"Indian forces assault center held by militants; Death toll in Mumbai attacks rises to 125" by Mark Magnier and Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles Times | November 28, 2008
MUMBAI, India - Indian security forces assaulted a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were believed holed up with possible hostages early today, after a chaotic day of gunfire and explosions in which the toll in coordinated terrorist attacks rose to 125 dead.
After soft-selling the Israel/Jewish angle for the first two days it is emphasized now?
Commandos dropped from a helicopter as sharpshooters opened fire on the five-story headquarters of the Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch. Six trucks of soldiers had been brought in to surround the building.
The attack occurred as Indian forces rooted through two smoldering luxury hotels here this morning, searching for survivors, the dead, and the last of the gunmen whose choreographed rampage of terror through this cosmopolitan city spawned a mystery about their identities and motive.
Snipers stationed in buildings opposite the Chabad center began the attack there, with sustained fire on the building as at least nine commandos lowered themselves by rope onto the roof from an Indian Air Force helicopter. The outcome of the firefight was not immediately clear.
By midmorning today, officials estimated that possibly 10 militants remained at large - one in the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel and four others in the Oberoi hotel, with another five holed up in the Jewish center.... Ten hostages believed to be Israeli citizens were being held at the Jewish center, in Nariman House, where Indian security forces launched a counterattack as the city awoke.
Oh no! When you consider this:
“The firing by terrorists began from Nariman House–which is the only building in Mumbai inhabited by Jews.” --source--"
Hmmmmmmm!!!!!
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The attacks apparently targeted American, Israeli, and British citizens for use as hostages, the officials said....
Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that the Israelis were added to the list after two days? You can't help but see it; the Zionist MSM was pushing the Brit/American line to begin with.
Ahhh, the sweet stench of a Zionist-controlled and directed cover story being erected!!!!
A solemn Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation by television yesterday evening, pledging that the militants "would not succeed in their nefarious design." Singh asserted that the group behind the attacks "was based outside the country," and warned India's neighbors "that the use of their territory for launching attacks on us will not be tolerated."
I think they know whom it was: India declines Israeli offer of aid delegation to Mumbai
After past terrorist attacks, Indian leaders have pointed the finger at Pakistani Islamic extremists or intelligence operatives, two forces that often team up for operations in South Asia. Pakistan's defense minister condemned the Mumbai attacks yesterday and warned India to refrain from blaming Pakistan, a longtime rival.
Yeah, you would be LOOKING in the WRONG DIRECTION!
Ask yourself, CUI BONO? WHO BENEFITS from Muslim and Hindu at each others' throats? Who benefits from Christian at Muslim throats? WHO BENEFITS? WHO wants to EXPAND the WARS?
A previously unknown group calling itself Deccan Mujahedeen on Wednesday said it carried out the attacks, but officials were unclear whether the claim was true. Throughout yesterday, Indian media speculated on how the nation's intelligence network could have been unaware of the organization.
One report indicated that the militants might have come ashore after dark Wednesday. One fisherman told authorities he saw three boats land on the beach. When a bystander asked one of the men who they were, he reportedly responded, "We're military, just shut up," the witness said.
Most of Mumbai remained in shock yesterday. In many neighborhoods, 80 percent of the businesses remained closed; police warned residents to stay home, where many followed the unfolding drama on television.
Some people referred to the attacks as "India's 9/11," comparing the targeting of India's business elite and foreign investors to the 2001 attacks in the United States. Mumbai is South Asia's financial hub and an entertainment capital, and many of the glitzy targets symbolize the new cosmopolitan face of the world's largest democracy.
Once known as Bombay, the city is home to India's commodities and stock exchanges, which remained closed yesterday. Although Mumbai has been the scene of several terrorist attacks in recent years, analysts said Wednesday's assaults required a previously unseen degree of reconnaissance and planning. The scale and synchronization of the attacks pointed to the probable involvement of experienced commanders, some observers said, suggesting possible foreign involvement. --more--"
THAT is when EVERYTHING REALLY STARTS to STINK!!!!!!
"Analysts seeking answers, suspects; Some doubt Qaeda involved" by Alan Cowell, New York Times | November 28, 2008PARIS - A day after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 100 people, one question remained as impenetrable as the smoke that still billowed from one of the city's landmark hotels: Who carried out the attack?
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Ha-ha-ha-ha!
The planning of the attack has profound political implications for India and its neighbor, Pakistan. But the identity of the attackers remained a mystery.
Yeah, and we all know why! Even if we get to "know" them, they are nothing but cut-out patsies!! I'm not fooled anymore, power structure. You guys screwed up with me when you lied about Iraq; that's when the whole ball began unwinding!
An e-mail message to Indian media outlets taking responsibility for the attacks said the militants were from a group called Deccan Mujahedeen.... But the combination of the two words, said Sajjan Gohel, a security specialist in London, is a "front name. This group is nonexistent."
Also see: Mossad's Muslim Wing
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Christine Fair, senior political scientist and a South Asia expert at the RAND Corporation, was careful to say that the identity of the terrorists could not yet be known. But she insisted the style of the attacks and the targets in Mumbai suggested the militants were likely to be Indian Muslims and not linked to Al Qaeda or Lashkar-e-Taiba, another violent South Asian terrorist group.
"There's absolutely nothing Al Qaeda-like about it," she said of the attack. "Did you see any suicide bombers? And there are no fingerprints of Lashkar. They don't do hostage-taking and they don't do grenades." --more--"Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!
Related: Evidence Mumbai Attackers were Anglo-American Intel Operatives
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For several investigative articles, go to Divining the News (DTN)
