Word: taj
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...explosions were all part of a process that the Indian authorities call "sanitizing" the floors - basically blasting them out to make sure there are no terrorists left. It's difficult to do in a hotel as large as the Taj. There have been injuries among the commandos. At 5:48 p.m., I saw first aid personnel rushing into the hotel. The blasts are doing further damage to the building - there was new smoke coming from the dome on the roof, and for a while, a new active fire burning in one of the second level rooms. The fires were still...
...Taj is a beloved landmark in this city, and its residents will have to get used to the idea of a Taj that will never be the same. Disbelieving Mumbaikars have been watching as their city of 12 million has been paralyzed - shops closed, streets emptied - by just two dozen attackers...
...This is a reminder to the world. We are the target, and it's not just Israel but the whole Western world. As we understand it, they were looking for guests with American, British, and Israeli citizenship." Several Israeli tourists and businessmen were among those held hostage in the Taj and Oberoi hotels but later managed to escape or were freed...
...perpetrators, more often than not attempting to divine their identity from the group's tactics. The problem is that terrorists do not follow rule books; they learn and adapt from other groups. The fact that suicide bombers did not blow themselves up in the lobbies of the Oberoi or Taj hotels does not mean they are not from al-Qaeda. (See photos of the chaos in Mumbai...
...morning, the end of Mumbai's nightmare was practically at hand. The day before, two of the three hostage sites in the city had been secured: the Oberoi Hotel and Nariman House, the site of the Jewish hospitality center, were finally wrested from terrorist hands. The siege of the Taj dragged on into the night, however, despite assurances earlier on Friday from authorities with the National Security Guard, an elite Army unit, that the agony of the ornate and historic hotel was nearing an end. As most of the city slept, the Taj suffered at least six more massive blasts...