Obama to stay at Mumbai attack target Taj Hotel

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New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) With the clear aim of sending a
message to terrorists, US President Barack Obama is expected
to stay overnight at Taj Hotel in India's financial capital
Mumbai and tour other 26/11 targets when he undertakes a visit
to India next month.
Sources said Obama is expected to arrive in India on
November 5 on a five-day visit, his first since assuming
office in January last year.
He is likely to begin his visit from Mumbai where he is
expected to have an overnight stay in Taj Hotel, which was
targeted by Pakistani terrorists of Lashkar-e Taiba outfit
from November 26 to 28 in 2008.
Obama is also expected to visit other spots where the 10
Pakistani terrorists had struck in Mumbai, leaving 166 people
dead.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had on her first
visit to India in July last year after taking charge stayed at
the Tower Wing of the Taj Hotel.
The sources said External Affairs Minister S M Krishna
had been one of those who strongly recommended that the US
President visit Mumbai during his trip here.
Obama's decision to stay at Taj Hotel is clearly aimed at
sending a message to the terrorists that the democracies
would not be cowed by terror attacks.
The US President is also expected to visit the Golden
Temple in Amritsar besides Delhi where he will hold
wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. PTI AKK
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