First Published : November 27,2008
Last Modified: November 28,2008
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“ISI chief to visit India to coordinate in investigation”
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday accepted a request from his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to send the ISI chief to India for sharing of information related to the terrorist attack in Mumbai.
The Prime Minster’s spokesman Zahid Bashir said Singh had made a request to Gilani, asking him to send the ISI chief to India to “cooperate in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks and for sharing certain information”.
Bashir told PTI: “The Pakistani Prime Minister accepted this offer. The two sides will work out modalities for the visit of the Inter Services Intelligence chief which is expected to take place soon.”
Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha was recently appointed chief of the ISI by Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
This would be the first instance of a chief of Pakistan’s spy agency visiting India in connection with the investigation of a terror attack.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630173,00.html
“2 Israelis released from Mumbai hotel”
SNIPPET: “Israeli businessmen among dozens of hostages freed, after Indian commandos secure Trident-Oberoi Hotel;India blames ‘elements in Pakistan’ for attack”
Ronen Medzini
Published: 11.28.08, 12:14 / Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two Israeli businessmen have been released after having been held hostage in Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel after Wednesday’s coordinated terror attacks in India’s commercial center, Israel’s Foreign Ministry reported Friday.
Dozens of other hostages were also released by Indian commandos during their rescue operation at the hotel, which is now under full control of the Indian military.
“The Oberoi Hotel and Trident are now under our control,” the chief of the elite National Security Guards, J.K. Dutt, told reporters in Mumbai. “Oberoi-Trident have been evacuated, we have killed two terrorists.””