Timeline of the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

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Taj Mahal Hotel condition after The attacks

The famed Harbour Bar at the Taj was the first licensed bar in Mumbai and a favourite watering hole of the city, is charred beyond recognition. Nothing’s left of the hotel’s Japanese restaurant Wasabi either. The 1st and 6th floors are badly gutted, the 4th and 5th partially burnt.

1. THE LOBBY: This section of the 105-year-old building was lined with artifacts and antiques is not badly damaged. Unlike some of the other sections, no explosions or fires occurred here. There are few bullets lodged in the walls.

2. SHAMIANA: The all-day dining restaurant’s flooring was wrecked by grenade blasts, which left a huge hole. Glass pieces and bags lay scattered all over the floor on Saturday night. The section overlooking the poolside is in a mess.

3. HARBOUR BAR: Facing the Colaba seafront on the ground floor was India’s first licensed bar. Reputed for its rare selection of whiskey, cognacs and Cuban cigars, the Harbour bar has been badly damaged in the attack.

4. WASABI: Japanese restaurant Wasabi is located in the old wing on a level above the ground floor has been gutted. Featured in the prestigious Conde-Nast Traveller List of eateries, the restaurant was known for its sakes and sushi bar.

5. SECOND, THIRD FLOORS: The status of these floors is relatively okay.

6. FOURTH, FIFTH FLOORS: These floors are partially burned and have minor smoke damage.

7. SIXTH FLOOR: The headquarters of the terrorists is completely charred. The woodwork is smashed. All sea-facing rooms including the presidential suites — which have hosted heads of state — are in a shambles. Valuable paintings, period furniture and hand-woven silk carpets are believed to have been destroyed.

8. SIXTH FLOOR OCCUPANTS: The terrorists had two rooms on the sixth floor; so did the general manager’s family which perished in the fire.

9. DOME: One of the domes with Moorish and Oriental influence has been damaged in the fire.

10. TERRORISTS ENTRY: Two entered from the poolside at the rear; two others came in from the side entrance. They had already penetrated the hotel via Housekeeping, the only service to be outsourced. They had an intimate knowledge of the layout, the back entrances, the storage

rooms. They also knew of the passage between the old and the new wings, from the banqueting section. Old kitchen staff use this passage.

11. TERRORISTS: One was found dead in the Harbour Bar and one on the staircase between Harbour Bar and Wasabi.

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Live Earth India Concert Cancelled

MUSIC NEWS - Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7, 2008 in Mumbai to raise money for solar energy projects, has been cancelled due to the recent terrorist attacks in the city, organizers announced on Saturday. "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are saddened to announce that Live Earth India has been called off," said a joint statement from organizers, including former US vice-president Al Gore. Musicians scheduled for the event included Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am, Indian rapper Hard Kaur and Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar. Bollywood stars were also scheduled to appear, including actors Amitabh Bachchab, his son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. Gore, Live Earth co-founder Kevin Wall and Rajednra Pachauri, the head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, stated that everyone involved in the project was "stunned and distraught" by the attacks. "We were all in the course of finalizing plans for Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7, when we were struck with the news," they added. The concert was to follow up on the series of events on seven continents on July 7, 2007. The evebts were seen by more than two billion people and were designed to raise awareness of global warming. "Together, we will continue to work for solutions to the climate crisis for the good of the people of India and around the world," the organizers said. Ticket refund info will be posted soon at Liveearth.org.

"But for now, our thoughts and our prayers are with the victims of this terrible attack, with the bereaved, with the people of Mumbai and with everyone across India."

Taj Hotel Terror Activity Map

1. Terrorists arrived via boats as witnesses had observed first boat approaching Gateway of India.

2. First shots were heard in Taj Hotel around 9:30 pm. Grenades were thrown near swimming pool. Terrorists enter the old wing of the hotel.

3. Eight member team of Colaba police armed with service pistols arrive and are confronted by the terrorists coming down from the fifth floor.

4. First confrontation between the police team took place at the second floor. Grenades force the police team back. They take and return fire. One constable is missing from the team.

5. Terrorists resort to random firing across floors and start taking hostages. Additional police reinforcements arrive.

6. Terrorists confront the cops and take the staircase. They reenter the old wing around midnight.

7. A grenade is lobbed at the dome atop the old wing around 2:30 am. Fire breaks out. Firemen begin work to douse the fire.

8. First hostage is rescued from the new wing around 2:45 am. 60 people in all. 30 more visitors are brought to safety around 5 am.

9. Terrorists lob grenades at the lobby connecting old and new wings of the hotel. Still stops the rescue operation for some time.

