Posted on 11/29/2008 2:12:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
THE Indian authorities yesterday claimed to have proof that the Mumbai terrorists were receiving instructions from Pakistan and discussing tactics with their handlers during the three days of attacks in which they killed at least 195 people.
The claims threaten further to embitter relations between the two nuclear powers. Tensions have been high since confirmation that the only captured gunman was a 21-year-old Pakistani.
It has also emerged that India had been warned that terrorists were planning an attack in Mumbai.
Up to 22 foreigners were among those killed in raids by 10-15 terrorists on sites across the city, including hotels, the main railway station, a Jewish community centre and two hospitals. The last of the gunmen was killed by Indian commandos yesterday morning, ending the siege at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. One hotel worker was found alive and 22 bodies were removed.
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Not a good thing.
Yikes
Taking orders from people inside Pakistan or from the Paki government itself?
Mumbai terror rage ends after 60 hours, 195 dead
Things could get serious now!
Not known yet....Pakistani officials now might want to answer that!
Is it in Al-Qaida's interest to have war between India and Pakistan?
You bet your ass, it is.
Gee, EB, I wonder what the giovernment will say.
On IBN they showed a sat phone from the fishing ship. Said it had records of calls to Pakistan, and, Jalalabad, Afstan.
NOT GOODDD
It ain’t about India or Pakistan... it’s about Islam vs. the west.
Good question.
Somewhere I saw a note that the Pakis were going to be moving troops from the Tribal area to the Indian border....
Nuclear armed India and nuclear armed Pakistan.
And now it really gets interesting.
I don’t really think that the Paki gov’t is ordering these attacks, but there are ‘pragmatists’ (who are willing to look the other way) and even sympathizers within the current regime, sure.
Islamic terrorists are using Pakistan as a safe haven from which to launch attacks from within the borders and on the outside — mostly in India and Afghanistan.
Any government in Pakistan has to tred a razor’s edge given the competing constituencies amongst the populace. One thing that unites them all is an opposition to influence from outsiders.
There are no easy solutions. As old Lebanese professor told us, beware the cross-winds in that part of the world.
The correct term is "Native Americans", which I know having just finished a week of remedial sensitivity training (related to an unfortunate misunderstanding in the lunch room.)
Armed Teams Sowed Chaos With Precision
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MUMBAI, India — As Prasan Dhanur prepared his 13-foot boat on Wednesday evening for a hard night of fishing, he saw something strange.
A black inflatable lifeboat equipped with a brand new Yamaha outboard motor threaded its way among the small, wooden fishing boats at anchor and pulled up to the slum’s concrete pier.
Ten men, all apparently in their early 20s, jumped out. They stripped off orange windbreakers to reveal T-shirts and blue jeans. Then they began hoisting large, heavy backpacks out of the boat and onto their shoulders, each taking care to claim the pack assigned to him.
Mr. Dhanur flipped his boat light toward the men, and Kashinath Patil, a 72-year-old harbor official on duty nearby, asked the men what they were doing.
“I said: ‘Where are you going? What’s in your bags?’ “ Mr. Patil recalled. “They said: ‘We don’t want any attention. Don’t bother us.’ “
I think I speak for everyone when I say that The One should call for restraint on both sides.
We are faced with the task (if it be possible) of convincing ourlselves and the Indians that the Pakis weren't behind this.
If it gets really bad, you won't need a microwave for your popcorn.
It’s about evil Islam versus civilized societies.
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