Such small incidents happen: Maharashtra Deputy CM-India-The Times of India

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com — MUMBAI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Saturday kicked off a row when he said "such small incidents happen" referencing terror attacks in Mumbai. "Such small incidents happen..", was what Patil told reporters, not realising his faux pas.

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  1. Indian Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said "Such small incidents happen in big cities. They (terrorists) came to kill 5,000 people but we ensured minimal damage." His statement has caused an uproar in India.

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    1. @McCaffertyHimself
      There are now voices raising as the dust settles that this could well be an Inside Job...!

      How is it possible for 12 men to carry so much weapons and firearms into 3 separate locations in the heart of Mumbai which they didn't even ran out even after 3 days or 60hrs to be precise.

      I'm afraid Indians will have to check their own house before accusing anyone...!

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    2. @jasmine Very astute. India does need to look at its own house first. How did they get in the country with all that stuff, if they did in fact come from Pakistan.

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  2. Wow. What a joke.

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  3. It sounds like self denial. That can happen when something this terrible happens. I think people in the USA did the same thing in their own way after September 11, 2001, yes?

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    1. @fraterpheonix I believe that his point was that it could have been a lot worse, but he just did not say it correctly. Clearly it could have been a great deal worse. If they had more explosives, they could have destroyed some of the hotels while the guests were inside it. Fortunately for India, the terrorists' planning was not as good as it might have been. It could easily have been several thousand killed with better planning.

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