Posted on 11/26/2008 9:39:53 AM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite
Mumbai: At least 15 people have been injured in gunfights between two groups in at least three places in Mumbai on Thursday night.
Details are sketchy but it is believed that two gangs fired at each other at outside CST Railway Terminus, Hotel Oberoi and the popular Café Leopold restaurant in Mumbai.
The first shooting took place near the CST police station
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Wasn’t Bombay the name the Brits gave the city? Like Peking was the Brit name for what was renamed Beijing. IIRC. It sounds like the Indian people prefer their own names for their own cities :)
At this point...assume nothing. If those idiots decide to just rock and roll, then nobody’s safe..and with the usual mode of engagement with AKs and terrs being of that nature, I’d be alert for stray rounds...or bad guys looking for a quick hostage to make a rendezvous with a boat off shore or something. As for the water...fill the sink then.
Also, my condolences to you and your family on the loss of your grandmother.
Just a few opportunities come to mind .....
Black Friday, for instance. You folks be careful and alert on Friday, OK?
Also, I hear there are going to be 250,000+ people in Washington, D.C. one day in January.
too much info on your house not necessary.
LOL! Me too!
“Deccan Mujahideen claims responsibility.”
This is definately a MUSLEM GROUP.
A Bunch were arrested last week planning to bomb the Mumbai Stock exchange. Probably was to be part of this attack.
They made SURE to kill the ATS head, and put out this notice in the Deccan Herald on Sept. 15:
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Accusing Mumbai Polices ATS of harassing Muslims, Indian Mujahideen said in its email that it was closely watching the ATS.
You should know that your acts are not at all left unnoticed; rather we are closely keeping an eye on you and just waiting for the right time to execute your bloodshed. We are aware of your recent raids at Ansarnagar, Mograpada in Andheri and the harassment and trouble you created there for the Muslims, the group said in the email they sent to various media houses on Saturday evening.
You threatened to murder them and your mischief went to such an extent that you even dared to abuse and insult Maulana Mahmood-ul-Hasan Qasmi and even misbehaved with the Muslim women and children there, the email said.
If this is the degree your arrogance has reached, and if you think that by these stunts you can scare us, then let the Indian Mujahideen warn all the people of Mumbai that whatever deadly attacks Mumbaikars will face in future, their responsibility would lie with the Mumbai ATS and their guardians Vilasrao Deshmukh and R R Patil, the email said. You are already on our hit-list and this time very very seriously.
The terror outfit also threatened to target a senior Rajasthan police official. All the Mujahideen who shook Jaipur are absolutely safe and secure, and are preparing for our next targets, one of which is A K Jain the DIG of Rajasthan, claimed Indian Mujahideen.
Jain has been instrumental in arresting several SIMI members in Rajasthan in connection with the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur. The mail bears two signatures at the end Guru Alhindi and al-Arbi.
Not in their own name, anyway. And in this case, a false name might send investigators off on a snipe hunt, whereas no claim at all might finger AQ.
Agreed.
Just trying to keep the record straight.
didn’t the prez elect pose in a mujahadeen outfit? What a world.
Next Mumbai: Indian Mujahideen
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The Indian Mujahideen, which has claimed responsibility for the Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Jaipur blasts killing at least 130 people in a span of four months, has now threatened to carry out attacks in Mumbai, report Agencies.
Accusing Mumbai Polices ATS of harassing Muslims, Indian Mujahideen said in its email that it was closely watching the ATS.
You should know that your acts are not at all left unnoticed; rather we are closely keeping an eye on you and just waiting for the right time to execute your bloodshed. We are aware of your recent raids at Ansarnagar, Mograpada in Andheri and the harassment and trouble you created there for the Muslims, the group said in the email they sent to various media houses on Saturday evening.
You threatened to murder them and your mischief went to such an extent that you even dared to abuse and insult Maulana Mahmood-ul-Hasan Qasmi and even misbehaved with the Muslim women and children there, the email said.
If this is the degree your arrogance has reached, and if you think that by these stunts you can scare us, then let the Indian Mujahideen warn all the people of Mumbai that whatever deadly attacks Mumbaikars will face in future, their responsibility would lie with the Mumbai ATS and their guardians Vilasrao Deshmukh and R R Patil, the email said. You are already on our hit-list and this time very very seriously.
The terror outfit also threatened to target a senior Rajasthan police official. All the Mujahideen who shook Jaipur are absolutely safe and secure, and are preparing for our next targets, one of which is A K Jain the DIG of Rajasthan, claimed Indian Mujahideen.
Jain has been instrumental in arresting several SIMI members in Rajasthan in connection with the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur. The mail bears two signatures at the end Guru Alhindi and al-Arbi.
They may be bankrolled by the pirate ransoms. Ya think?
The terrorists who hijacked the police van and were shooting at bystanders are supposedly dead now.
see this.
“It sounds like they are looking for Americans and British people.”
Really ?
We are running low on supplies - food etc maybe i should just go to the store and purchase some essentials .
Lashkar-e-Toiba 'Army of the Pure'
Indias National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan said on August 11, 2006, that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba is part of the "al Qaeda compact" and is "as big as and omnipotent" as the international terror network. "The Lashkar today has emerged as a very major force. It has connectivity with west Asia, Europe....Actually there was an LeT module broken in Virginia and some people were picked up. It is as big as and omnipotent as al Qaeda in every sense of the term," he told a private news channel. Asked how significant the al Qaeda connection was in India, Narayanan said LeT was the "most visible manifestation" of the al Qaeda in India.
FWIW.
A witness at the Oberoi hotel said the two gunmen he saw were “young”, “about 20 years old”, according to CBS News.
CBS is reporting at least 80 dead, and 300 injured in eight locations.
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