这年头,美国人那也不能去阿。
玛雅是不是才从孟买回来?命真大!
- Re: 印度,泰国怎么了?posted on 11/27/2008
是呀, Go or not to go? - Re: 印度,泰国怎么了?posted on 11/27/2008
Go, go for die.
鹿希 wrote:
是呀, Go or not to go? - Re: 印度,泰国怎么了?posted on 11/27/2008
Haha wrote:
Go, go for die.
鹿希 wrote:
是呀, Go or not to go?
oh ya, in my view, death in India is definitely cooler than death in Venise or elsewwhere. - posted on 11/27/2008
haha, July, before Mumbai, I was in Bangkok also. Yes, some protests on the street, but nothing dangerous. Taj hotel was the most luxury one in Mumbai. I did not start all the fights, and i certainly did not cause all these troubles:)
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MUMBAI, India – With fires still burning inside, Indian commandoes killed the last three gunman at a landmark hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people, more than a day after suspected Muslim militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 119 people dead.
Meanwhile, eight hostages were freed from the headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, but it was unclear if any others remained inside, according to an official of the Maharashtra state home department, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
Gunfire and explosions could be heard well into the night from the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, two of the city's top gathering spots for the Mumbai elite, as well as at Jewish group's center. Throughout the day, commandoes brought hostages, trapped guests and corpses from the hotels in small groups.
The gunmen's main targets appeared to be Americans, Britons and Jews, though most of the dead seemed to be Indians and foreign tourists caught in random gunfire.
But clearly the gunmen — some of whom strode casually through their targets in khakis and T-shirts — came ready for a siege.
"They have AK-47s and grenades. They have bags full of grenades and have come fully prepared," said Maj. Gen. R.K. Hooda. Vice-Admiral J.S. Bedi, a top naval officer, said the gunmen even had large bags of almonds to keep up their energy during the fight.
Ratan Tata, who runs the company that owns the elegant Taj Mahal hotel, said they appeared to have scouted their targets in advance.
"They seem to know their way around the back office, the kitchen. There has been a considerable amount of detailed planning," he said at a press conference.
India has been shaken repeatedly by terror attacks blamed on Muslim militants in recent years, but most of those attacks have been coordinated bombings that struck random crowded places: markets, streetcorners, parks.
The Wednesday night attacks were far more sophisticated — and more brazen.
They began at about 9:20 p.m. with the shooters spraying gunfire across the Chhatrapati Shivaji railroad station, one of the world's busiest terminals. For the next two hours, there was an attack roughly every 15 minutes — the Jewish center, a tourist restaurant, one hotel, then another, and two attacks on hospitals. There were 10 targets in all.
At the Chhatrapati Shivaji railroad station, a soaring 19th century architectural monument, gunmen fired bullets through the crowded terminal, leaving the floor spattered with blood and corpses.
"They just fired randomly at people and then ran away. In seconds, people fell to the ground," said Nasim Inam, a witness.
Analysts around the world were debating whether the gunmen could have been tied to — or inspired by — al-Qaida.
"It's clear that it is al-Qaida style," but probably not carried out by the group's militants, said Rohan Gunaratna, of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore and author of "Inside Al-Qaida."
"Yesterday's attack is a watershed because for the first time the terrorists deliberately attacked international targets," he said, noting that symbolic high-profile targets had been chosen, apparently to magnify the effects of the violence.
Indian media reports said a previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attacks in e-mails to several media outlets. The Deccan is a region in southern India that was traditionally ruled by Muslim kings.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed "external forces" for the violence — a phrase sometimes used to refer to Pakistani militants, whom Indian authorities often blame attacks on. State officials said the violence had killed 119 people and left 288 injured.
"The well-planned and well-orchestrated attacks, probably with external linkages, were intended to create a sense of panic, by choosing high profile targets and indiscriminately killing foreigners," he said in address to the nation.
It remained unclear just how many people had been taken hostage, how many were hiding inside the hotels and how many dead still lay uncounted.
The Maharashtra state home ministry said 84 people had been freed from the Oberoi — 60 of them hostages — and dozens more were still trapped inside. More than 400 people have been brought out of the Taj Mahal, a landmark of Mumbai luxury since 1903. Officials provided no details on how the siege against the Taj ended.
