I was working on some other stuff this morning, and am a little late to the awful news of the major terror attacks going on in India today. My prayers go out to anyone caught up in this mess and anyone who has friends or family in the area. The people responsible for this must be made to pay in a very big way, as if they had done this on our soil. Western civilization must work together to eradicate those who attempt to terrorize it.
If you are catching up on the news like I am, you may want to go where I am going for my updates - Ace of Spades. Constant updates plus plenty of comments make that a great place for following stories like this.
The reporter at the IBL stream (India TV network) just said that gunmen at one of the hotels attacked specifically demanded room numbers of Americans and that Americans are being held hostage.
It's 1:30 in the morning there and this has been going on for hours. It's obviously a chaotic situation and lots of information may not pan out but that's what they are reporting now.
Westerners definitely are targets.
Several upscale hotels (frequented by westerners), a hospital, a train station and a police station were attacked in a coordinated effort that has been going on for about 4 hours and is continuing at the moment.
The cities top anti-terrorist cop is dead and several of his top officers are have either been killed or wounded.
Broadcast reports say 80 are dead and 200 wounded but that's likely to increase.
National anti-terror troops have moved into the area, including at least one of the hotels where hostages are being held.
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