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Mumbai Terrorism

The Daily Beast's Shashi Tharoor writes from India that the biggest threat to Mumbai isn’t bullets or bombs--but an assault on India's open democracy. PLUS, view a gallery of photos from the scene of the attacks.

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School children hold candles as they pay tribute to the victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday. A trickle of bodies and hostages emerged from a luxury hotel Thursday as Indian commandoes tried to free people trapped by suspected Muslim militants who attacked at least 10 targets in India's financial capital of Mumbai, killing people.

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The Taj Hotel burns in Mumbai on Thursday.

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An Indian soldier takes position outside Nariman House, the scene of one of a string of coordinated attacks in Mumbai on November 27, 2008.

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A photographer takes pictures at a blast site in Mumbai on Wednesday.

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A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in Mumbai. Maharahstra state police chief A.N. Roy said attackers had fired automatic weapons indiscriminately, and used grenades, adding that they were still holed up in some buildings.

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A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai on Thursday.

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A victim of a gun attack lies on a hospital bed at the St. George's Hospital in Mumbai.

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Policemen inspect the site of a gun attack at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.

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A man carries a victim at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.

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Policemen stand guard outside the Taj Hotel in Mumbai.

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Indian policemen prepare to take position at the site of an attack in the Colaba area of Mumbai.

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An Indian policeman checks the Chattrapati Shivaji Railway terminus, one of the sites of the coordinated terror attacks on Wednesday night in Mumbai.

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A foreign tourist breaks down after being rescued safely from a hotel following an attack in Mumbai Wednesday night.

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A damaged vehicle at the site of an explosion in Mumbai. Gunmen targeted luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction, and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital Wednesday.

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