[Reader-list] "Islamic" terrorists stocked liquor before Mumbai attack?

[Javed]

Some news items are weird. On one had we are talking about "Islamic
terrorists" having a religious brainwashing and so on from Pakistan,
and on other hand they stocked chicken and liquor worth Rs.25000 in
Colaba before the attack. What kind of Muslims were they? And they
bought crates of chicken? were they planning to get it cooked by the
chefs it in the Taj?


Colaba terrorists have food stocks for three days
Somendra Sharma
Friday, November 28, 2008  01:50 IST
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1209852

The six terrorists who have made an Israeli family hostage at Nariman
House building in Colaba can battle with the security agencies for at
least three days without having to worry about food, local residents
claimed on Thursday.

"The terrorists came to Colaba on Wednesday evening," Mukund Shelke,
who runs a grocery shop at Colaba Market, said. "Before barging into
Nariman House, they had purchased adequate food to last them at least
three days," he said.

"They had purchased around two crates of chicken and liquor worth
Rs25,000 from two shops in Colaba," another resident Joseph D'Mello
said. "They then entered the Nariman House building and took the
Israeli family captive."

The locals said the terrorists were youths. Nobody suspected them to
be being radicals, they said.

It could not be ascertained from where they made the purchases, since
all the shops in Colaba were closed on Thursday due to the heavy posse
of security personnel.

Some residents claimed that the suspects were keeping track of the
police's movements through a television in Nariman House.

"When the news of top police officials getting killed flashed in the
television, we heard loud noises from the flat. It seemed they were
celebrating," Anand Raorane, a resident
in a building opposite Nariman House, said.