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The Hammer
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: Gunmen kill at least 78 in 7 attacks in Mumbai |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting
MUMBAI, India � Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200, officials said Thursday. The gunmen were specifically targeting Britons and Americans and a top police official said the gunmen are holding hostages at two luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Baptists. |
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Kimbop
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| This just in: seven or eight of the bastards have been captured alive, and they're likely in the hands of Indian police. Guantanamo will seem like a wishful paradise for these guys within a few hours. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| No confirmed casualty list yet? They were targeting foreigners or just looking for foreigners while on the rampage? |
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Jandar
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds to me like retaliation for the Indian navy messing with the Somali pirates.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the pirate drama involves India. In a dramatic move, an Indian frigate, INS Tabar, stole the limelight by sinking a Somali pirate mother ship off the coast of Oman. Tabar had previously driven off other Somali buccaneers.
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Kikomom wrote: |
Sounds to me like retaliation for the Indian navy messing with the Somali pirates.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the pirate drama involves India. In a dramatic move, an Indian frigate, INS Tabar, stole the limelight by sinking a Somali pirate mother ship off the coast of Oman. Tabar had previously driven off other Somali buccaneers.
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The Indian Navy sank a Thai fishing boat they thought was a "mother" ship. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this over Kashmir? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| Is this over Kashmir? |
No.
One building was apartments of Israeli expats where Jewish religious meetings were publicly held; Americans and Brits attacked elsewhere in the city. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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So this was spurred by anti-Isreali/anti-American sentiment (with Britain being lumped in)?
(I obviously haven't seen much beyond initial reports) |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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The last I heard 78 dead, 185 wounded.
I'm glad they got some of these guys alive. Hopefully the Indian Government can get some answers. |
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thiophene
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
So this was spurred by anti-Isreali/anti-American sentiment (with Britain being lumped in)?
(I obviously haven't seen much beyond initial reports) |
Britain isn't being lumped in...they've done som bad in the past and continue to do so. Although that's not an excuse for this, I just had to say that. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Me thinks it's an islamic radical thing, not Kashmir related but probably driven by Kashmiri/Pakistani radical types.
India's cities are easy target. Large, choatic, little security.
I can't guess how that's going to change now. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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One source described it as India's 9-11....referencing watching the Taj Mahal Palace hotel burn down.
Well, this certainly won't be good for Indian/Pakistani relations or muslims in India in general. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
One source described it as India's 9-11....referencing watching the Taj Mahal Palace hotel burn down.
Well, this certainly won't be good for Indian/Pakistani relations or muslims in India in general. |
I was in the Taj Mahal restaurant in 1995. It had a great buffet breakfast.
Real British bangers. Could be the Indian mutany all over again. |
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