A shopkeeper cleans the shop near
Nariman house where terrorist attack took place in Mumbai, India, Nov. 30,
2008. After the final siege at the Taj Mahal hotel, lives of people live
in Mumbai began to return to normal. But the main areas, which were
attacked by the terrorists, are still blocked by the police.(Xinhua/Liu
Sui Wai) Photo
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ISLAMABAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President
Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan was in no way responsible for Mumbai attacks, the
News Network International (NNI) news agency reported on Wednesday.
In an interview with Cable News Network (CNN),
Zardari also said there was no evidence that a suspect in custody was a
Pakistani national as Indian officials claimed, according to the NNI.
Zardari pointed out that the state of Pakistan was
not involved and was part of the victims and he was sorry for the Indians.
Firefighters douse a blaze at the Taj
Mahal Hotel in Mumbai November 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo) Photo
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Talking about the terrorist captured by Indian police
during the attacks, Zardari said, "We have not been given any tangible proof to
say that he is definitely a Pakistani. I very much doubt it...that he is a
Pakistani."
These are stateless actors who have been operating
all throughout the region, Zardari said, the gunmen plus the planners, whoever
they were, were stateless actors who had been holding hostage the whole world.
The NNI quoted Zardari as saying that he was willing
to have Pakistani security officials to join forces with India in a joint
investigation.
If proof of any Pakistani individual's involvement is
provided, Zardari said, "We would try them in our courts, we would try them in
our land, and we would sentence them."
Asked about the possibility of Indian military
strikes against terrorist camps in Pakistan, Zardari said: "I would not agree
with that because this is a time to come together and do a joint investigation
and look at the problem in the larger context."
India has blamed Pakistan-based elements for the
Mumbai attacks and asked Pakistan to take action against them. India has also
handed over a list of 20 wanted men and criminals believed to be in Pakistan and
asked for them to be handed over.
In response, Pakistan said it would examine India's
list of wanted men. Pakistan on Tuesday offered to set up a joint investigating
mechanism to probe the Mumbai attacks which killed 172 people and injured
239.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The terrorist attacks in
India's financial capital Mumbai starting Wednesday night have shocked the world
with their brazenness and brutality. The attacks have added to a mounting sense
of insecurity in the city and people are still struggling to come to terms with
the fallout from the three-day rampage. Full story
MUMBAI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- With the United States and
Australia stepping up travel alerts for the second time in three days,
terrorists appear to have succeeded in hitting India's tourism sector, The Times
of India reported on Monday.
According to the travel industry, travel alerts have
an immediate and negative impact on tourism and business travel in the
country. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- India Home Minister Shivraj Patil
delivered a resignation letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi
Sunday morning, Congress spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said.
Patil, facing widespread criticism for the terror attacks
in Mumbai, took "moral responsibility" for the attacks and submitted his
resignation to Prime Minister Singh, said the Congress spokesperson. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Mumbai police probing the
terror attacks confirmed on Sunday that only 10 terrorists entered the city just
an hour before the attacks starting on Nov. 26, according to local NDTV.
Local media initially reported that there were 40
terrorists including 18 foreign nationals. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- India's longest terror
nightmare that lasted for almost 59 hours ended Saturday as commandos from the
National Security Guard (NSG), the Indian Army and the Indian Navy eliminated
three militants who had taken over the iconic Taj Mahal hotel.
"Finally, we have been able to win the battle and do the
job (assigned to us)," NSG head J.K. Dutt told reporters.Full story
NEW DELHI, Nov. 29
(Xinhua) -- At least 13 foreigners were killed and 22 injured in the Mumbai
terror attacks since it happened Wednesday night, officials said Saturday.
The earlier data released by India's Home Ministry on
Friday said that eight foreign nationals were dead. The deceased included three
German nationals, two Americans and one each from Japan, Canada and Australia.
Full story
Indian soldiers and policemen enter the
Nariman House to rescue the hostages in Mumbai's Jewish centre, Mumbai,
Inida on Nov. 28, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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MUMBAI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The terror war on Mumbai is on the verge of ending
Friday night with security forces securing the 5-star Oberoi hotel and a Jewish
Centre -- Nariman House, but gunmen continued to hold out inside the Taj hotel
at the end of pitched combat that left 30 hostages dead.
At the Nariman House, a residential complex housing a
prayer hall, commandos were air dropped from helicopters in a first such
operation ever. Two militants were killed but not before five of the hostages
were eliminated by them.
Mumbai, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A hostage crisis continued in
Mumbai, India, with over 10 hostages still in Taj Hotel and another 100 people
being believed to be trapped in Oberoi Hotel, police said Friday.
It's over 36 hours since Mumbai was taken over by
terrorist attack. And there's still no end to the nightmare.
