Commandos storm Nariman House; fierce fight on

[FarCenter]

MUMBAI: Heavy gunfire erupted on Friday after NSG commandos were dropped by helicopter onto the roof of Nariman House in Mumbai, where militants are holding at least 10 Israelis, a witness said.

Television reports said it was the start of an assault by the para-military National Security Guard to flush out the militants.

The Jewish centre was one of three pockets in the Mumbai where forces were battling die-hard militants, more than 24 hours after the band of heavily armed fighters killed at least 127 people in coordinated attacks.

The witness said troops fired into the Nariman House, apparently to provide cover, as commandos rappelled down ropes from helicopters that made at least three sorties.

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[Ellen Forradalom]

1. "The strike seemed aimed

at crippling the financial capital's ability to draw foreign investment. "

If 9/11 couldn't kill New York, then this sure as hell will not shut down Mumbai.

[FarCenter]

2. The foolish dissapation of $ trillions in the War on Terror has certainly damaged NY

Including the trilions spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan adventures.

The attack itself is not too damaging -- 3000 dead and a couple of billion worth of real estate destroyed.

It is the idiocy that follows that does the self-inflicted damage.

[Taverner]

3. Which is exactly what Bin Laden wanted

He saw the Soviet Union crumble this way, so why not try it on us?

[bemildred]

4. Yeah, it's almost as though he read Thucydides or something.

Or he knew about Vietnam. Even if it didn't work the first time, you could keep trying, it only has to work once.