Mumbai attacks

Indian army soldiers take positions near the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai.  (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)

Commandos take position near a building housing a Jewish outreach group, Chabad Lubavitch.  (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)

Smoke billows out of the Taj Mahal hotel.  (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)

Sharda Janardhan Chitikar, left, two children died in the terrorist attacks, is consoled by a relative as they wait fto pick up the bodies outside St. Georges Hospital in Mumbai.  (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)

Security personnel take positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel.  (Harish Tyagi / EPA)

People take cover at the sound of gunfire outside The Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008.  (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)

Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel continues to burn on Thursday morning in Mumbai, India.  (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)

Employees and guests use curtains to flee the Taj Mahal hotel.  (Lorenzo Tugnoli / AFP/Getty Images)

A blast damaged a section of downtown.  (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)

The landmark Taj Mahal Hotel was one of the prominent targets in the fatal attacks in Mumbai, India. Police reported hostages being held there and the Oberoi; the hotels are among the best-known upscale destinations in the city.   (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)

A man carries a victim of the gun attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India.  (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)

Guests of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel comfort each other in an ambulance after they were rescued.  (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)