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40 killed in India terrorist attack

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Freelance Hack, Nov 26, 2008.

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  1. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    When did Bombay change its name?
     
    Smallpotatoes, Nov 27, 2008
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  2. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    1996.

    Of course, Bombay has always been Mumbai; it was Anglicanized when the British took it over in the 17th century.
     
    buckweaver, Nov 27, 2008
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  3. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    I used the facilities at one of these places. Hell, we were planning on going there for an extended visit next month.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Nov 27, 2008
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  4. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    I bet you can get a good rate now.
     
    PeteyPirate, Nov 27, 2008
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  5. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Madrid happened about 3 or 4 a.m. here, possibly the same for London. The overnight network news shows already were on the air, so the comparison is a bit skewed.
     
    wicked, Nov 27, 2008
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  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    And another wave of attacks this morning. India's PM is saying the attackers could be based outside of the country ... of course, he's gonna say that.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks/index.html
     
    wicked, Nov 27, 2008
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  7. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    This story is getting much less coverage than it deserves, just like the bombings in Bali. Maybe these attacks aren't on the scale of September 11, but in terms of what this means in the war against terrorism/Al-Qaeda, they are just as significant.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Nov 27, 2008
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  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Elliotte, the attack on the USS Cole got relatively little media attention in the US. An attack that nearly sank a US warship! The motto of cable news, and by extension all US TV news, is that if it doesn't happen within sight of the studio, it hasn't really happened.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Nov 27, 2008
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  9. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    It's a good thing Obama is a clandestine Muslim. He can help smooth this situation.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Nov 27, 2008
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  10. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Michael,

    You are right about that one. The New Yorker did in incredible article a few years ago about how that attack led one American CIA operative to uncover plans about the 9/11 attacks -- and why that warning went nowhere.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Nov 27, 2008
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  11. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    This should be getting A LOT more coverage. One part of me is glad it's not because the fear-mongers in our country would be running riot.
     
    Bubbler, Nov 27, 2008
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  12. OTD

    OTD Well-Known Member

    I wish I still got CNN International, especially for things like this. CNN's OK, but then they'll hold up real coverage to have Larry King interview Britney Spears and ask her opinion of the crisis.

    Damn Dish Network took away my CNNI.
     
    OTD, Nov 27, 2008
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