The story of mumbai attackers finally comes to an end. Kasab who with his other friends entered Mumbai via sea. The security was busy watching cricket in the biggest city of India and didnt see the foreigners comings in their territory on a boat. how bizzare, but they managed to enter mumbai, they opened fire at the busiest train station, police didnt catch them (i guess they were being too nice or were waiting for them to go to Taj Hotel), however, they caused choas in mumbai streets as police was running behind them, they got hold of someones vehicle,(and if i am not wrong i think on the way other dramic things happen too but i dont remeber everything exactly) then they went to the posh caffe to have a cup of coffee, they took plenty of time to get there and gave enaugh time to police to catch them, and finally went to Taj Hotel, killed people and destroyed the hotel but still posed for the camera and media as every action of there was captured in the camera and shown live on tv.
Kasab is the lone survivor, his pictures were shown on almost every channel and newspaper. He had a red band on his wrist which muslims dont wear it. However, he was later interviewed and confessed that he comes from a very poor village of pakistan and is not educated and he admitted that he is pakistani and he blew up hotel with his other fellow pakistanis. But surprisingly enaugh, his interview was in Hindi rather then Urdu. A person who comes from a poor background, backward village and is not even educated can hardly speak Urdu so i wonder how did he know hindi and that too so fluently or i guess he learnt hindi in Prison within less then a month. Picture doesnt seem so clear but thats how things work. However, i think Indian security needs to be more professional and active and should do their Job when on duty rather then watching cricket and also Pakistani terrorists need to speak in urdu rather then hindi in order to prevent confusion amongst normal people like me. I apologise if my words are unreasonable.
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S.Bashir
Here is Todays news article for you to read:
Kasab sentenced to death for Mumbai attacks
Kasab, 22, was the only one captured alive of 10 gunmen who carried out the coordinated attacks on key landmarks in Mumbai, including two luxury hotels, the main train station and a Jewish centre.
Kasab's sentencing came two days after a Pakistani-American man was charged over a failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in New York's crowded Times Square on Saturday.
The Mumbai attacks, blamed on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), brought to a halt peace talks between India and Pakistan. LeT has been fighting Indian forces in disputed Kashmir since the early 1990s.
"He shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead," Judge M.L. Tahilyani said as Kasab sat with his head bowed, occasionally wiping his eyes with the back of his hand and then covering his ears with his fingers.
Kasab earlier shook his head when offered a chance to speak.
In India, the death penalty is handed down for the "rarest of rare" crimes and is carried out by hanging. The sentence must be confirmed by a higher court and can be appealed. The last execution was in 2004.
Kasab was found guilty on Monday on more than 80 charges, including murder and waging war on India.
India paused talks with Islamabad after the attacks, saying Pakistan must first act against groups operating from its soil, including LeT, of which Kasab was convicted of being a member.
On Tuesday, a Pakistani-American who U.S. authorities say trained with al Qaeda in Pakistan, was charged over the failed Times Square bombing attempt.
"The nature of the development with reference to the particular incident in New York is only the vindication of what India has been conveying to the United States government that the epicentre of all terrorist activities comes from only one country," Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told parliament.
INDIA-PAKISTAN THAW
The sentencing came a week after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan held talks in Bhutan and asked officials to take steps to normalise relations, reviving a five-year-old process that had been stalled by the Mumbai attacks.
"We have a far bigger agenda on the table," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Indian television on Wednesday. "We will have to respect each others' judicial processes," he said before the sentencing.
Pakistan denies involvement in the Mumbai attacks and says it is prosecuting seven suspected militants for their roles.
"Certainly we will have to keep engaging Pakistan in the light of the death sentence," Krishna told reporters. "A number of others who are involved as co-conspirators will also have to be extradited," he said.
Outside the special court, housed in the maximum-security prison where Kasab is held, government prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam flashed victory signs and held up a file with a cover showing pictures of Kasab and a noose over the words "DEATH PENALTY".
The attacks shocked India, with television channels beaming live coverage of the siege. Relatives of victims have demanded Kasab be executed immediately to discourage similar attacks.
"I won't say relieved, but at least satisfaction that justice has been done," a tearful Sevanti Parekh, whose son and daughter-in-law died in the attacks, told CNN-IBN television.
Kasab's lawyer, K.P. Pawar, said he had not had a chance to discuss with his client their next course of action.
Kasab was filmed walking through Mumbai's main train station carrying an AK-47 rifle and a knapsack on his back. Nearly 60 people were gunned down in the crowded station.
Twenty Pakistani co-conspirators, including LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, were also found guilty. A spokesman for LeT denied the leader or the organisation was involved.
Islamist groups like LeT, which has been linked to al Qaeda, see India and the United States as foes against whom they must wage holy war. They also support independence for Kashmir, the Himalayan region claimed in full but controlled in part by both India and Pakistan.
The two countries have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two over Kashmir.
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