Siege At Mumbai: American's Among The Dead

Okay, so about fifty-five hours plus into this multifronted siege, remnants of the attacks are still holding out here and there. Some hostages have been released. And India's Commando's are gettin' busy. A lot regarding this incident, most of you already know. So I'll just throw up some highlights to get those who may be a bit out of the loop, up to speed.

The islamic terrorists arrived primarily by boat, Wednesday night. Upon arrival, they apparently highjacked some cars. It's been speculated that Police vehicles were among those stolen. Once transportation had been aquired, the islamic terrorist group divided into at least three seperate groups and headed for various locations. The list is as follows, but is not limited to these locations;

TAJ MAHAL HOTEL

TRIDENT/OBEROI HOTEL

CHABAD HOUSE

CAFE LEOPOLD

CAMA HOSPITAL AND G.T. HOSPITAL

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS

MAZAGAON DOCKYARD ROAD

POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHERN MUMBAI

For some details about the incidents at each above mentioned location, you can go HERE.

It's also been reported (mention was made of this on CNN this morning,) that the islamic terrorists were firing from the vehicles while in route to these destinations. It's possible that this was just part of the overall attack on the Terminus. As of a few hours ago, the tolls taken in this continuing incident were, just over 150 dead and upwards of 370 injured/wounded. Reports exist that the islamic terrorists were specifically targeting Westerners.

India's Commando units have been in counter siege mode for a while now. The stand-offs at the Jewish Center and the Oberoi Hotel have ended. They were still searching the Taj Hotel for remnant islamic terrorists an hour ago. Among the overall dead count, are four Americans. Two of which, a Rabbi and his wife from New York were found in the Jewish Center. The couples infant son fortunately, survived by being smuggled out of the building by an employee.

Here's some more details.

Britain is also doing a bit of investigating in this incident, as it's being reported that two of the captured gunmen are of British decent. Here's some on Jihad Watch about that, taken from Dailymail.co.uk.

Here are a couple more recent links, including a hypothetical timeline.