Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Fires broke out from the destruction in several of the high profile targeted areas that included two hotels, the landmark Taj Hotel at the Gateway and the Oberoi Trident Hotel at Nariman Point, the domestic airport at Santa Cruz, the Cama and GT Hospitals, the Metro Adlabs multiplex and the Mazgaon Dockyard.
NDTV.com is reporting that one Briton who escaped the terrorist attack at the five-star Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai Wednesday night was saying the attackers were specifically asking for American and British tourists... Alex Chamberlain, who is working in Mumbai, said the terrorists allowed him to leave along with other diners at the besieged Kandahar restaurant in the Oberoi, now known as the Hotel Trident, after he kept his nationality a secret. (Read more on this story HERE)
It’s also being reported this evening that a little known group calling themselves the ‘Deccan Mujahideen’ is claiming responsibility for the attacks.
More to come...
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* Mumbai Rocked by Deadly Shootings *
Video posted on LiveLeak by DotDotDash
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DoS - U.S. Department of State Press Release follows:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Attacks in Mumbai
We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks that have taken place in Mumbai, India. Our sympathies go out to the families and friends of those killed and injured, and to the people of Mumbai.
We are monitoring the situation very closely and stand ready to support the Indian authorities as they deal with this horrific series of attacks. At this point, we are unaware of any American casualties.
Also from DoS this evening...
Consular Calls: Attacks in Mumbai, India
* Americans who have reason to believe that a relative or friend has been affected by the attacks in Mumbai, India should call... 1-888-407-4747
2008/994
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>>> From The Fox Forum at FoxNews.com...
MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: A ‘Planned’ Operation Designed to Create Chaos
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More than 100 Held Hostage in Mumbai in Terror Blitz
News Video posted on YouTube by RussiaToday
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.... POST UPDATE:
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 27, 2008
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* CNN.com brings us this report this morning and it starts off like this... Americans and other foreigners were among those caught up in the bloodshed and chaos of the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday and Thursday... At least six foreigners were among the 125 dead, police said. Targets included two luxury hotels, the Oberoi and the Taj Mahal, as well as a cafe popular with Western tourists... A man told a local television station that he was in the Oberoi around 10 p.m. Wednesday when gunmen entered the lobby and began rounding up guests, asking for anyone with a U.S. or British passport and taking about 15 of them hostage... Fire raged at the Oberoi, the scene of much bloodshed as explosions and gunshots rang out Thursday morning. Outside the Taj Mahal, screaming and fighting broke out as reporters scrambled to capture the chaotic scene... Australian filmmaker Anthony Rose told CNN that......
Read the rest at link below...
Terrified Americans describe Mumbai chaos
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* CBS News has the following News Video Report posted on their website this Thanksgiving morning. It’s around 7 minutes long....
* Tragedy In Mumbai *
About New Video: Terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India involved shootings and explosions left over 100 dead and 300 others injured. As Sheila Macvicar reports, terrorists targeted American and British nationals...
News Video Report posted on YouTube by CBS
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* AFP.Google.com brings us this updated report. It was posted on their website, late this Thursday morning, around 11:30am CST...
Indian commandos battled Thursday to end a multiple hostage crisis in Mumbai after Islamic militants killed 125 people across the city and grabbed foreign guests in two luxury hotels... Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the militants had come from "outside the country," while the military official leading the operation to flush them out insisted they were from arch-rival Pakistan... Major General R.K. Hooda told reporters they had "pretended" to be Indian... Pakistan's defence minister denied any involvement... A little more than 24 hours after the attacks began, military officials said special forces had successfully cleared the landmark Taj Mahal Palace hotel of all but one injured gunman... "I think we should be able to mop up the operation very quickly," National Security Guards director general J.K. Dutt told the NDTV news channel... Efforts continued to flush out militants at the Oberoi/Trident hotel and at a separate office-residential complex, housing a Jewish centre...
Read the rest of this report at link below...
Commandos battle Islamist gunmen in Mumbai, over 125 dead
(Above link has lots of photos and more)
.* The Miami Herald - Front age had this article -- with LOTS OF PHOTOS/VIDEOS -- posted on their website this Thursday...
Officials resist laying blame on al Qaeda for attacks in India
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AubreyJ.........
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