THE MUMBAI ATTACKS ( 26/11 2008)
Today was the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, so I spent some time looking into this most dramatic news story. My first wish was to learn from the "news" the final death toll of that tragedy. One year on, one should expect such a figure to be finally, firmly established. Here's the result of my frustrating quest for information :
MUMBAI CASUALTY TOLLS as reported by the World "News"
160dead
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiap ... niversary/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
164 dead - 233 injured
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_o ... ha_1316917" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
164 dead - 293 injured
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties ... ai_attacks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
166 dead
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_26 ... nt_1316779" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
171dead (at least)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008 ... 439710.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
173 dead - 308injured
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
174 dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8379828.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
188 dead - 286 injured
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index ... ticle=3841" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
195dead
“Death toll risen to 195 as more bodies have been discovered”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1041937.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(at least)195 dead - 295injured
"The siege was finally ended 60 hours later, with at least 195 dead and 295 wounded."
http://agonist.org/20081126/bombay_unde ... terrorists" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(more than)195dead
“The Holtzbergs joined the more than 195 people who were killed”
http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/ ... Killed.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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300 dead expected (Early report ? november30 2008)
“THE death toll in the Mumbai terror attack is expected to soar to nearly 300, Indian officials said yesterday”
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/as ... 58216.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And then ? of course - we have a FOX NEWS "scoop" :rolleyes:
“REPORT: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK AIMED TO KILL 5,000 PEOPLE”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459284,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Alan and Naomi SCHERR
http://www.onelifealliance.org/about/alan-and-naomi/
Then I bumped into two American casualties allegedly shot, “execution-style”, by the terrorists (of which only one was caught alive). Alan and Naomi Scherr. They were members of the Virginia-based “Synchronicity Foundation”. I would appreciate if anyone here would have some more info about this foundation. Here are a few relevant links :
Father, child confirmed dead in Mumbai attacks“A foundation in Virginia is confirming the deaths of a Nelson County man and his teenage daughter in the terrorist attacks in India.” http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/ ... 29/123164/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
DIVINE VISION: Sanctuary draws faithful to apparition of Mary
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/lifes ... _cdp/9073/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Virginians Slain in Attacks Lived Out Peaceful Ideals
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01360.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
FOX REPORTS Synchronicity Foundation Casualties
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/2 ... 46979.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks for any feedback on this! :)