Photo Ed: Hostages rescued in Mumbai as crisis nears end

A hotel guest looks out from a broken window of the besieged Trident-Oberoi Hotel in in Mumbai Nov. 28, 2008. Guests trapped by Islamist militants in a luxury hotel were being evacuated room by room on Friday as the end of a siege appeared imminent, while commandos stormed a nearby Jewish centre where Israeli hostages were held.  (REUTERS/Desmond Boylan - INDIA)

National Security Guard commandos stand on the rooftop of Nariman House, in which suspected militants are believed to be hiding, in Mumbai Nov. 28, 2008. Commandos traded fire with Islamist militants as the end game neared at a luxury hotel and a Jewish centre in Mumbai on Friday, with the gunmen still thought to be holding a handful of foreign hostages, officials said. Nariman House has mainly Jewish residents.  (REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe - INDIA)

Hotel guests are evacuated from the besieged Trident-Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai Nov.28, 2008. Guests trapped by Islamist militants in a luxury hotel were being evacuated room by room on Friday as the end of a siege appeared imminent, while commandos stormed a nearby Jewish centre where Israeli hostages were held.  (REUTERS/Stringer - INDIA)

National Security Guard  commandos stand on the rooftop of Nariman House in which suspected militants are hiding in Mumbai Nov. 28, 2008. Guests trapped by Islamist militants in a luxury hotel were being evacuated room by room on Friday as the end of a siege appeared imminent, while commandos stormed a nearby Jewish centre where Israeli hostages were held.    (REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe - INDIA)

Indian commando comes down a rope to reach the top of Nariman House, a location under siege by suspected militants in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building. Nariman House, a five-story residential building in south Mumbai, contains the city headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch.(AP Photo/Siddhartha Babaji)

An Indian commando gives relief to another at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The well-coordinated strikes by small bands of gunmen starting Wednesday night left the city shell-shocked, but the sporadic gunfire and explosions at the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels dwindled overnight, indicating the siege might be winding down. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)

Indian army soldiers patrol outside Oberoi Trident Hotel where suspected militants are holed up in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The well-coordinated strikes by small bands of gunmen starting Wednesday night left the city shell-shocked, but the sporadic gunfire and explosions at the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels dwindled overnight, indicating the siege might be winding down. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Two released female hostages wait for a security escort following their release from Nariman House in Mumbai on Nov. 28, 2008. Seven hostages have been rescued from a Mumbai complex which houses a Jewish centre that was attacked by Islamic gunmen, Indian security officials said. The nationalities of those freed was not given, although television pictures of a group being led away from the complex appeared to show some foreigners. (AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH)

Smoke and fire billows out of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai Nov. 27, 2008. Elite Indian commandos fought room to room battles with Islamist militants inside two luxury hotels to save scores of people trapped or taken hostage, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed neighbouring countries.  (REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw - INDIA)

Members of the All India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) light candles during a vigil held in memory of the victims of Wednesday's shootings in Mumbai, in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri Nov. 27, 2008. Elite Indian commandos fought room to room battles with Islamist militants inside two luxury hotels to save scores of people trapped or taken hostage, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed neighbouring countries. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri - INDIA)