10. Rescue operation restarts around 7 am, moving floor by floor. 100 more visitors get out.

11. Another encounter starts in the old building around 11 am. New grenades are thrown on the lobby and a second grenade is thrown at the dome around 12:50 pm. Sixth floor room catches fire due to grenades. These fires are put out. Eight more guests are rescued around 2:30 pm. Two terrorists are dead and one is captured alive.

12. Hotel general manager's family - wife and two kids (age 14, 5) charred to death are found on the sixth floor by 5:30 pm.

Mumbai Policeman Lack Proper Firearms

The tenacious team of terrorists were well trained and armed with fully loaded magazines for AK class weapons, spare rounds for AK-class weapons, Chinese-made grenades, and Plastic Explosives (PE). The magazines and spare rounds made it clear that the terrorists were using AK-

47s and were prepared for a long haul.

Before the Marine Commandos and later NSG Commandos arrived on the scene, these highly equipped terrorists were met by Mumbai's finest. They were woefully underarmed.The eight member police team that confronted the terrorists were armed with a revolver with six chambers and six bullets. There have been reports that their bullet proof helmets were faulty and not all of them wearing bullet-proof jackets.

Only when highly trained Commandos came to the scene, the operation started to move in Mumbai's favor. Marine Commandos use 7.64mm AK-47 assault rifles and 9mm MP-5 sub-machine guns. They also have fiberglass crossbows to fire cyanide tipped arrows for stealth operation. The NSG Commandos carry 9mm Uzi sub-machine guns and Glock 17 pistols.

Mumbai Police officers - Karkare, Salaskar died partly because they were underarmed. We need to fix that. If Mumbai is going to feel safe again, then Police charged with the mandate of protection should be armed adequately.

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CCTV Picture of Mumbai Terrorist

This is CCTV image of a suspected terrorist gunman near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Victoria Terminus railway station.


This picture fits the profile of terrorists described by the witnesses. Automatic rifle carrying young south Asian people, with shoulder bags to hold ammunition and grenades. These terrorists arrived via sea. Authorities have found a sea craft named Kuber abandoned near Mumbai coast. Satellite phones were found in the craft.

A link to Pakistan and Saudi sources is appearing stronger based on early evidence. Intercom and mobile phone communication amongst the terrorists is in Punjabi language, which points to Pakistan.

A Brave Commando-A produ Of India

Mumbai emergency contact numbers

MUMBAI: Following are the emergency contact numbers in Mumbai for the public: Emergency contact numbers: 1. Police hotline 100 2.BMC Disaster management cell 22694725 3. Blood Banks 1910 4. Ambulance Services 1298 5. General Complaints 1916 6. Railway Any Emergency 23004000 7. Travel Agents Mumbai 149 8. Airport Police Helpline 28225709 9. Indian Red Cross Society for Blood bank 22663560 10. Missing Persons Bureau 22621547 11. Police Control Room Helpline 22620111, 22151855 12. Traffic Control Room Helpline 24937747, 24937755 13. Mantralaya Nariman Point Helpline 22024243 14. Collector of Bombay 22661231 15. Traffic Helpline 25181717 16. J J Hospital Blood Bank: Dr. Ganesh, Dr.Nair -- 022 23739400 17. Bombay Hospital: Ms Purohit -- 22067676 Extn 216 18. St George Hospital Direct Blood Bank: Tarun - 22620344 19. Taj Hotel: 022-66574322, 022-66574372, 1800 111 825 20. Trident Hotel: 022-23890606 For Blood Donors: Call 922 222 1947 and tell them you want to donate blood. They' ll get back to you when someone needs it OR Send an sms - type BLOOD and send it to 96000 97000, donor will call up for donation.

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Army personnel take up position around Taj

NSG: Third floor still to be cleared at Nariman House

7.05pm: Fresh firing at Taj. Reports that there might be more than one terrorist holed up in Taj. Two unidentified bodies recovered from the Hotel

6.57pm: J K Dutt: Three bodies found on the 2nd floor of the Nariman House. The terrorists killed the hostages before moving on to the next floor. They killed two more hostages on the 4th floor. Third floor is the only floor remaining, commandos are there. It is just a matter of time.

6.43pm: Another fire in the Taj's first floor suite, following three quick explosions there

6.40pm: NSG: One floor still to be cleared at Nariman House

6.30pm: Sporadic firing heard from Nariman House

6.15pm: MCGM releases updated 'List of all dead and injured'

5.40pm: Massive explosions heard at Nariman House on the 3rd and 4th floors. NSG is using controlled explosives to break open the outer wall of the 4th floor.

