TERRORIST ATTACKS IN INDIA ... AMERICAN AND BRITISH HOSTAGES

War on Terror spreads to India (a nuclear power in the world). Terrorists launch attack on many locations simultaneously. Take hostages and target civilian tourists... singling out British and American civilians abroad. PRESENTLY, OVER 100 PEOPLE DEAD.

Gunmen targeted several areas in the Indian city of ...
Gunmen targeted several areas in the Indian city of Mumbai on Wednesday, taking scores of hostages, killing dozens and taking hostages in two luxury hotels frequented by Westerners: The Taj Mahal Hotel and the Oberoi Hotel. Below is a running list of accounts from news agencies in the area.

The information that follows has not necessarily been confirmed by CNN:

12:10 a.m. ET (10:40 a.m. IT: The number of policemen killed has risen to 16, according to Rediff.com.

CNN's sister station CNN-IBN is streaming live coverage of the Mumbai attacks on its Web site.

11:30 p.m. ET (10 a.m. IT): A militant in the Oberoi Hotel has told a TV station that he is among seven people holding hostages there, according to the Times of India.

The militant told the TV station that the attackers want India to release all "mujahedins."

"Only after that will we release the people," the militant told the TV station, according to the Times of India.

11:10 p.m. ET (9:40 a.m. IT): Authorities say one arrestee is a member of the group Lashkar-e-Tayiba, according to Rediff.com.

11:05 p.m. ET (9:35 a.m. IT): Besides raiding the Taj hotel, security forces also have entered the Oberoi Hotel and the Cama Hospital for women and infants, CNN's sister station CNN-IBN reported.

The standoff at Cama Hospital appears to have been resolved; it was not immediately known whether suspects at the hospital fled or were killed, CNN-IBN reported.

11 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. IT): Police have said the death toll in the Mumbai attacks is at 101 -- including six foreigners, the Times of India reports.

Gunfire is heard at the Nariman House in the Colaba area, and police have cordoned off the area amid reports that suspects are in the building, Rediff.com reports. 10:40 p.m. ET (9:10 a.m. IT): People are being evacuated from the Taj Hotel as security forces continue their battle against attackers there, Rediff.com reports. Rediff.com reports a journalist has been injured in the fighting.

10:05 p.m. ET (8:35 a.m. IT): NDTV.com (New Delhi Television Limited) reports the dead include at least 11 policemen, including the head of an anti-terror squad. The site continues to say at least 100 people were killed in attacks on 10 sites in Mumbai, while other outlets, including CNN-IBN, report lower numbers (87).

Multiple Indian news outlets have quoted witnesses as saying the attackers were looking for American and British nationals at the hotels.

NDTV.com quotes a witness as saying: "Gunmen wanted anyone with British or American passport."

NDTV.com is streaming live video of its coverage.

9:35 p.m. ET (8:05 a.m. IT): Gunshots are fired as military and other security forces move into the Taj hotel, one of two hotels where people are being held hostage, Rediff.com reports. According to Rediff.com, police believe three or four hostage-takers are inside the hotel. Multiple Indian news outlets report at least 100 people are trapped and perhaps being held hostage in the Taj, where fire and smoke could be seen. 9:20 p.m. ET (7:50 a.m. IT): While multiple outlets have reported that a group called the Deccan Mujahideen have claimed responsibility for the attacks, Rediff.com reports that police and the Intelligence Bureau are not ruling out the involvement by the Indian Mujahideen, an offshoot of the Students Islamic Movement of India.

The Intelligence Bureau said authorities cracked down on the Indian Mujahideen in Mumbai, and that the IM responded by warning it was "just waiting for the right time to execute bloodshed," Rediff.com reported.

9:10 p.m. ET (7:40 a.m. IT): NDTV.com reports at least 100 people were killed in the attacks and that hundreds of hostages still are being held at two hotels, including the Taj hotel. Other outlets report lower death tolls, including CNN-IBN, which reports 87 dead.

NDTV.com reports five suspects have been killed, three escaped, and nine have been arrested.

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[EndTimeAwakening]

Islam, a religion of Peace? You need to educate yourself and actually read the Islamic religious books. Here is your SOURCE of hatred, racism and war... it is called the KORAN... and here are just a few verses:

Verse 9:123 - "Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you."

5:51 - "Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another."

5:17 - "Unbelievers are those who declare: 'God is the Messiah, the son of Mary.'"

[lostsoul160707]

teachings of any religions whether it is christianity hinduisim judaism or islam teach peace love respect, it is individuals who twist faiths to meet their own agendas. i wish people stop branding all muslims terrorists, there are good and bad in all races and religions. i am a muslim and i respects people no matter what their belief, sexuality, race etc, people should see past the hate that is constantly portrayed.

[EndTimeAwakening]

Are you sure you are Muslim? I've read the Koran, and it appears by your statements that you do not support the teachings of the Koran?!... perhaps you should read the loving, forgiving teachings of the Christ... because you sound more like you want to follow Him instead of Muhammad, who taught war, killing and genocide. I don't doubt your heart, but don't call yourself Muslim and then say you are against everything they stand for. Reality Check.

[chilln04]

This caption is incredibly misleading. The "war on terror" has not just reached India it has been a problem there for decades, since Pakistan split with India in 1947 there have been hundreds of attacks by various indigenous islamic militants all across the country, they just haven't been as brazen or out in the open as the recent terrorist operations have been. Get your facts straight before you post on Youtube. Indians knew what terror was long before Americans did.

[zX102z]

'Terror has no religion' is becoming obsolete staement!

FACT IS : Terrorist are born due religion & regionalism!

[oPR3ACHERo]

ALLAH U AKBAR WE ARE HERE TO RE EDUCATE YOU ALL IN Islam the only true faith

of prophet Ibraheem ..salam

[walckstephine]

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[topawala20]

terrorism has a religion and that religion is ISLAM. those terrorists were MUSLIMS.y else would they choose a Jewish Center to attack and not a one single islamic landmark or muslim place in Mumbai? I mean Mumbai is a city of 18 million people and there are less than 1,000 Jews and there are over 3 million muslims. and the ak-47's, bullets, & gernades don't look at race, religion, sex, age. it just kills whoever gets in the way. it turns out that 35% of people that got in the way were muslims.

[ultraextreme1]

That's right brother !!! America and Brittain are killing all over the world,.. They just created another way to divide and rule. Bhutto has been assasinated by them just to put up the tension. Another attack in India shows the track to their divide and rule tactic. Terrorists are the most stupid and dumb piece of shit. They are very easy to brainwash coz they cant think for themselves.

[ultraextreme1]

You have put it nicely and very wise. As a matter of fact i do believe that this whole terrorist kinda idea has been setup by america to put up the tension between India and Pakistan. This old 'divide and rule' tactic seems to work very well again,.. The worst thing is that Indians & paki's are too blind to see. I guess they did not learn from history.

[AfgSwed]

it is all the mother fucker britian who devided pakistan n india and left kashmir undecided like they did between many countries

it is policy of BRITISH government to create conflict and rule the world.

all i do is to blame this big evil britain!!

and islam is totaly againt killing , terrorist has no religions and read about westerns policies and u would know who is mother is terrorist and who feeds these groups.