NDTV are suggesting intercepted evidence pointed to the terrorists speaking in the tongue of Punjab - the most common language in Pakistan.

Politicans are already beating the drum against Pakistan.

Originally posted by Sonya610

Originally posted by 44soulslayerTaj is not clear; all hostages have been freed. There are still terrorists holed up inside the Taj however, fires still rage.

Why would they release all the hostages? What would be their point? Bargaining for surrender? That would be a bad idea. I think a lot of these news reports are bogus.

Token, yeah your point about Muslims killing for God. We all know that Hindu's, Christians, and Jews never kill those of other religions!

[edit on 27-11-2008 by Sonya610]

Sorry, my phrasing was vague. The hostages were freed by the NSG commandos; as the terrorists tactically retreated to higher levels, the hostages were left at the lower levels (which incidentally the terrorists set on fire).

Hello guys, just got back from work, can somebody please update me on what happend today in india

Apparently new firefight at Oberai hotel. MSM is already talking about how this affects Obama.

Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
I'm actually astonished that they had enough ammunition to hold their position this long. TWENTY HOURS!
Even for an all out war, that is a long fire-fight.

As I said earlier maybe they prepared hotel rooms in advance. This seems well planned, if they knew they would be holed up at the Taj why not have some ammunition stored, maybe some healthy snacks and drinks too.

Originally posted by RaustinNo kidding. Then again the Indian military and police are looking so pathetic right now I wonder if they're even having trouble keeping them pinned down.

Yeah if I were a hostage the ineptitude of the Indian police would worry me. To end the situation and save face they made decide to "kill them all" and come up with a good story afterwards.

Its definitely strange that this is still ongoing.

The reports are now that the police have shot and killed all three of the terrorists who fled in the hijacked police van.

The reports about 20 terrorists fleeing aren't reliable in my opinion.

The military has categorically stated that there were 26 terrorists in total at the start of the operation. Reports of a company sized force are exaggerations. A company sized force would have killed more than 100 people ... think about it, that would only be 2 kills per terrorist (kinda low when they have automatic weapons spraying into a crowd).

I wonder why this is still going on... apparently the terrorists are fighting in an extremely professional manner, using flashbangs, smoke nades and covering fire to retreat floor by floor upwards. Their flashbangs are apparently starting fires repeatedly on every floor. This is ridiculous. This level of professionalism is rarely seen in special forces, let alone terrorists.

On each floor the NSG have to scour each room inch by inch to check for hiding terrorists and any bombs left behind (RDX).

The NSG are a formidable force, and there are 200 of them on the scene; but its nearly impossible to fight against the enemy when the enemy is hiding behind hostages.

There has been a danger of underestimating the enemy. Clearly this case shows that these guys are lethal. This is clearly the most highly trained Fedayun unit ever encountered by any nation, bar the Soviets in Afghanistan.