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Taxi was meant to blow up Mumbai airport | |||||||
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Mumbai, November 28, 2008 |
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Shortly before the terrorists moved into their targets in South Mumbai, a black and yellow taxi, with three passengers and enough ammunition to bring down a dome, sped in the direction of the airport. Instead of taking a slip road that would have taken the passengers straight to the airport, the driver took the flyover which bypassed the airport, only to get stuck at a red light. At rush hour, the lights stayed red for long, at which the passengers berated the driver and asked him to cut the traffic lights. The driver moved on, but the wait turned out to be a minute or two too long. The car exploded. All that was found was a severed head and parts of three human legs. Had the terrorists' plans of coinciding a blast at the airport with the attacks on the Taj and Oberoi hotels succeeded, the death toll of 26/11 would have been much bigger than it already is. Planned to perfection The presence of TV crew, many of whom quoted their sources to tell readers about impending action by security forces, came in handy for the terrorists, at least some of whom are reported to have used satellite phones. With TV reporters dishing out exclusives about the actions that the forces were contemplating, it appeared that the terrorists were always a step ahead. The frustration boiled over and the official agencies had to finally ask the hotel management to disconnect TV cables. |
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Posted by: Stan (stan_soares@shaw.ca)
Canada | December 2, 2008 | 07:57 IST
If this is factual then why is India hesitating to make this known to the whole world.The actions of Pakis' need to be exposed at every opportunity. Post Your CommentPosted by: Allan Rodrigues (allanrods@gmail.com)
Mysore | November 30, 2008 | 21:32 IST
This story has a lot of holes in it. 1. Well trained solders dont set timers and send them in Taxies to blow up distant targets, and that to in Mumbai traffic . 2. How did the reporter know they had an argument.. all the occupants of the taxi were blown to smitherens Post Your Comment |