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"All operations are over. The NSG has formally reported that the operations are complete and now Taj, Oberoi and Nariman House are being sanitised. There are no more terrorists now in Mumbai. All have been liquidated or captured alive," M L Kumawat, Special Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, said in Delhi.
The magnitude of the attack by suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba elements, who are believed to have come by the sea route from Karachi, could be gauged from the statement of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra R R Patil who said with the ammunition the terrorists had, they could have killed 5,000 people.
NSG Chief J K Dutt, who announced the end of ‘Operation Black Tornado’ in which his commandos took on the heavily-armed ultras, said in all they eliminated eight terrorists--four in Taj, two in Trident-Oberoi and two in Nariman House. Another terrorist was killed by the Mumbai police on Wednesday night while one was captured alive.
The elimination of the four terrorists in Taj came on Saturday morning after intense battle between the commandos, who believed there was a lone gunman holding out, and the terrorists who kept exploding grenades at periodic intervals.
The security forces rescued 250 people in Oberoi, 300 in Taj and 12 families of 60 people in Nariman House.
Dutt said five bodies were recovered alongwith those of some terrorists in Taj and there was indication that these five were killed in the initial part of the hostage crisis.


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I don't understand how long we are going to wait? They are coming to our motherland and killing innocent people. They are doing this over and over again? Mr. Manmohan singh (We will not call you our prime minister now!) you had 'Sleepless nights' few months back. We all know this is not the time to blame each other but why don't you have sleepless nights now? when 150 Indian citizens were dying and commandos were fighting with terrorists on our own ground. you can not even dare to mention ' Pakistan'? responsible for this attack? who else can do such heinous and barbaric act. when are you going to take action against these barbarians? Please take strong action so that they will not dare to attack us in future ever.
I think our politicians have failed us and they will continue to do so unless new generation will rise up to occassion. Blaming Pakistan is our only answer to terrorism. In staed making country safe we look for fall guy. It is up to young generationto get involved and news papers to expose incompetence.
Dear Sir, it is imperative that India shows some bravery in tackling thisproblem at source which is Dawood gang in Pakistan. They can surely plan a direct hit and tackle the problems with government later.But if we keep quiet now there will be more of this happening
Western media talks 15 US, British and Israelis deaths, nothing about 145 Indians.
If any fellow Indian Muslims believe that this incident was stage-managed then they are mistaken. It is the small core of right-winger Muslims, who are anti-India in their sentiments, and perhaps also a larger group of those amongst us who are mentally challenged who can believe this. Assume for an instance that it is indeed a conspiracy hatched by Hindu Terrorists as postulated by these mentally challenged individuals. Why would these groups use terrorists who use guns in a standoff with the Indian security forces because in the end they would be killed and identified would they not? Would it help the cause of VHP/RSS/Bajrang Dal if it were found out that it was not Abdul from Karachi but instead Ram from Mumbai who was wielded the gun? And then consider their target selection i.e. mainly innocent bystanders and US/British citizens. No this operation has all the hallmarks of a suicide group with Islamist leanings unfortunately. I am even more ashamed now than before.
Wake up India Wake Up Indans. How many times we will sufer these type of horoundous attacks. Our greedy and corroupt politicians (of all parties) will do nothing. We have to wake up and rise above cast and comunity to safeguard the pride and glory of my Hindustan. These is the time to teach pakistan a tough lesson like America did to avenge 9/11. Jai Hind
The response to this threat is just pathetic. Does it take so many commandos, Army personnel, Police etc., to nab or kill a few terrorists that too after more than 60 hrs. Can't they employ some other techniques like gassing etc to subdue them? The leadership response is even more pathetic and delayed. Ours is a strong economy with weak knees.
The intention of the terrorists is to bring down Taj like what they did at WTC.
This is nothing but a proxy war. It will be a big mistake to resort to softer options like bilateral talks etc. A time has come to take a decisive action and prepare the nation for it.
There much better methods to handle terrorist then the tactics used by government, which is in denial of Muslim terrorist. They can easily use tear gas, smoke to clear a room, or sleeping gas. and then one by one secure each room instead of firing widely bullets, IR and other means. Why the government dos not use snippers is questionable, instead of random gun fire. If truly these are Pakistani we should have a high alert on the border, and prepare our military. If government is denying Indian Muslim role in terrorism it is of high shame. Remember Kashmir terrorist gave one day notice to Hindus to leave Kashmir, they raped, murder, and stole all their business. Further not one help from the government of India to protect its citizen their lives and livelihood, instead peace with Pakistan who genocided Hindus in its own country.
Most of the comments are just blaming others. Instead we need to see what can be done now and in the future . Our borders and every entry points to the country should be up to the mark which wasn't in this case .We cant blame our enemies for this . We allowed them to come in. Thanks to our old and haggard politicians who are still holding their chairs and doing nothing.Also the international media should stop just focusing on the number of westerners killed as though lives of the others were of less value. Instead they should be offering help to India to combat this attack as Greece did .Also the target of the terrorists was to hit at our economy ie the tourism side of it as well.
