Article

2012-01-20 India-Pakistan

Salman Rushdie in Mumbai underworld assassination threat

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by tipper 2012-01-20 11:13|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 his ~~controversial~~ unreadable novel The Satanic Verses...

Too bad they didn't issue a fatwa based on literary merit instead.

Posted by Pappy 2012-01-20 13:06|| 2012-01-20 13:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Another opportunity to bag some assassins lost.

Instead they should have continued to say that he was going to speak, and had even arrived early, staying in room 666 of the Hotel Ambush.

The lovely Hotel Ambush was built in the 1960s by Blofeld Industries, Ltd. It is known for its unique amenities including its enormous fish tank.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-20 13:31|| 2012-01-20 13:31|| Front Page Top

23:25 Bugs Glomoque3110
23:07 Bugs Glomoque3110
22:52 Bugs Glomoque3110
22:33 USN, Ret.
22:28 OldSpook
22:26 Bugs Glomoque3110
22:10 Anguper Hupomosing9418
22:09 Zhang Fei
22:05 JosephMendiola
22:01 trailing wife
22:00 trailing wife
21:58 trailing wife
21:52 JosephMendiola
21:49 trailing wife
21:48 Frank G
21:47 Frank G
21:47 JosephMendiola
21:46 The MOSSAD
21:46 James
21:45 Frank G
21:33 Zhang Fei
21:09 JosephMendiola
21:01 JosephMendiola
20:53 Frank G