India sees "external link" as troops battle militants

[pinto]

Source: Reuters

India sees "external link" as troops battle militants


Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:30am EST
By Charlotte Cooper

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's prime minister pointed a finger on Thursday at "external linkages" for the attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 100 people, as militants holding hostages in a Jewish center offered to hold talks.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke as commandos in India's financial capital exchanged fresh fire with suspected Islamist militants inside the Taj Hotel and at the Trident-Oberoi hotel, where scores of people were trapped and some taken hostage.

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A militant holed up at the center phoned an Indian television channel to offer talks with the government for the release of hostages, but also to complain about abuses in Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars.

"Ask the government to talk to us and we will release the hostages," the man, identified by the India TV channel as Imran, said, speaking in Urdu in what sounded like a Kashmiri accent.





Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AP75S20081127

[ohio2007]

1. Indian navy boarding suspicious ship off Mumbai

MUMBAI, India – The Indian navy says its forces are boarding a cargo vessel suspected of ties to the Mumbai attacks that killed 101 people.

Navy spokesman Capt. Manohar Nambiar said Thursday that the ship, the MV Alpha, had recently come to Mumbai from Karachi, Pakistan.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting_78

Guess it was a bad idea to attack pirate mother ships off the Somali coast afterall ?
:sarcasm:

[riverwalker]

2. an earlier witness

(Indian) said the terrorists spoke a language he did not understand.

[JI7]

5. that doesn't really tell much because India has so many languages

each state has a language. the national languages are English and Hindi and some people don't even speak one or both of those languages.

[DFW]

3. They just massacred 100 unarmed people and NOW they want to talk?

The tone of any discussions might start off as less than cordial........

[ohio2007]

4. they are cornered....duh..... j/k

no I'm not ;)

[DFW]

6. Depending on their view of things............

Being cornered is frequently the moment when they blow themselves (and everyone else in the area) into little teeny bits.