Lets confer Bharat Ratna / Param Vir CHakra toManmohan singh (for his brave speach from a well guarded complex)Sonia Gandhi / Mulayam/ Lalu / Arujun Sing/ Shivraj => for their unequvocal stands on terrorism and their anti-minority appeasement policiesLets thank all the govt people for their clear vision on anti terrorism lawsIn this whole context the people who are complete fools are people for having faith in the wonderful political systemArmy team -> pls have mercy, take over the government soon before our honorable politicians divide indiafrom a patriot
Nothing can be done by a police man who carries antique piece of 306 rifle when terrorists are carrying automatic guns. Politicians/Government will not react until their children or parents are the victim of such terrorist act. While US and allied forces are clearing Northwest frontier of Pakistan it is our Security forces responsibility to clear Pak occupied Kashmir where these anti social elements who do not respect their own religion or parents are been trained for decades. There may be hundreds of innocent people killed in such operation, but is worth trying.
5 years ago when India was gearing up for general poll. The mood was feel good, and India was shining. Now India is again going in election mood is feel bad and india is burning. Jai Hind. Request to all educated indians to go to cast their vote.
As always happened in more than 65 bomb blast that have killed thousands of people, among them 98% were hindues, psudoseclar corrupt congress will come to the conclusion that Pak is behind this attack, we will take stern action when time come.So file will be closed. Back to business my fellow indian now.Good night and sweet sleep. It will take more than 10 days to see live/hear next such horrified event, till than let ATS and Munbai police will remain busy in their interrogation to Sadhvi prgnya, Purohit and innocent hindu saints. Until than let anti hindu and anti muslims do their home work.Terror attack will never never stop in India, unless and until we dump congress and it's policy forever.Jay Hind.
The Home Minister of India is the most incompetent man in all of Delhi. He is in the cabinet because he was a friend and loyalist of Rajiv Gandhi. Why is modern times are people being given positions because of family loyalties? What is the price the country is paying for this? Kick out Shivraj Patil and get someone else who is competent and can protect the country from terrorist attacks. If Sonia Gandhi doesnt act quickly, she is in danger of losing the elections. Then we will have BJP who are equally incompetent but more harmful as they will bring in POTA and start targetting Muslims - giving terrorists more reasons to attack and others more reasons to sympathise with their dastardly acts. Get your act together, Congress party. As young people in this country, we need to start demanding more from our leaders. And leave hooligans like Raj Thakrey out of such discussions. We need real statesmen - not trouble-makers.
Who is India's biggest enemy our politicians or these terrorist
Brave heros are our NSG , they are the real indian , we pray for you.Politician , you dont take any benefits, you are symbol of bribes
oh really! do you expect the terrorists to stay in one place and also send you the information about their coordinates. What kind of stupid comments are people incharge making? Can media also take a more responsible role and not make things public- you do not have to tell the allies of these terrorists about the steps our forces are making
The war against terror has no time schedule. We are fighting an invisible non-state criminals aided by state/states. Unlike US we have no natural boarders and the criminals do look like us. Again unlike US our politicians are divided even in times like this. Our general public has to identify pseudo secularists, vote bank politicians etc and 'vote' them to oblivion. Our intelligence people are second to none. Given the right politics free atmosphere they can do a wonderful job. To start with we need brave, corruption free, right minded political leaders with national interest since the cure has to come from top.
What would Mamata didi, Amar Singh or comunists say about Mumbai crisis? Are they demanding CBI enquiry to make sure that the operation is indeed not fake
The Bombay police used to be the best in India at one time. Now they are as useless as any other police force in India. Pot-bellied and slow on the uptake. They could not even manage crowd control around the sites of the attacks. The image sent round the world was of chaos and confusion instead of a cool and clearly thought out response. The Indian govt's whole attitude towards terrorism is one of laxity and 'chalta hai'. The intelligence agencies are equally useless. How could they not have had any inkling of this incident, if indeed it was planned over months. We still don't know how these murderers got into the hotels with rifles. Did they have agents in the hotels who let them in? Probably will never know as the agents are surely killed by now. Blaming Pakistan is one thing the govt does easily but in this case I really do not think the Pak govt itself was directly involved. The whole security apparatus needs to be revamped completely.
I have read comments, most of our Muslims feel that this whole episode is stage managed to Protect Sadhvi and kill ATS Chief. I don't understand how in the realm of Imagination can they think this. Has the Islamic religion blindfolded you so much that you lost the power of Thinking. Your thinking has been corrupted so much that most of you people have lost power to think logically. The whole world , the eyewitnesses are all foolish. The statements of the Turkish Muslim couple who were spared for being a Muslim. This reminded me of formation of Islamic religion in India during Muslim Rule. There were three options 1 Pay Extra Tax 2 Convert to Islam 3 Die..The fore fathers of the present day Muslims in India chose to convert. Please remember we have a common Heritage. My earnest request to you all is to think logically and be thankful to God that during partition, your fathers chose to stay back. See where is Pakistan and what are they refered as. Think with a broad mind. Jai Hind!
It is so digusting to see this kind of attack on us.. from some mere kids of a pathetic, deprived, undeveloped, barbaric country.. Pakistan!!! We have the richest people in the world, the robust economy, largest population, the most intelligent human resource...but why r we soo helpless!!! We have everything ..but not a LEADER!! High time we ban this congress party .. at least in BJP rule we may just have to deal with some Hindutva fanatics from inside but noone will dare to attack us like this from outside!!!
Carry on NSG, great guns!!!