Saturday, November 29, 2008

Battle For Mumbai Ends, Death Toll Rises To 195 -- -- News Updates And Summaries (Update #8)

Flames and smoke poured from the Taj hotel in Mumbai, India, on Saturday. Arko Datta/Reuters (Photo from The New York Times)

Bloody End To The Siege Of Bombay -- Times Online

Commandos were last night fighting the last gunmen holed up in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Bombay as one of the worst terrorist attacks in India’s history reached its bloody endgame.

The diplomatic fallout was just beginning, however, as India laid the blame for the attacks on Pakistan and an official said that two of the militants were British Pakistanis. British officials said that they were investigating the possibility of such a link but had found no evidence.

India also faced criticism when five Israeli hostages were found dead inside a Jewish centre after a raid by commandos. An Israeli offer of assistance had been turned down.

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More News On The Terror Attacks In Mumbai

Indian forces kill last gunmen in Mumbai -- Yahoo News/AP
Battle for Mumbai ends, death toll rises to 195 -- Yahoo News/AFP
Mumbai Terrorist Siege Over, India Says -- New York Times
Last Gunmen Killed in India, Ending Siege -- Washington Post
Mumbai police declare Taj Mahal hotel siege over -- The Guardian
Indian Forces End Mumbai Siege -- Wall Street Journal
Indian Forces Target Final Site of Attacks -- New York Times
Siege Ends in Mumbai -- Los Angeles Times
Armed Teams Sowed Chaos With Precision -- New York Times
India's Foreign Minister Claims Terror Came From Pakistan -- The Australian
Pakistani Militants At Center Of Probe -- Washington Post
Characteristics of Plot Suggest Outside Help, Analysts Say -- Washington Post
US Intelligence Focuses on Pakistani Group -- New York Times
Pakistan Offers Help, But is Prime Suspect -- The Times
Hollow Victory as More Bodies Discovered -- The Times
Pakistan's Gilani to Send Spy Agency Chief to Mumbai -- Voice of America
Mumbai Attacks Could Chill India-Pakistan Ties -- Los Angeles Times
US Says 2 Americans Killed in Mumbai Attacks -- Voice of America
Three U.S. citizens dead in Mumbai, more "at risk" -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Jewish Hostages Killed as British Terrorists Linked to Bombay Attacks -- The Times
Jewish Center Is Stormed, and 6 Hostages Die -- New York Times
Are the Terrorists British? -- Daily Telegraph
Britain Investigating Possible Ties to Mumbai Suspects -- Los Angeles Times
Britons are Among Detained, Official Claims -- The Times
From the UK to Terror Training Camps -- Daily Telegraph
Pakistan Offers Intelligence Aid -- Wall Street Journal
India Blames "Elements" in Pakistan for Attacks -- Associated Press
British Muslims and Terrorist Attacks -- Daily Telegraph
Israel Says Mumbai Attackers Targeted its Citizens -- Los Angeles Times
Crisis May Shift India’s Political Landscape -- New York Times
Violence Clouds India’s Economic Future -- New York Times
Indian Elections to Center on Security -- Wall Street Journal
In a Resilient City, Hopes That Cooperation Prevails -- Washington Post
US fears Pakistani role in India attacks -- Yahoo News/AP
Bombay: forces accused of bungling before and after attacks -- Times Online
FACTBOX - The plans and tactics of the Mumbai attackers -- Reuters

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