If you are anything like me, you read the news or watched the drama unfold on TV. The Virginia Quarterly Review has a gripping report by Jason Motlagh, a journalist who covers conflicts in South Asia. Motlagh is a regular cotributor to Time, The Economist, Frontline/world, The Washington Times, among others.
Here's an excerpt of this wonderfully written piece of research:
Indian television crews were carrying everything live, and Imran’s handlers in Pakistan were watching, reporting what they could see.
Handler: Fifteen men have climbed down on your rooftop right now.
Imran: They are standing in front of the windows as well.
Handler: What are you saying? Can you see anything there?
Imran: They are firing in the front.
For several heated minutes, the gunman and the handler debated a strategy to protect their position. Another man abruptly took the phone.
Handler 2: You do this. Go towards the roof, throw a grenade at them; and fire at them before they can fire at you. Do this now, in the name of Allah.
Imran: Okay, we will go, remembering the name of Allah.
Handler 2: Bismillah-e-Rehman-e-Rahim.
"Among those killed were twelve police officers, two NSG commandos, and four more security personnel, women and children, and forty-six Muslims."
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