|
MUMBAI:
As a tribute to the victims of 26/11, History TV18 will air
specials on 26 November from 5:30 pm. The channel will showcase
operations related to terrorism in recent times.
The
Mumbai special is called ‘City Under Siege’. On
26th November 2008, South Mumbai was shaken by a series of
terrorist attacks. Several landmarks like the Taj Mahal Palace
Hotel, Victoria Terminus were hit by bomb blasts and ruthless
firing, which took lives of many ordinary people and crippled
the city for days.
One
of the most notorious events was the besiegement of Taj Mahal
Palace Hotel. Black Ops retells this dramatic news story using
actual eyewitness accounts, archive footage and drama reconstruction
to explain how India's elite counter-terrorism unit brought
the terrorists to task and ended the 59-hour long siege.
‘A
Perfect Terrorist’ looks at David Coleman Headley who
successfully deployed the deadliest terrorist attacks on Mumbai
on 26th November 2008. Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant
group with astute military precision, launched the biggest
onslaught in the city, leaving hundreds dead and injured.
It was unknown for a long time that behind this attack was
a shrewd architect of terror, an American citizen in the name
of David Coleman Headley ‘A Perfect Terrorist’ chronicles
the story of Headley's rise from a heroin dealer and US government
informant to master plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai.
‘Taking
Down Bin Laden’ is about the death of the man behind
9/11. On 1 May 2011 the army of elite force of U.S. Naval
Special Warfare Development Group invaded dangerous boundaries
and fortified hideouts to detain and eradicate the most wanted
man on the earth- Osama Bin Laden.
The
special will look at Operation Neptune Spear and offer details
of sophisticated intelligence, complicated decision making
and specials ops planning that ultimately led to the killing
of Al Qaeda's leader.
‘Targeting
Bin Laden’ is an illustration of the operation to find
and kill the dreaded terrorist mastermind. The series captures
the prominent White House insiders, including US President
Barack Obama's first documentary interview about the operation.
From the anxiety-drenched minutes in the White House Situation
Room to the deadly stairwells of Bin Laden's secret labyrinth,
cinematic dramatisations takes viewers deep inside one of
the most important moments of our era, as we see the US Navy
Seals come face to face with the most wanted man in history.
|
