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  • Taj hotel cleared of militants [terrorists] - Mumbai Terror Attack Appears Over After Three Days

    11/28/2008 8:06:05 PM PST · by kristinn · 117 replies · 4,790+ views
    Sify.com ^ | Saturday, November 29, 2008
    Mumbai: Acting swiftly and decisively, Indian commandos launched a clinical operation on Saturday to eliminate two militants holed up in the iconic Taj hotel in Mumbai to end a 59-hour terror drama, the country's longest, which claimed 148 lives and soured ties with Pakistan. The militants had attempted to create a diversion by torching two ground floor shops in the hotel's northern wing, hoping the thick black smoke would conceal their movements but this didn't work as the security forces required just over 20 minutes to eliminate them. "The operation is over," an extremely pleased Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor...