Bruce Loudon; 29/11/08
Relations between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan were under severe strain last night as a terrorist from the co-ordinated attacks on Mumbai confessed he was Pakistani, saying the onslaught was carried out by the al-Qa’ida-linked Lashkar-e-Toiba, which has links to Pakistan’s premier spy agency, the ISI. The confession — made under interrogation by Indian intelligence agencies - came as Indian forces ended the siege of the Oberoi hotel and a Jewish centre, leaving only a sole wounded gunman holding out in the Taj Mahal hotel. However Israeli diplomats said the bodies of five hostages had been recovered from the Jewish centre. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said last night elements in Pakistan were responsible for the attacks on the country’s financial capital, as two Pakistani merchant ships were apprehended off the coast of Gujarat state north of Mumbai.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24724073-2703,00.html
Militants at Mumbai’s Jewish centre killed hostages as help arrives; 29/11/08; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24724175-12335,00.html
