Hospital staff horrified by condition of bodies recovered from Jewish center
Daily Telegraph (UK) 12 minutes ago
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Jews taken hostage in the Mumbai attacks were tortured by their captors before being bound together and executed, the Daily Telegraph reports. Doctors in the hospital where victims' bodies were taken say the level of brutality evident was among the most disturbing sight of their careers. Six Jewish victims have been confirmed, but Israeli authorities believe the toll could rise to eight.
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Tensions rise as India calls for concrete action in wake of Mumbai attacks
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India is demanding that Pakistan turn over 20 fugitives as a show of good faith that the nation intends to fully cooperate with investigations into the Mumbai terror attacks, Reuters reports. The list of fugitives, which was first submitted to Pakistan in 2002, includes a reported financier of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the insurgent group suspected of carrying out last week’s devastating attacks.
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opinion
National Review Dec 1, 08 7:06 PM CST
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Unlike the terrorists in Mumbai, the mainstream media has missed the boat—but can still dispel illusions about how to curb terrorist threats, Arthur Herman writes in the National Review . One illusion is that resolving India-Pakistan tensions, and problems in Kashmir, will deter terror. "Terrorists see it the other way around: the relaxation of tensions is a problem requiring bloodshed," Herman writes.
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Locals have always called it that, but city made it official in 1995
Slate Dec 1, 08 2:07 PM CST
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The terrorist attacks last week saw Mumbai dominate headlines across the world. But when did Bombay become Mumbai? For locals it’s always been Mumbai, in honor of Mumbadevi, the city’s deity, writes Christopher Beam for Slate. But the city’s official name change happened in 1995, when the nationalist Shiv Sena party came to power and enacted a number of measures to reassert Marathi identity in the region.
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OPINION
And Rabinowitz finds guru's mantra on CNN anti-American
Wall Street Journal Dec 1, 08 1:13 PM CST
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What was Deepak Chopra, New Age philosopher and feel-good guru, doing holding forth on the Mumbai terror attacks on CNN this weekend, Dorothy Rabinowitz wants to know. Writing in the Wall Street Journal , Rabinowitz airs her outrage at Chopra's reflexive blaming the United States for an attack perpetrated neither by nor on America. Chopra said in repeated interviews that US policy fuels Muslim anger and frustration, resulting in such assaults.
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ANALYSIS
In minutes, group landing from sea spread terror across Mumbai
Washington Post Dec 1, 08 11:23 AM CST
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How did 10 young men cripple a bustling Indian city in minutes? It started when four arrived on an inflatable boat in a poor fishing colony, scaring off inquisitive residents and jumping into taxis for the Oberoi Trident hotel, the Washington Post reports. “It’s a slum area. We didn’t think to protect it,” said a policeman.
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Luxury establishments are becoming terrorist targets
New York Times Dec 1, 08 9:32 AM CST
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The Mumbai attacks have provided world travelers with a new cause for concern, writes the New York Times : Increasingly, luxury hotels in developing countries are becoming terrorist targets. The raids on the Taj and Oberoi hotels come only 2 months after a car bomb blew apart the Islamabad Marriott, and American hotel chains are now actively discussing changes to their security policies.
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Gunmen 'cannot be called Muslim,' says graveyard trust
Associated Press Dec 1, 08 7:31 AM CST
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A Muslim graveyard has refused to bury nine gunmen who terrorized Mumbai over three days last week, leaving at least 172 people dead and wreaking havoc at some of its most famous landmarks. The shooters, whose bodies are unclaimed thus far, are not true followers of the Islamic faith, according to an influential Muslim trust that runs a 7.5-acre graveyard in downtown Mumbai.
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India security raised to 'war level' as Pakistan shifts troops
Guardian (UK) Dec 1, 08 5:28 AM CST
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is preparing to fly to India as the Indian government yesterday raised its security to "war level," proclaiming it has proof that Pakistan played a role in the Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 170 people. Pakistan has responded by threatening to end military operations against the Taliban and is readying troops for an "unwanted conflict" with its bigger neighbor, reports the Guardian.
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Palaniappan Chidambaram to fill portfolio empty following Mumbai attacks
Wall Street Journal Nov 30, 08 5:38 PM CST
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A shakeup following the Mumbai terror attacks has put India's finance minister in charge of security, the Wall Street Journal reports. As home minister, ex-finance chief Palaniappan Chidambaram is expected to forge an anti-terror task force and may station commandos around the country. His predecessor, who had spoken repeatedly of a maritime terrorist threat to India, took responsibility for the attacks and resigned.
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'Crying' son marked
2nd birthday yesterday
New York Daily News Nov 30, 08 11:50 AM CST
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The Brooklyn-raised rabbi and his wife who were murdered in the Mumbai attacks will be buried in the Holy Land, the Daily News reports. Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, had wrapped the bodies of slain hostages in prayer shawls before being shot himself. The couple’s orphaned son marked his second birthday yesterday with his grandparents. “He had been crying. He is too small, and all this must be affecting him so much,” said a Jewish community leader.
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Citizen journalists capture Mumbai story without bureaucratic headaches
New York Times Nov 30, 08 9:47 AM CST
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Witnesses of the Mumbai terror attacks didn’t wait for CNN to get information: They captured it themselves, the New York Times reports, the latest example of citizen journalists using technology to put themselves on the frontlines of news. “I felt I had a responsibility to share my view with the outside world,” said one witness from Boston.
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Police wouldn't shoot at gunmen, he says
Belfast Telegraph Nov 30, 08 9:15 AM CST
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The photographer who took pictures of Mumbai terrorists seen worldwide snapped his train-station shots as armed police stood by, he told the Belfast Telegraph . “At one point, I ran up to them and told them to use their weapons. I said, 'Shoot them, they're sitting ducks!' but they just didn't shoot back,” he said. Sebastian D’Souza shot the images from a train car after hearing gunfire.
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Vows to end Afghan operations if India builds troops along border after Mumbai
Times (UK) Nov 30, 08 8:34 AM CST
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In a thinly veiled message to the US, Pakistan officials have threatened to withdraw troops fighting Islamists along Afghanistan if India builds up forces along the