Throughout the day, black-clad Indian commandos moved room-by-room through the two luxury hotels in a bid to free the dozens of people trapped during the attacks.
Survivors of the hotel attacks said the gunmen had specifically targeted Britons and Americans.
Alex Chamberlain, a British citizen dining at the Oberoi, told reporters that a gunman ushered 30 to 40 people from the restaurant into a stairway and ordered everyone to put up their hands.
The gunmen "stopped once and asked, 'Where are you from? Any British or American? Show your ID.' My friend said, 'Tell them you're Italian.' And there I was with my hands up basically thinking I was in a lot of trouble."
Chamberlain said he managed to slip away as the patrons were forced to walk upstairs.
One man brought out of the Oberoi, a who identified himself as a Pole but did not give his name, told reporters he had seen many bodies inside, but refused to give more details, saying he had promised police not to discuss details of the rescue operation.
The gunmen also seized the Mumbai headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch.
Eight hostages were released before midnight, said a Maharashtra state official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. He provided no further details and did not identify any of those released.
Around 10:30 a.m., a woman, child and an Indian cook were seen being led out of the building by police, said one witness.
The child was identified as Moshe Holtzberg, 2, the son of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, the main representative at Chabad house. The child was unharmed, but his clothes were soaked in blood.
Sandra Samuel, 44, the cook who pulled the boy out the building, said she saw Rabbi Holtzberg, his wife Rivka and two other unidentified guests lying on the floor, apparently "unconscious."
Among the dead were at least four Australians and a Japanese, said the state home ministry. An Italian, a Briton and a German were also killed, according to their foreign ministries.
At least three top Indian police officers — including the chief of the anti-terror squad — were among those killed, said Roy.
Among those foreigners still held captive in all three buildings were Americans, British, Italians, Swedes, Canadians, Yemenis, New Zealanders, Spaniards, Turks, French, a Singaporean and Israelis.
The United States, Pakistan and other countries condemned the attacks.
Earlier, Indian media showed pictures of black and yellow rubber dinghies found by the city's shoreline, apparently used by the gunmen to reach the area.
The motive for the onslaught was not immediately clear, but Mumbai has frequently been targeted in terrorist attacks blamed on Islamic extremists, including a series of bombings in July 2006 that killed 187 people.
Mumbai, overlooking the Arabian Sea, is one of the most populated cities in the world with some 18 million crammed into shantytowns, high rises and crumbling mansions.
India has been wracked by bomb attacks the past three years, which police blame on Muslim militants intent on destabilizing this largely Hindu country. Nearly 700 people have died.
Since May a militant group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen has taken credit for a string of blasts that killed more than 130 people. The most recent was in September, when explosions struck a park and crowded shopping areas in the capital, New Delhi, killing 21 people and wounding about 100.
Relations between Hindus, who make up more than 80 percent of India's 1 billion population, and Muslims, who make up about 14 percent, have sporadically erupted into bouts of sectarian violence since British-ruled India was split into independent India and Pakistan in 1947.
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Associated Press writers Anita Chang, Erika Kinetz and Jenny Barchfield contributed to this report.
- Re: 印度,泰国怎么了?posted on 11/29/2008
刚看了 Slumdog Millionaire 回来,故事正好是发生在孟买,一个贫民窟长大的孤儿,后来上了 Who wants to be a millionaire game show,讲述了他的人生经历,爱情故事。A romantic fable. 很好看。推荐!印度真穷啊。 - posted on 12/01/2008
今天下午在一个小影院看了.
millionaire game show 的每一个答案都是他人生的一个故事.
不知道影片中Jamal等待Latika的那个火车站是否就是这次孟买恐怖事件的地点之一.
"This is not a story that has been told and retold, hashed and rehashed. It is fresh and engaging - all at once quickly moving, romantic, violent, culturally insightful, desperate and slightly fantastic. There are some comic elements to the film but to describe it as a "comedy" seems inappropriate."
阿姗 wrote:
刚看了 Slumdog Millionaire 回来,故事正好是发生在孟买,一个贫民窟长大的孤儿,后来上了 Who wants to be a millionaire game show,讲述了他的人生经历,爱情故事。A romantic fable. 很好看。推荐!印度真穷啊。
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