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Mumbai: coordinated terrorist attacks, westerners targetted

I think the first sentence was a random observation and the second a comment on current events.

Right, Johnny?
 
BBC news channel continues to mention the '16 armed gangs' stuff occasionally, although there is now a slight suggestion that maybe some of the hostages arent being held hostage, so much as are hiding in fear in different parts of the hotels. It also seems that whilst police and officials have been the source for some of the hostage info, this info is now getting old and as far as I know there havent been many fresh official statements about the reality of the situation.
 
Just catching up with this -- awful :(

I think elbows' cautious approach is right -- seems like we've been getting near-continunous newsfeed of a mixture of confirmed stuff, semi-confirmed stuff and 'unconfirmed reports' (some of those probably speculation, in part -- totally understandable too, when events are moving so fast)

It's obvious now that hellish stuff is kicking off there, but we can only hope that some of the more extreme/horrific stories turn out to be exaggerated .... :confused:

What's the latest on what was happening at V.T.?
 
If it's all the same to you I'll continue the discussion in a civilised way.
For what it's worth, I had the same doubts you did about Johnny's comments.

But was able to give him the benefit of the doubt.

And not jump to conclusions.

Whilst, at the same time, asking him to confirm that he had no intention to provoke.

Not that you can read this.

And not that any of it matters.

Anyway..
 
If their are many British casualties then their might (and I hope not) be a backlash against innocent people of Indian descent over in the UK.

Unlikely, Indians are just as much victims of this as foreign nationals.
 
Is anyone listening to 5live?

Pretty remarkable account from an eyewitness to the attacks (at the Taj I think) about seeing the gunmen enter the lobby just as his lift opened its doors onto it. Apparently a Japanese guy exited to take a look and then immediatly indicated to get back inside and punch the up button. Before he got fully in he was shot in the leg and they had to pull him fully through the doors and ascended just in time.
 
What on earth is that on wikipedia now for, no one yet knows what exactly is happening.

btw, i had just come out the cinema after watching the crazy and prolonged violence of the Baader Meinhof Gang in the eponomously titled movie, then see this on TV, I wonder if they, the terroists have the same personalities, motivations, backgrounds, etc, (eg educated, bourgeois)

The other thing, aren't these attacks the sort of dreadful things that were happening in Iraq more or less every day for years.
 
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