Yeesh.

The India thing. Prolly internal terrorists.

Of course the Pentagon says all detainees are entitled to Geneva Convention protections. This is because that is how they would want any US GI to be treated if they are captured.
Soldiers look out for their own. Rumsfeld is a calous old man who should pay more attention to the way our GIs are treated.
How about some body armor and some armor for the Humvees?
ass hat

"Double Whammy!!!!"

Unfortunately, it's too late for that...

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"Millions are dead. Meteors are falling from the sky. The rivers of the world are awash in blood. Film at 11."

This makes me sick to my stomach. I feel like I am forgetting what life was like before this war. ugh

Scores dead in Mumbai train bombs

Scores of people have been killed in at least seven near-simultaneous bombs on trains in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), police say.
The city's police Chief AN Roy said on Indian TV as many as 100 people were feared killed and more than 250 hurt.

The first explosion went off at about 1830 local time (1300 GMT), during the peak of the evening rush hour in the suburbs on the busy Western Railway.

There have been a number of bomb attacks in Mumbai in recent years.

The city and the capital Delhi have been put on high alert, and Mumbai's entire rail network has been shut down.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for calm and described the incidents as a "shocking and cowardly attempt to spread a feeling of hatred".

Pakistani leaders also condemned the blasts as a "despicable act of terrorism".

Bodies by tracks

Police said the blasts took place at Borivili, Khar, Jogeshwari, Matunga and Mira Road areas, with most on moving trains.

Reports described people jumping from trains and bodies lying by the tracks.
Television images show dazed and blood-splattered commuters being carried by fellow passengers to waiting ambulances, as rescue workers clambered through wreckage to reach victims.

The force of the blasts ripped doors and windows off carriages and scattered luggage and debris.

Clothes, shoes and personal possessions were strewn along the tracks.

A medical student at a hospital in Parel, which has received many of the wounded, told the BBC News website the "floors are filled with bloodstains".

"There were so many [injured people], I couldn't really count," Sunny Jain said.

"There are not enough ambulances and many people are making their own way to the station. They are coming in taxis and by foot."

The city's suburban train system is one of the busiest in the world, carrying more than six million commuters a day.


MUMBAI BLASTS
Aug 2003: At least 44 people killed in double car bombing
July 2003: Three killed in bus blast
Mar 2003: 11 killed in commuter train
Jan 2003: 30 injured in market attack
Dec 2002: 23 injured at McDonald's outlet
Dec 2002: Two killed in bus blast
Mar 1993: More than 250 killed in serial blasts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5169332.stm

So, in the news reports of these tragic bombings in India, the reporters are all referring to the location as Bombay (the "bay" pronounced like "bye")--even going so far as to say "the city formerly known as...". I was always under the impression it was pronounced Bombay ("bay" as in...well, "bay").

I try to keep up on these things, but this change in pronunciation kinda slipped past me. When did it happen? Does a city have to follow a series of certain official notifications that it's changing how it is going to be pronounced?

This is a horrible event, I'm not trying to make light...I'm just curious...and bored...

edit: just heard it again...I guess they were saying "Mumbai.."

"Istanbul not Constantinople"!

Sincerlely,
Myanmar

meanwhile -- cnn.com has a headline up that reads:
Elizabeth Taylor: "I enjoy food too much."

its fucking disgusting what people consider to be news and relevant to their lives.

Bombay is pulling a Ray Davies.

Precisely!













Seriously...when was the switch to Bombeye...I gotta update my notes.

In India, it's always been Mumbye (spelling is off). We've been going off the English's pronunciation mistake for some time now.

Seems US noticed the error about the same time we noticed the city in China is not Peking, but Bayging (spelling way off, again)

wait, so this means the peking duck i order 24 hours in advance is actually a beijing duck?

Late 1990's is when it "became" Mumbai.