4.54pm: Fierce firing on at the second floor of Taj Hotel. The media was asked to move back as a precaution

4.45pm: Loud explosion heard at Taj Hotel

4.37pm: Two explosions heard at Narmian House. Heavy gun battle between the NSG commandos and the militants continue

3.45 pm: Multiple explosions at the Taj.

3.30pm: Large quantities of RDX found at the hotel in the past 35 hours.

2.45pm: NSG Chief: Opertaion at the Oberoi Hotel successfully completed. Two terrorists killed. AK 47s and 9mm pistol recovered.

12.52pm: Marcos: We recovered USD 1200 and Rs 6000 from the terrorists. They were very familiar with the Taj Hotel layout.

12.00pm: NSG is calling the Nariman House operation the ‘Black Tornado’.

11.50am: Lots of action at the Taj. Everybody is crouched on the ground following firing and blasts. 1 or 2 terrorists still in there

11:48am: Heavy gunfire and grenade explosions have been reported from the Taj Hotel..

11:29am: About 8 to 9 commandos have entered Prem Bhawan, near Nariman House, with two cartons of supplies. Heavy gunfire has resumed.

11:00am: Army Commander LT Gen N Thamburaj says the new Taj Hotel building has been totally sanitised and handed over to the police. One confirmed terrorist left in the old Taj building.

10:39am: About 93 hostages, have been rescued from Trident Hotel. They are being escorted to a bus stationed near the Air India buildin

Briton tells of his Mumbai rescue

Mark Abell spent two days in his hotel room with no food and little water

A British businessman who barricaded himself into a Mumbai hotel room for two days when gunmen attacked has spoken of his relief at being rescued.

Mark Abell was staying at the Oberoi, seized by militants on Wednesday.

He said he had no food, little water and was "surrounded by explosions, gunshots and people screaming" but now he was looking forward to going home.

One British national, Andreas Liveras, died and at least seven Britons were hurt in the attacks on the Indian city.

By Friday, the Oberoi was back under control of authorities after troops flushed out the gunmen.

But police found 24 bodies there after freeing dozens of guests and staff.

Rescue operations are continuing at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, another of Mumbai's luxury hotels, and a Jewish centre.

The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera said British officials were investigating reports that Britons were involved in carrying out the attacks, which have left at least 130 dead and hundreds more injured.

The claim was made on an Indian television station.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said UK authorities had "no knowledge" of any British links with the killings.

Mr Abell's ordeal was one shared by other Britons who also locked themselves in their rooms during the series of attacks.

'Too close'

He told the BBC it had been "very grim" and he had been just a few floors away from the worst violence in the hotel.

"We were too close for comfort and throughout the night, the whole thing was punctuated by a series of explosions.

The lobby was carnage - there was blood and guts everywhere - it was very upsetting Mark Abell, British businessman Businesswoman tells of ordeal Briton killed in Mumbai named

"Towards the end of the night it started to quieten down and I was communicating on my Blackberry with other people who were in a similar position and we slowly started to get a picture that we would be evacuated."

After some 36 hours locked in his room, he was rescued by "an entourage of heavily armed military, hotel staff and the police".

Asked what was going through his mind at that point, he said: "I'm going home, going to see my children, going to see my wife."

He then described bloody scenes as he was helped out of the hotel.

"The lobby was carnage - there was blood and guts everywhere - it was very upsetting," he said.

He headed towards one corner of the bar and saw me and a number of others at the back, and just opened fire on us Hanesh Patel, shooting victim

"Just before I went to my room I'd had dinner in the Kandahar restaurant and unfortunately the waitress who served us was one of the first to get shot."

Sir Gulam Noon, another British businessman, was also forced to barricade himself and several colleagues into a room at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.

He said they were all afraid that at any time the gunmen would kick the door down and, at one stage, smoke from a fire began seeping into the room.

"Then it was a panic situation," he said. "We could feel it in our throats. We knew it was serious."

Eventually, all six were rescued from a balcony by a fire crew, and lowered to safety.

He told the BBC: "I hope, and I'm sure, like Londoners, Bombayites are resilient, brave and will withstand this onslaught on the city."

Pandemonium

Another Briton was not so lucky. Holidaymaker Hanesh Patel is recovering in hospital after he was shot in both legs at a Mumbai cafe.

He told the BBC how the gunman had been firing continuously and randomly, stopped, then started shooting again.

"That's when he headed towards one corner of the bar and saw me and a number of others at the back, and just opened fire on us," the 29-year-old said.

Other Britons flew home on Friday, shaken but relieved after their ordeals.

