HUGE BOMB blast in Bombay (Mumbai)!!!

Phone call from India ^ | Aug 25 2003 | Me

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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This site was suggested by another Freeper a while back. I haven't used it myself yet.

[A Simple Soldier]

FreedomPoster is helping me out.

Photos (15 minutes old)should be posted within the hour of the blast area at the Taj Mahal Hotel/Gateway of India.

[FreedomPoster]

Here you go gentlemen. I'll have a go at descriptions.

Pictures from our FReeper on the scene in Mumbai at the hotel.

Hotel front lot:

Hotel lobby:

Hotel lobby:

A piece of the taxi / car bomb?:

Damaged car in hotel front lot:

Hotel fascade, broken windows, etc.:

Nice teamwork, Soldier

[sonsofliberty2000]

The question also is how many blasts until the world realizes that there is no peaceful way to deal with terrorists. They may have different reasons in different areas but all (Islamic terrorists groups) are trying to wipe other religions and views off the Earth so they may live under one banner under Allah.

Patriot Paradox

[FreedomPoster]

Any chance of getting "(on-the-scene FReeper pics)" added to the thread title? Perhaps even for both threads (or whichever one remains in breaking news, if y'all yank one).

And thank you.

[FreedomPoster]

Remains of the taxi / car bomb.

[FreedomPoster]

Add "at the hotel" to that description.

[harpseal]

9/11-style meltdown in progress

I have no idea.

-- people must be worried about foreign investment in IT offshoring if India starts experiencing disruptive terrorist violence

The political risk insurance given them by the US government protects them and puts the risk on the taxpayers.

[livius]

Thank you for posting. We're getting better coverage here than in the press.

[livius]

BTW, I just read in the foreign media (Spain) that the majority of the dead may be foreign tourists. Any knowledge if this is true or not? If so, it would be a Bali-type bombing, directed at India's tourist (and economic) interests.

[Publius6961]

The blasts came minutes after national archaeologists in a report to a court claimed they found the remains of a temple below the surface of the razed Babri Masjid.

Ahhhhh.
Those mischievious muslims!

Aren't they just cute?

[FreedomPoster]

I'm not on the scene, A Simple Soldier. This has been described as a tourist / business hotel, and the other site is a prominent religious shrine that I expect had plenty of tourists around. Hopefully we will get some better reports.

[FreedomPoster]

s/b "I'm not on the scene, A Simple Soldier is."

[Publius6961]

Well... at least we know the Taj Mahal is safe.

[Publius6961]

(The demolition was done by Hindu activists, and was not authorized by the govt. The mosque had earlier been turned over to the Hindus)

So it was the Hindu's to do with as they wished, right?
Right?

[Lazamataz]

Pretty amazing work on your part.

[SauronOfMordor]

The political risk insurance given them by the US government protects them and puts the risk on the taxpayers.

Perhaps it may protect them against nationalization of facilities, but does it protect them from their Indian workers being too distracted by events to get much useful work done?

Have you done any research on OPIC as to what exactly it covers?

[July 4th]

Great pics. Thank you for helping to make Free Republic the best news source on the web. I'm glad you're okay.

[SauronOfMordor]

Well... at least we know the Taj Mahal is safe

The Taj is a Muslim site. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess.