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11:05 AM ET, November 27, 2008

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Sophisticated Attacks, but Al Qaeda Link Disputed — HONG KONG — They came wearing black hoods, firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades. They took hostages and attacked two hotels, a movie theater, a café, a train station and other popular and undefended “soft targets.” — Who are they?

Discussion: Newsweek, Flopping Aces, Telegraph, A Blog For All, Buck Naked Politics, Pirate's Cove, CNN, Reuters, Guardian, The Atlanticist, Daily Kos and marbury

CNN:

Mumbai toll climbs as hotel standoffs continue — MUMBAI, India (CNN) — Indian police are still battling to release hostages the morning after gunmen carried out brazen attacks across southern Mumbai, killing more than 100 people and taking hostages in multiple locations.

Discussion: Pajamas Media and The Radio Equalizer

Amit Varma / The India Uncut Blog:

A Night Out In Mumbai (Updated) — This is turning out to be one crazy night. A friend of mine had an opening of her art exhibition a few hours ago, so we ventured to South Bombay for that. We attended the exhibition, sipped the litchee juice, nibbled on party snacks, and then six of us headed out for dinner.

Discussion: CNN, Sky News, Guardian and Telegraph

New York Times:

Some Hostages Free After Indian Attacks — MUMBAI, India — Indian police commandos rescued some hostages on Thursday as standoffs continued against heavily armed militants who a day earlier had swept into Mumbai, India's commercial capital, in a shocking series of coordinated and bloody attacks.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, CNN, Gothamist, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, The Lede, Los Angeles Times and On Deadline

Jerusalem Post:

‘Eight Israelis held by terrorists in Mumbai Chabad House’ — Indian commandos and police were evacuating civilians and cordoning off the area apparently in preparation to storm the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, where a rabbi, his wife and several other Israelis were being held hostage, according to IBN, an Indian news agency.

Discussion: Ynetnews, The Moderate Voice and Israel Matzav

José M. Guardia / Barcepundit:

MASSACRE in Mumbai: Amit Varma was there. I'm glad he's ok. — More than 100 people still held hostage. — More witnesses reports @ CNN. — Map of where the attack took place (Guardian) — Big roundup on how the new and the old media were covering, @ The Moderate Voice. — Live streaming @ CNN-IBN.

Discussion: Power Line, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, Times of London and ZEENEWS.COM

BBC:
Mumbai rocked by deadly attacks

Discussion: Guardian, Biased BBC and Harry's Place

Times of India:
Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 300 injured

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Ultrabrown, Fox News, Global Voices Online, The Agonist, Homeland Security …, Counterterrorism Blog, Reuters and Ace of Spades HQ

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Massive terror plot in Mumbai; 80 dead, 250+ injured; Update …

BBC:
Mumbai rocked by deadly attacks

Discussion: Daily Kos, Times of India, Associated Press, NO QUARTER, Truthdig, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Neptunus Lex, Sky News, CNN, Times of London, Gateway Pundit and Reason

Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Is Pakistani Intelligence Involved in the Terrorist Attacks in India?

Discussion: Associated Press, Power Line, The Moderate Voice and Times of India

Argghhh!:

We're doing some things just right. — Us Mercenary Bastid War Profiteer Contractor Parasites got a break from teaching Iraqi kaydets how to stay alive after slipping the surly bonds of earth at about noon today. I stopped to chat with two of the Kurdish kaydets in Class 70.

Discussion: Mudville Gazette

Jules Crittenden:

Things To Be Thankful For In A Troubled World — The war in Iraq is looking more and more like peace. Afghanistan, while reportedly in flux and seeing more violence, is not the conflagration some reports suggest it is. There have been 17 American military deaths in Iraq so far this month …

Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Neptunus Lex

American Thinker:
Obama on the ‘urgency’ of combating ‘global warming’

Discussion: PoliGazette

David S. Broder / Washington Post:

Good Time For a Brainy President — When I started covering the White House more than 50 years ago, I believed that the smarter a president was, the better he would be. That was wrong. — Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan were certainly not intellectuals, but they understood the power …

Marcia Kramer / WCBS-TV:

Sources: Al Qaeda Targets Amtrak N'east Corridor — Heightened Security Presence In Place At Penn Station; Attack Could Cripple Transit Between Boston, Washington — Cops, Feds Armed With M16s On Patrol For Forseeable Future — CBS News Interactive: America On Guard

Discussion: Debbie Schlussel, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Townhall.com, Buck Naked Politics, Gathering of Eagles: NY, Jihad Watch, Blogs of War and ABCNEWS

Michael Evans / Times of London:
Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular

Discussion: Reuters, The Strata-Sphere, Outside The Beltway and Buck Naked Politics

Reuters:

Russia to complete Iran nuclear plant in 2009 -Tass — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will complete Iran's first nuclear power plant in 2009, Itar-Tass news agency quoted the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation as saying on Thursday. — The launch of the Bushehr plant's nuclear reactor has frequently been delayed.

Discussion: www.redstate.com and Don Surber

George Packer / New Yorker:

THE MORAL STAGE OF WALL STREET — Swiss bankers are not known as paragons of transparency and moral accountability, so it's a nice surprise to read that the top officials of UBS, the foundering financial institution recently bailed out by the Swiss government, will forgo twenty-seven million dollars in compensation and bonuses.

Discussion: marbury and EconLog

Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Remorseful Ex-Officials Decline Pay From UBS

Discussion: Working Life and AMERICAblog News

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

TPMTV: TURKEY, YOU WILL BE MINE — A Special TPM Thanksgiving message, featuring Quasi-President Bush ... Full-size video at TPMtv.com.

Discussion: Shakesville and Bark Bark Woof Woof

Scott / Power Line:

MINNESOTA SENATE RECOUNT, UPDATE IX — The Coleman campaign has just issued the following press release that confirms the nightmare scenarios sketched out by John Fund in his Wall Street Journal column today: … It's hard to believe that Minnesotans will take kindly to having …

Discussion: Commentary, Let Freedom Ring, Weekly Standard, Where Are My Keys? and Wall Street Journal