Posted on 11/26/2008 9:39:53 AM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite
Mumbai: At least 15 people have been injured in gunfights between two groups in at least three places in Mumbai on Thursday night.
Details are sketchy but it is believed that two gangs fired at each other at outside CST Railway Terminus, Hotel Oberoi and the popular Café Leopold restaurant in Mumbai.
The first shooting took place near the CST police station
(Excerpt) Read more at ibnlive.in.com ...
Yes, why would a locally based group choose to assault in boats? They would have so many more options on land, unless the water routes/access points were just a lot more vulnerable, etc.
aside:
Former CIA honcho John McLaughlin asserted on CNN a few minutes ago that India has the LARGEST Muslim population in the world. I would have hoped that a big time CIA dude would know better what he is talking about. That is quite a piece of ignorance for a guy who was #2 in the CIA..... what is true is that India has a huge Muslim population, but it falls behind Indonesia and Pakistan in total numbers:
Rank Country Muslim Population
1 Indonesia 207,000,105
2 Pakistan 159,799,666
3 India 151,402,065
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country
Per live feed- several Israelis are held hostage on the 19th floor at a hotel..
Source?
LikeLight wrote:
They specifically took out the police anti-terror chief...
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AQ move at least twice I know of...once an anti terror cop in Pakistan, and famously, Ahmed Shah Massood.
Why would they target Americans,British and Israelies then?
is that confirmed?
That’s a good guess- but it’s tough to get a sense of this yet- though I’m sure there’s some serious interrogating going on with the ones they captured.
Massood...the opening move of 9-11.
The term “Deccan Mujahedeen” may be an indication that these attackers are from within India. The “Deccan Traps” are a vast geological area of ancient magma to the east of Mumbai.
AQ fingerprints all over this...
By who?
The Taj appears to be directly accessible from the water... Is anyone saying / guessing where that group of terrorists attacked from?
http://www.goindiaholidays.com/images/h_taj-mahal-palace-and_s_141.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=taj%20mahal%20hotel%20mumbai&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
wow..serious interrogating? you mean like two pairs of panties on their heads??
seriously, these guys are gettin the livin he*l beat out of them to make them talk. the indians are in no mood for liberal, leftist make nice questions at this point in time..
Must remember to read them their rights and be polite when asking questions (sarc)
The attack started at around 9 pm last night, so if they were coming into town by boat, they could have used the cover of darkness. They also appear to be suicidal one way mission types. Not raiding and plundering pirates. But why not just drive into town with a ? The Taj seemed to be right on the water so perhaps the boats helped them there, but the other points of attack were right by roads.
Major league operation. Sounds like the Indian security forces managed to grab some of the terrorists alive for conversation purposes. If these guys have attended training camps in tribal Pak or Afghanistan there is gonna be fireworks.
Lots of army now coming near the Trident.
India.
Just a thought but maybe they didn’t arrive by water. Maybe the boats brought the ammo in.
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