Mumbai Gunmen Commanded To Kill Jews

Indian soldier in front of burning Taj Mahal Hotel (Archive Photo: AP)

Only a few weeks ago Mumbai, India was terrorized by Islamic militants in a series of attacks throughout the city. Indian civilians, foreign nationals and Jews were particularly targeted. The terrorists reportedly sexually mutilated their victims, including the nearly six-month pregnant wife of the Chabad rabbi. Moshe Holtzberg, son of slain Chabad couple, crying for his mother

Moshe Holtzberg was rescued from the Chabad center by his nanny, Sandra Samuel, and the cook for the center, Zakir Hussain.

YNet has published the gruesome details of the phone conversation between the terrorists and those instructing them on how to carry out their mission. Investigations have indicated that the terrorists did not act alone and that they were trained by a Pakistani terrorist group. The transcripts of phone conversations have helped to validate the claim.

The handlers told another team of gunmen who had seized a Jewish center to shoot hostages if necessary.

"If you are still threatened, then don't saddle yourself with the burden of the hostages. Immediately kill them," he said.

He then added, "If the hostages are killed, it will spoil relations between India and Israel."

"So be it, God willing," the gunman replied.

Six Jewish foreigners, including a rabbi and his wife, were killed inside the Jewish center.

Later in the night, nearly 24 hours after the attacks began, the handlers urged the gunmen to "be strong in the name of Allah"

"Brother, you have to fight. This is a matter of prestige of Islam," the handler said. "You may feel tired or sleepy, but the commandos of Islam have left everything behind, their mothers, their fathers."

The gunmen were told several times not to kill any Muslim hostages.

The attackers used several different mobile phones, including those belonging to the hostages. Shortly after the siege began, Indian authorities say they began intercepting calls from inside the hotel. They were also able to pick up calls carried over the Internet, which the handlers used to route some calls, according to the dossier.

The siege lasted nearly three days, far longer than security experts said it should have, and, apparently, far longer than the terrorists expected as well. The handlers told the gunmen on Nov. 27 that "the operation has to be concluded tomorrow morning." But it was 36 more hours before it finished.

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