Steve Vincent, in India on business, had been in his room at the Taj Palace hotel when the explosions and firing began.

"It was absolute chaos, pandemonium on the streets and people going everywhere, really scary, absolute carnage," he said.

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The attacks have been condemned by Gordon Brown as "atrocious"

The Prime Minister said he did not believe there were any further Britons among hostages.

The only British national known to have died is Mr Liveras, a businessman who emigrated to Britain from Cyprus.

Andreas Liveras had gone to the Taj Palace hotel for a meal

Mr Liveras, the founder of a luxury yacht business, had been visiting the Taj Mahal Palace to have a curry on Wednesday evening when he was killed.

He became caught up in the violence, and when he spoke to the BBC he said: "I think it's got the best restaurant here. But as soon as we sat at the table we heard the machine gun fire outside in the corridor."

He described hiding under the table and then being led to a salon in the hotel where hundreds of other guests were sheltering.

The Foreign Office is advising against all non-essential travel to Mumbai until further notice.

A reception centre for British nationals has been set up at the British Council Library in Mumbai and will remain open overnight.

The Foreign Office has issued an emergency number for people with relatives in Mumbai: 0207 008 0000.

Mumbai wide awake, but shell-shocked

Mumbai is a city where busy roads set the note for the madness and the magic throughout the day. So, to find these roads empty of traffic just past midnight is shocking.

It's almost like the city that never sleeps has gone into deep slumber.

But in reality most people are wide awake, disturbed by the images of the encounter that's going on since hours at Taj, Trident and Nariman House. But they are yet not able to turn away.

"It just feels unreal. This is stuff that happens in the movies. As a city, Mumbai has seen many disasters but this one is altogether different. It's very disturbing -- the pictures of the terrorists. After all they are regular guys; they look normal," said Priyanka Bhasin, one of the residents of Mumbai.

These terrorists had guns and two of them were photographed at the entrance to CST station.

And the fact that is giving normal citizens of Mumbai sleepless nights is -- have they been killed or have they escaped? Or is it that they are among those terrorists still inside the hotels?

The police, though know the details, haven't yet gone public with the information. And the uncertainty, almost like that of a film, has still to reveal its climax. Except this is real life..

"Firing is still going on. We are scared of the terrorists," said a Mumbai resident.

But while the city is shaken, its enterprise is still intact. And to prove that, several posters came up across the city literally within hours as a tribute to Mumbai's top cops who lost their lives during the war against terror.

It's an image which is almost cinematic; just like the city itself. This seems to be the part of the reason why terrorists would target it as by doing so, they are targeting the core of the nation's imagination

Oberoi being evacuated: Guests move to ITC

The ITC Group has voluntered to take on board all the guests who have evacuated from the Trident and Oberoi.

A spokesperson from ITC Grand Maratha, Bindu Panicker, told MID DAY that it was only natural on their part to help.

We have done that in the past. And we shall continue doing so.
At the moment, only those from the Oberoi are being brought in, some at the ITC Parel and some to ITC Grand Maratha in Sahar.


The hotel is learnt to have offered the Taj management of the same.


Almost 75 guests have been relocated.

Exlusive pics-Mumbai under attack

Late Wednesday night, Mumbai, India found itself the target of a ferocious terrorist attack, and the situation remains unresolved even now, three days later. According to reports, upwards of 60 young men entered Mumbai in small inflatable boats on Wednesday night, carrying bags filled with weapons and ammunition, and spread out to nine locations to begin their attacks. Lobbing grenades and firing their weapons, they entered hotels, a railway station and several other buildings, killing scores and wounding even more. As of this moment, the identity of the attackers has yet to be definitively determined, though there are reports indicating some of the gunmen were Pakistani - at least nine of them have been killed, nine more arrested. As of this writing, there were a reported 151 people killed from 11 different countries - though nearly 100 were Indian. More than 300 injuries have also been reported - those numbers may yet rise as several hostage situations still exist in the city. (35 photos total)

A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Large plumes of smoke were seen rising from the top of the landmark Taj Hotel in Mumbai on Thursday and heavy firing could be heard, a Reuters witness said. (REUTERS/Arko Datta)

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Injured Indian security personnel lie at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. The two men later died from their wounds. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza) #

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Armed gunmen are seen in the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, killing people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday, police said. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza) #

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A man carries a victim of a gun attack away from the scene of an earlier attack at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) #

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A gunman walks through the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza) #

