Searching For Answers In Mumbai's Massacre

CBS Evening News: India Blames Attacks On Pakistani Militant Group; Top Security Official Resigns

(CBS)  India continued to look for answers on the second day following the end of a three-day massacre in Mumbai. Officials lowered the death toll to 174, saying some bodies were counted twice, police said the only surviving attacker claimed to belong to a Pakistani militant group and India's top security official was among those forced out of office.

As investigations continue into one of India's deadliest terrorist attacks, pressure is mounting on the Indian government to account for what went wrong, reports CBS News correspondent Celia Hatton.

Two top security officials have already resigned. India's Prime Minister has also vowed to boost the size of the country's anti-terrorism forces, which face criticism for arriving at the scene long after the gunfire began.

Indian newspapers report their government had been warned of a possible attack by sea and many are now questioning why that intelligence was ignored. Two local fishermen noticed the attackers coming ashore and were suspicious.

"They were carrying schoolbags on their shoulders and two handbags probably carrying ammunition and AK 47 guns," a fisherman explains.

Officials now believe Westerners weren't the only targets in the attacks, Hatton reports. Instead, it is thought the gunmen wanted to kill as many people as possible, no matter their nationality.

Many witnesses have said the gunmen were remarkably calm. Newspaper photographer Sebastien D'Souza followed militants operating in the train station, taking photos throughout.

"This is where I got the picture of the two and they exchanged some couple of words and then the guy dropped his bag," syas D'Souza, with the Mumbai Mirror. "I think it was empty there was no amo in it - he dropped his bag and then moved forward and kept firing from the hips, never raised the gun, very cool."

Analysts say the attackers demonstrated an unusual drive to battle commando forces until the bitter end.

"If you want to be a suicide bomber put a pack on your back and go blow yourself up on an underground train, or do you want to go down in a blaze of glory? It's a sad and sinister thing to say but I think we need to look out for this in the future," says analyst Krispin Black.

Mumbai's residents are pushing their government to better prepare for those future threats. Too many, they say, were lost to violence they believe could have been prevented.

[kretosdav]

yes typical mossad false flag

[spurdozer]

If and I again say if any Pakistani elements are involved in this attack, there''s no way any group could fund this terror attack. There''s got to be internal Indian elements involved in it. And I also want to know from Indian officials that as they say the terrorists entered India from Sea-route, Indian newspapers report that Indian navy were exercising practice operation named ''Defence of Gujarat''. Come on, how is it possible ten men in a deflatable boat carrying AK-47''s and ammunition were neither traced nor traced by the Indian Navy!!!

[juwboy]

MikeTotten1:

When Hitler came to power, one of his first acts was the elimination of his political opponents -- Socialists, Communists, Marxists, Trotskyites, labor leaders and other left-wingers.

Next, he turned his attention to the group he considered the greatest threat to the purity of his glorious German master-race.

It wasn`t the Jews.

Or the gipsies.

Or homosexu@ls.

It was the mentally-retarded and feeble-minded.

Idiots, imbeciles, half-wits, simpletons, morons and cretins.

People just like you, MikeTotten1.

[gorgeousm]

Beware of professional propagandist-agent, MikeTotten1 !!!

Help contact CBSNEWS.com to help eliminate such false, hate-filled messages!

To repeat,

The one who is found posting here under the name of:

MikeTotten1

is fraudulent, and an is apparently an agent for Islamofascist terrorist murderers.

[gorgeousm]

HERE IS ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL TO WESTERN FREE WORLD LEADERS,
TO MERCILESSLY PURSUE ISLAMOFASCIST MURDERERS AT THEIR SOURCE

The major ''consequential'' resultant benefit from this recent, ghoulish, Islamofascist action in India, is the natural cooperation and alliance between both national/ethnic VICTIMS, namely INDIANS AND ISRAELIS.

It''s also time The Western Free World went after the Islamofascist roots, nests, cells and their other places of origin on a PRE-EMPTIVE basis.

The non-violent, PREVENTATIVE approach of deporting TRAITOROUS ISLAMOFASCISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS who are ENEMIES from within, and who are working in the interests of Islamic world domination, is a MUST!

CONCLUSION:
We in the Western Free World, who cherish our freedoms and liberties MUST urge our representatives for PROTECTIVE legislation against more, expected Islamofascist acts of violence, destruction and mass murder, without further delay!

[gorgeousm]

PERSONAL LIBERTY, FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY ENDING SOON

The freedoms provided for in The US Constitution is its own, and our own, DEATH WARRANT!

Restated:
The ABUSES of our freedom of speech, and the ABUSES of our freedom of written expression, is BECOMING our own DEATH WARRANT!

Islamofascism, its agents and its supporters, are to be held responsible.

What can we do to prevent such impending nightmare?

Be certain that we take out time from our regular routines to identify and revoke the licenses of Islamofascist propagandists, who are on the verge of succeeding in their objectives...

...BEFORE MARTIAL LAW is instated in America!

[hatesthecolt]

Goregousm and Miketotten are both just nuts. One wants to gut the constitution and the other wants to blame the attack on Israel thru some completely insane conspiracy theory. Look I''ll give up SOME rights for protection but there''s a point beyond which I won''t go because if I wanted to live in a fascist country I''d move to Belarus. And as for Israel, they are certainly guilty of a lot (I''m still ticked off over the USS Liberty incident), but there''s some things they couldn''t pull off if they wanted to and this is one of them.

So, bottom line, you guys both need to come in off the ledge or go post on one of the extremist websites because you are just too "whack."

[jgunther7]

The incident in Mumbia has little to do with international terrorism and more to do with Kashmir wanting to break away from India, or to become part of Pakistan. US, Israeli and British were targeted because of their meddling. This is just unfinished business from when Britain divided India and Pakistan. The US was originally arming Kashmir when they were building Al-Quaeda to fight the Russians and then withdrew support when they started fighting Al-Quaeda. US drones may be attacking into Kashmir the same as they attack Pakistan. The Kashmir freedom fighters probably feel that if the US attacks them in their population centres, then they should do the same and attack Americans wherever they can. Condo Rice is there to put spin on the news reporting and make it sound like international terrorism, unrelated to American atrocities. It is time for the US to quit meddling and for Condo Rice to come home.