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Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:45 pm
by Blurred
I didn't know about this till today.

MUMBAI, India – Black-clad Indian commandoes raided two luxury hotels to try to free hostages Thursday, and explosions and gunshots shook India's financial capital a day after attacks by suspected Muslim militants killed at least 119 people.

About 10 to 12 gunmen remain holed up inside the hotels and a Jewish center, a top Indian general said. The remaining gunmen appeared to have been killed or captured, Maj. Gen. R.K. Hooda told New Delhi Television.

Authorities said 119 people died and 288 were injured when suspected Islamic militants — armed with assault rifles, hand grenades and explosives — launched a highly coordinated attack against 10 sites in the city Wednesday night.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_shooting

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:50 pm
by Klarabella
Saw it on cnn late yesterday.. Taj hotel was on fire and the hostages on the roof or something..

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:17 pm
by izmeister
Was it done in retaliation to the inhumane treatment of palestenians in the ghaza strip?

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:45 pm
by .AWAKE.
ya this is pretty crazy , Ive been watching the news feed on msnbc for an hour or so now , they say there is about 125 dead , and over 300 injured , in what seems to be a well coordinated attack...supposedly this is India's worst terrorist attack so far

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:49 pm
by Blurred
Easy_Lady wrote:ya this is pretty crazy , Ive been watching the news feed on msnbc for an hour or so now , they say there is about 125 dead , and over 300 injured , in what seems to be a well coordinated attack...supposedly this is India's worst terrorist attack so far



Yeah they came by small little boats, they must of been planning this for a long time now.

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:50 pm
by Squirt
Terrorist attacks are becoming more common now a days.

Soon it will be another attack in the hundreds that have happened.

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:51 pm
by Grimm-.-
Been watching on Cnn.
Seems like they have no idea whats going on.

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:20 pm
by Barotix
Why are they attacking? Did they raise the question of "Why." That is very important.
izmeister wrote:Was it done in retaliation to the inhumane treatment of palestenians in the ghaza strip?


See ^ he's moving in the right direction. "Terrorist" like these aren't looking to terrorize. They have a goal, a message. The questions are Why, How, and What. Why did they attack? How does this effect further their goal? What is their goal, and what is the catalyst?

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:22 pm
by Doppleganger
Oh India has fortress war on Thursdays too?

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:24 pm
by Grimm-.-
Barotix wrote:Why are they attacking? Did they raise the question of "Why." That is very important.
izmeister wrote:Was it done in retaliation to the inhumane treatment of palestenians in the ghaza strip?


See ^ he's moving in the right direction. "Terrorist" like these aren't looking to terrorize. They have a goal, a message. The questions are Why, How, and What. Why did they attack? How does this effect further their goal? What is their goal, and what is the catalyst?

Was wondering the same things.
Hopefully there motive will be shared, and Stations like CNN actually bring it out...

They're saying the singled out British and American citizens. ... ... ... ... ..

Re: Woah

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:41 pm
by salmissra
Grimm-.- wrote:
Barotix wrote:Why are they attacking? Did they raise the question of "Why." That is very important.
izmeister wrote:Was it done in retaliation to the inhumane treatment of palestenians in the ghaza strip?


See ^ he's moving in the right direction. "Terrorist" like these aren't looking to terrorize. They have a goal, a message. The questions are Why, How, and What. Why did they attack? How does this effect further their goal? What is their goal, and what is the catalyst?

Was wondering the same things.
Hopefully there motive will be shared, and Stations like CNN actually bring it out...

They're saying the singled out British and American citizens. ... ... ... ... ..


i honestly think that the militants are trying to create antenttion, and by saying that theyre singling out British and American citizens, they know they will attract antenttion, because they have. In the past few years, India has gotten many terrorist attacks, and i dont think UK and the US gave a damn. But on this one, because they mention the deaths of Britain and American citizen, its as if the whole world cares. Quite sad really, i mean who cares about the 119 Indian citizens that died rite? We should all care about the 6 Foreigners :roll:

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:00 am
by izmeister
Grimm-.- wrote:
Barotix wrote:Why are they attacking? Did they raise the question of "Why." That is very important.
izmeister wrote:Was it done in retaliation to the inhumane treatment of palestenians in the ghaza strip?


See ^ he's moving in the right direction. "Terrorist" like these aren't looking to terrorize. They have a goal, a message. The questions are Why, How, and What. Why did they attack? How does this effect further their goal? What is their goal, and what is the catalyst?

Was wondering the same things.
Hopefully there motive will be shared, and Stations like CNN actually bring it out...

They're saying the singled out British and American citizens. ... ... ... ... ..


