Word: terrorization
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...trapped in their hotel rooms - who were brought out safely from the hotel; 24 others were killed. Jacobs described his harrowing experience - at one point, he said he had composed goodbye messages to his family - in an exclusive interview with TIME. (See pictures here of the two days of terror in Mumbai...
...told myself it couldn't be - it was probably just construction work. Then I heard what sounded like gunfire, and I thought that really does sound like gunfire. So I went out into the atrium, and heard more explosions and gunfire. Part of my mind said it was a terror attack, but another part of my mind couldn't believe it. Then I looked down into the lobby, and I saw there was no one there, and three suitcases were left abandoned, and I realized it really was a terror attack...
...centers provide Jewish travelers with a place to pray in a synagogue, eat kosher meals, celebrate the Sabbath and keep in contact with their families by Internet. India is a favorite destination of Israeli back-packers and was considered fairly safe - until now. (See pictures here of the Mumbai terror...
Soon after terrorists struck Mumbai on Wednesday, Israeil Defense Minister Ehud Barak offered to send help to India. "The attacks are part of a global wave of terror, which Israel is quite familiar with," Barak said. But India declined the assistance. Some Israeli officials voiced criticism over the way that Indian forces immediately began firing at the gunmen, rather than gathering intelligence on their adversary, or attempting to enter into negotiations with them first. Meanwhile, in India, rumors circulated that the Israelis had indeed been part of the rescue operation, a notion that may have been kick-started...
...second reminder we should take from Mumbai is that the longer the wars go on in Iraq and Afghanistan, the more combat-experienced men there will be available to planners of terror attacks. And we should count on the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan going global - there is no reason they could not blend into the waves of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean from Northern Africa to Europe every...