MV Alpha: India Blaming Pakistani Militants for Mumbai Terror Attacks

Indian military have boarded a ship with origins in Karachi Pakistan, as media speculate that the terrorists involved in the situation in Mumbai are Pakistani nationals.

The navy has "located the ship and now we are in the process of boarding it and searching it," an offical said.

Earlier, Indian media showed pictures of black and yellow rubber dinghies found by the shore near the famous Taj Hotel on the Mumbai shore front. They were apparently used by the gunmen to reach the area, media reported.

Mumbai, on the western coast of India overlooking the Arabian Sea.

Via Yahoo News/AP

Mumbai Attacks: "Straight Out of a Hollywood Blockbuster"

UPDATE: Indian Commandos Raid HOTEL: Watch it unfold HERE.

Even in a country used to the sight of bombings and other attacks due to the various levels of ethnic, religious and political tensions, Indian media and people are struggling to comprehend the magnitude and scale of the situation in city of 20 million, Mumbai.

CNN-IBN TV host said that it was something "straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster" as she crossed to a correspondent outside one of a number of hotels were terrorist gunman have taken "Western hostages".

A number of anti-terrorist police and officials lost their lives in the attacks which saw gunmen dressed in black raiding five star hotels, resteraunts, cinemas, shopping centres, train stations, a domestic airport and a hospital.

The attacks saw men in mulitple viechles driving around the city shooting indiscrimanatley at unsuspectign people in the streets and at the various sites around Mumbai. A number of car bombs also explode around the city. The number of incidents and gunmen is still unclear even now.

Fires are still raging at various hotels in the city and chaos still reigns.

Watch Live coverage of the dramatic and unfolding situation now in its 12th hour from english language CNN-IBN

Obama Will Shut Down Gitmo

Barack Obama has vowed to close down the notorious prison at Guintanamo Bay, Cuba.

President-elect Obama says he will shut down the "war on terror" internment camp at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild "America's moral stature in the world" during a major interview aired on Sunday.

"I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that," the Democrat, who takes office on January 20, told 60 Minutes.
"I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world,"

Sarah Palin: I've Got God On My Side, Bloggers Sit In Basements Wearing Pajamas

Failed Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin told Fox News that she is confident God would show the way to the White House one day.

The scarily stupid and mildly hot 44-year-old Alaskan Governor also told the right wing network that she spent part of her weekend sorting thought the $150,000 worth of clothes bought for her failed campaign during September and October this year. Palin said during the Presidential election that she would return all of the clothes the RNC purchased for her after the election.

The Republican also had mean things to say about bloggers who wrote stinging criticism of her during the campaign,. Sarah Palin claimed that they spend all their time "sitting in their parents' basement, wearing their pajamas."

Via: Huffington Post.