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People's belongings are seen lying on the floor amongst streaked pools of blood at the shooting site in Chattrapati Shivaji Railway terminus in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The bodies of at least six victims of Wednesday's shootings lie on the floor of the Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai November 26, 2008. (REUTERS/The Times of India) #

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Onlookers stand at the site of a bomb blast in Mumbai November 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

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Fire engulfs the top floor of the Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists in Mumbai on late November 26, 2008. (LORENZO TUGNOLI/AFP/Getty Images) #

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An unidentified guest of the Taj Hotel watches other guests being rescued from a window of the hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh) #

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Employees and guests of the Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists, are recued by firefighters as fire engulfs the top floor on late November 26, 2008. (LORENZO TUGNOLI/AFP/Getty Images) #

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The body of a terrorist attack victim is brought in an ambulance to the St. Georges Hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Dozens of people were still trapped or held captive Thursday. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) #

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Hospital attendants place the body of a victim of Wednesday's shootings on a stretcher at the St. George hospital in Mumbai November 27, 2008. (Reuters/Stringer) #

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Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008. Indian commandos freed hostages from Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Thursday but battled on with gun-toting Islamist militants. (REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe) #

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An Indian commando runs into Taj Hotel prior to a gun battle in Mumbai November 28, 2008. A chief of an Indian commando unit flushing out militants at the hotel said on Friday that he saw 12 to 15 bodies in one room. (REUTERS/Arko Datta) #

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Italian chef Emanuele Lattanzi carrying his daughter walks out after being rescued from Oberoi Trident Hotel where suspected militants are holed up in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo) #

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An Indian paramilitary soldier lies on ground as he looks toward the Taj Mahal Hotel where suspected militants are holed up during an assault in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) #

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A member of the anti-terrorist squad takes a position during an engagement with suspected militants at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) #

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People read a newspaper carrying reports of the shootings in Mumbai, in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri November 28, 2008. Indian commandos took control of Mumbai's Trident-Oberoi hotel on Friday, but battles raged on with militants who were still holed up in another luxury hotel and a Jewish centre with about half a dozen foreign hostages. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri) #

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A National Security Guard commando rests during a lull in action after firing at suspected militants holed up at Nariman House in Colaba, Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Commandos ended a siege of the luxury Oberoi Trident Hotel on Friday while other forces rappelled from helicopters to storm a besieged Jewish center, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India's financial center left people dead and the city in panic. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) #

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A National Security Guard commando fires at suspected militants believed to be hiding in Nariman House, in Mumbai November 28, 2008. (REUTERS/Peter Keep) #

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A National Security Guard commando is seen after securing a floor during an operation against terrorists holed up at Nariman House, the headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, in Colaba in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) #

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A resident takes cover for possible return fire as National Security Guard commandoes fire at suspected militants holed up at Nariman House in Colaba, Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) #

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Indian commandos are airdropped in Nariman House, where the armed militants are believed to be holed up in Mumbai November 28, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

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A National Security Guard (NSG) commando aims towards a window after an explosion on the fourth floor of the Nariman House where suspected militants are hiding, in Mumbai November 28, 2008. (REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe) #

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The media focus their attention on the beseiged Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on November 27, 2008 in Mumbai, India. (Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images) #

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Armed personnel hold handguns as they secure the area outside the Taj Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh) #

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A stray dog stands on a deserted street outside the Taj Mahal hotel where suspected gunmen are holed up in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) #

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Schoolchildren hold candles during a vigil held in memory of the victims of Wednesday's shootings in Mumbai, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 27, 2008. Elite Indian commandos fought room to room battles with Islamist militants inside two luxury hotels to save scores of people trapped or taken hostage, as the country's prime minister blamed neighbouring countries. (REUTERS/Amit Dave) #

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The military take up positions outside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on November 27, 2008 in Mumbai, India. (Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images) #

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A security officer stands guard at a platform in Gauhati railway station in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) #

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The windows on the first floor of the Taj Mahal hotel shatter after the use of a grenade launcher in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal hotel Friday afternoon, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India's financial center left people dead and the city in panic. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) #

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Policemen take position outside "Nariman Bhavan", where armed militants are believed to be holed up in Mumbai November 27, 2008. (REUTERS/Arko Datta) #

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Sharda Janardhan Chitikar, left, is consoled by a relative as she grieves the death of her two children in a terrorist attack while she waits for their bodies outside St. Georges Hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) #

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A woman (right), recently evacuated from Mumbai following the attacks, hugs her mother upon her arrival on November 28, 2008 at the military airport of Torrejon, near Madrid. Sixty Spanish citizens who were in Mumbai when the attacks erupted in the Indian city were expected back in Madrid Friday on a Spanish air force plane.

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