60 Hours of Terror, Mumbai Terror Attack Comes to a Close; Updated: Death Toll Rising?

The final death toll put on the Mumbai terror attacks is 195. Officials warn though additional bodies may be found in the coming days. This attack was a well prepared and well planned attack on the heart of India's financial and cultural center, meant to send a signal to leaders around the world, including the incoming Obama administration. The War on Terror rages on, period. Anyone one who continues to deny the danger coming from Islamist radicals is a fool, period.

As I noted yesterday, there appears to have been a massive breakdown in intel on the side of India. NDTV is reporting that the terrorists booked and stayed in a room in the Taj Hotel for up to four days prior to the attacks, during which a number of visitors stopped in. The room also served as a weapons and ammunition cache.

One captured terrorist is also reported to have told police that locals from Mumbai assisted in the operation:

MUMBAI Did some Mumbai locals provide support to the Pakistani terrorists? Azam Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist nabbed alive, has revealed names and addresses of at least five people from the city who helped the terror operation.
Sources said that help like, providing shelter, taking them around and showing places, passing information on police stations and nakabandhis were given by these locals. Joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria said,"We suspect there could be local assistants but it is subject to verification. It will be very premature to comment on this at this stage as our investigations is going on."

Previously at Limes: Mumbai Terror

Updated at 11:49pm ET 11/29/2008
Details are still sketchy but reports have been coming in that "piles of bodies" have been found in a number of hotel rooms. It is my belief that the final toll will surpass 200 by a fair amount but some of the victims are probably being counted twice. It will be several more days most likely before we have a definitive death toll.