Strange...in arab media they are saying they were targeting Israeli citizens

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:32 am
by Reise
izmeister wrote:Strange...in arab media they are saying they were targeting Israeli citizens


I believe it.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:42 am
by l05tfr33k7
inhumane treatment of palestenians? retaliate against indian citizens who had nothing to do with that? i dont see how that adds up. of course why this was done is important but its a terror attack damnit. kill innocent civilians in order to send a message? great way to get the message across. :roll:

and yes i do believe that the american media is just overreacting to the news cause of israeli/american/british involvements. like someone already posted, there are so many other terror attacks, but the american media just mentions them and moves on.

o and i heard (didn't confirm yet though) that a militant group (claiming to be Muslim) claimed responsibility for it.

my condolences to the victims though.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:51 am
by ThatBluePerson
Doppleganger wrote:Oh India has fortress war on Thursdays too?


Gtfo. :>

Now, that is why religion sucks.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:52 am
by Reise
Religious extremists don't care what country you're from, they only care about what god you worship.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:15 am
by Snoopy
It doesn't necessarily have to do with religion =x

The latest attack, apparently aimed at least partly at prosperous Western tourists, is bound to spook investors in one of Asia's largest and fastest-growing economies.


You can't totally blame religion for every terrorist attack.

Religious extremists don't care what country you're from, they only care about what god you worship.


Most countries have a main religion whether it be Christianity, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim etc.
Therefore the country you come from, does matter.

I guess they were after foreigners, because they were asking for British or American passports


Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/ ... me=topNews

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:03 am
by Reise
Snoopy wrote:Most countries have a main religion whether it be Christianity, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim etc.
Therefore the country you come from, does matter.


lol

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:08 am
by l05tfr33k7
Snoopy wrote:Most countries have a main religion whether it be Christianity, Catholic, Buddhist, Muslim etc.Therefore the country you come from, does matter.

very self-contradictory.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:09 am
by Reise
The point is that's only half right. Just because your country has a "national religion" doesn't mean everyone follows it. I figured that would go without saying though.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:46 am
by Snoopy
Ok so, you want to kill Christians, you go to Britain or America. You want to kill Muslims you go to Middle Eastern countries. You want to kill Buddhist's go to China, Mongolia, Nepal whatever they are.

You think I'm unaware that there is more than one religion? I come from Australia, one of the most Multicultural countries in the world, I've seen people of all religions. But think about it, if you want to kill a bunch of Buddhist? Where would you go? Would you go to Sydney, Australia? Or Mongolia?

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:59 am
by Jstar1
salmissra wrote:
i honestly think that the militants are trying to create antenttion, and by saying that theyre singling out British and American citizens, they know they will attract antenttion, because they have. In the past few years, India has gotten many terrorist attacks, and i dont think UK and the US gave a damn. But on this one, because they mention the deaths of Britain and American citizen, its as if the whole world cares. Quite sad really, i mean who cares about the 119 Indian citizens that died rite? We should all care about the 6 Foreigners :roll:


no, america is paying attention to it now because of the high number of dead people and also the well coordinated attack. It takes a lot of people and a lot of planning to attack 5 different places at the same time.

but yeah its all screwed up over there, seems like the terrorists are leaving no countries unaffected

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:02 am
by l05tfr33k7
Sydney. So people like you can stay wondering why I would kill a Buddhist there.
lets stay to the topic everyone.
/srsly

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:14 am
by Reise
Snoopy wrote:You think I'm unaware that there is more than one religion? I come from Australia, one of the most Multicultural countries in the world, I've seen people of all religions.


Just about every place on the planet is the same. I'm saying it doesn't matter what country they're in, if they're religious extremists they are going to kill people who follow other religions. They don't give a shit where you're from, hence why British and American people were also killed.

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:33 am
by Barotix
Terrorism and religion do not go hand in hand. I guess when Muslims blow Muslims up they're doing it because they're not the right kind of Muslim. No, I doubt religion is to blame here. Ask yourself this: Why is it that the Iranians aren't committing terrorist acts. After all; Iran is the most extreme Muslims country. If Religious Extremism and Terrorism go hand in hand then Iran, a former theocracy, should be in a state of perpetual civil unrest due to terrorist attacks, but when was the last time Iranians committed acts of Terrorism in Iran or abroad? I believe there is more to it than religion. The information I seek is not being revealed by the MsM, yet again. T_T

Re: Woah

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:14 am
by Snoopy
Barotix wrote:Terrorism and religion do not go hand in hand. I guess when Muslims blow Muslims up they're doing it because they're not the right kind of Muslim. No, I doubt religion is to blame here. Ask yourself this: Why is it that the Iranians aren't committing terrorist acts. After all; Iran is the most extreme Muslims country. If Religious Extremism and Terrorism go hand in hand then Iran, a former theocracy, should be in a state of perpetual civil unrest due to terrorist attacks, but when was the last time Iranians committed acts of Terrorism in Iran or abroad? I believe there is more to it than religion. The information I seek is not being revealed by the MsM, yet again. T_T


Well said Baro, this is one of few times I agree with you. =]