IMAGINE how different things would have been:

• If there was such a LEADER!
• If a functional mobile / temporary control centre was properly established near the site to better co-ordinate local action under an effective incident commander reporting to the Leader or ATS commander.
• f the local mobile network was jammed and the internet / telephone connections disabled, except for the lines through the hotel exchanges or such other selected lines, to control the flow of information and to prevent the terrorists from being advised / informed by their colleagues outside.
• If the proper barricades were called for immediately and set up by the BMC and/or the Police.
• If the Fire Fighters were properly directed to further expand their rescue and firefighting efforts.
• If all the persons exiting the building were given proper First Aid as required and properly processed out to ensure that everyone was identified and that no persons involved with the terrorists escaped and everyone interrogated properly to gather any meaningful intelligence as may have been available.
• If gas masks were provided and tear gas, if not a more effective gas, was used to incapacitate the occupants of each section of the buildings suspected of housing the terrorists.
• If night vision devices were called for and used while the electricity was cut off section wise, or for the entire building as required.
• If better use was made of the knowledge of the hotel staff, by calling on them to identify and locate all entry/exit and transfer points, to enable the setting up of blocks there as suitable and thus pin down the terrorists for their subsequent neutralization.
• If instructions on how to deal with the danger of smoke inhalation and of how to readily identify themselves to the rescuers if called upon, was passed on through the hotel intercom system and/or even on loud hailers from outside.
• If the media was kept at a distance, and briefed by an authorized point man at regular intervals and allowed only one pooled and time-delayed video output, so as not to jeopardize the Operation by Broadcasting real time action or crucial information.
• If the MARCOS were immediately authorized to move in and deal with the Terrorists and extricate the inmates of all the affected buildings and all the action was successfully completed within less than 6 to 12 hours total.

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