldn't happen there at the 5 star hotel...

....I'm curious if he was in a room with a thousand others, how did he end up getting shot...

..was he singled out?

3 posted on 12/02/2008 8:13:52 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: muawiyah

It has to do with an economic conference attended by master globalist Henry Kissinger on the India/Pakistan oil pipeline.

They were looking for the people who attended that conference.


4 posted on 12/02/2008 8:13:55 AM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: Oyarsa

Was he killed because the news reported that he and other hostages were hiding in the basement of their hotel?

One UK couple has reported that CNN reported on their location hiding in the basement and the terrorists came down in an elevator and used a flsahlight in the dark to find people and shoot them.


5 posted on 12/02/2008 8:15:55 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Guenevere

see my comment
I think he was in a group hiding in the dark - CNN reported it. The terrorists watched the news or got word on their blackberries, then went down to the basement with a flashlight and shot people they could find.


6 posted on 12/02/2008 8:17:39 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Oyarsa
Was he one of the people CNN killed by broadcasting their location to the terrorists?
7 posted on 12/02/2008 8:30:00 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

If so, I hope his family sues CNN for wrongful death. They killed those people trying to get the story.


8 posted on 12/02/2008 9:01:38 AM PST by Aggie Mama
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To: Aggie Mama

CNN SHOULD BE SUED!


9 posted on 12/02/2008 11:13:38 AM PST by Guenevere
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