Were terrorists aiming to blow up Taj hotel?

[Rocknrule]

Source: Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Did the terrorists who had raided the Taj hotel have a larger plan of

blowing up the iconic 105-year-old hotel just across the
road from the landmark
Gateway of India?

That is a lead the investigators are probing considering that right through the 60-hour, tense hostage drama the assailants neither made any demands nor attempted to hold any negotiations with the authorities.

Fears that the terrorists - numbering at least 10, nine of whom have been killed - might have had a bigger gameplan while staking out in the five-star hotel only heightened after police recovered two live bombs, each weighing eight kilograms, from the dead terrorists.

"We have sent the bombs for forensic testing to see if it had RDX. We will know in a couple of days," said an investigator.

Read more: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Were_terrorists_aiming_to_blow_up_Taj_hotel/articleshow/3773630.cms

[dipsydoodle]

1. I doubt it

You may have noticed the sheer size of that old building.

[2QT2BSTR8]

2. 8 kilos or less of RDX? I don't know - heck that could have brought down a good chunk of the Taj.

[ohio2007]

3. The goal was 5,000 dead according to one article

I find that the only way would have been to pack a lot more explosives.