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NEWS ABOUT: siege

siege stories: 4 news summaries

 Mumbai Police Were Outgunned 

Police relied on First World War-era weapons

Dec 3, 08 1:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Mumbai were armed with weapons designed as long ago as World War I to battle terrorists brandishing sophisticated  AK47 automatic rifles, reports the Times of London. The alarming disparity in arms explains why a handful of terrorists was able to paralyze the city and inflict so many casualties.... More »

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terrorism • India • police • siege • Mumbai • firearms • terrorist attack • Enfield rifle • AK47 • body armor



 India Names 
 Mumbai Plot 
 Mastermind 

US warned New Delhi of attack: American official

Dec 2, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The lone surviving terrorist has identified Lashkar-e-Taiba head Yusuf Muzammil as the mastermind behind last week's Mumbai attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mumbai police are demanding Pakistan turn over the militant leader, along with others in the group who called the terrorists days before their mission. Meanwhile, an American... More »

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Bush administration • India • intelligence • siege • Mumbai • terrorist attack

5 Dead After Calif. Shootout

Gunman, 3 victims and SWAT officer killed in overnight siege

Feb 7, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - An overnight siege northwest of Los Angeles ended this morning when a police sniper killed a gunman responsible for wounding one SWAT officer and killing another, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man called 911 last night to report shooting three of his family members dead; SWAT officer Randal Simmons... More »

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crime • Los Angeles • violence • siege • shooting • barricade • guns

Army Battles Militants Near Lebanese Refugee Camp

Bombardment escalates as death toll tops 80

Jun 1, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lebanese troops continued to try to dislodge militants from a Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli today, extending a two-week siege that has led to the worst violence in the country since the civil war that ended in 1990. At least 84 people have died in the fighting, and more than... More »

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Lebanon • Palestine • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Tripoli • Lebanese Army • siege • refugee • al-Qaeda

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