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Reply #90 posted 11/27/08 9:05pm

kimrachell

Manuela In Mumbai Attack Update: No Real Update
Posted in News on November 27th, 2008 by drfunkenberry
The craziness is not over, and can it really be after what happened?

She is still at an undisclosed location with other people who were at the Taj Hotel when the attack happened.

For safety issues, I cannot tell you everything I know, until a later date. But for right now, the situation is the same, where she is safe but not sound.

There are still terrorists and hostage situations going on with gunfire and explosions, so it is not an ideal situation. The terrorists were speaking in Punjabi and are presumably from Pakistan.

Leaders in India and Pakistan are trying to let it be known that this is a situation that is not just India’s problem or just Pakistan’s problem, but both of their problems and they need to come together to handle it.

When I have further information I can disclose, I will post it.

Just remember, we are praying for everyone involved in this, not just her.

Until then. -Dr.FB
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Reply #91 posted 11/27/08 9:15pm

ufoclub

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There are some real fools posting on here.
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Reply #92 posted 11/27/08 9:39pm

PaisleyRose

UPDATE:

Manuela (or someone on her behalf) has logged onto her myspace page and posted - "Manuela is still in Mumbai, but safe now."
[Edited 11/27/08 21:40pm]
PaisleyRose was here rose
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Reply #93 posted 11/27/08 9:39pm

wonder505

kimrachell said:

Manuela In Mumbai Attack Update: No Real Update
Posted in News on November 27th, 2008 by drfunkenberry
The craziness is not over, and can it really be after what happened?

She is still at an undisclosed location with other people who were at the Taj Hotel when the attack happened.

For safety issues, I cannot tell you everything I know, until a later date. But for right now, the situation is the same, where she is safe but not sound.

There are still terrorists and hostage situations going on with gunfire and explosions, so it is not an ideal situation. The terrorists were speaking in Punjabi and are presumably from Pakistan.

Leaders in India and Pakistan are trying to let it be known that this is a situation that is not just India’s problem or just Pakistan’s problem, but both of their problems and they need to come together to handle it.

When I have further information I can disclose, I will post it.

Just remember, we are praying for everyone involved in this, not just her.

Until then. -Dr.FB


I think this is the latest update of the situation at this time:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/W...index.html
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Reply #94 posted 11/27/08 11:57pm

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FunkiestOne said:

poor Prince...he almost got to save some money on future alimony payments...so close, but yet so far.....

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[Edited 11/27/08 7:54am]

eek

Poor taste, dude. Poor taste.
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Reply #95 posted 11/28/08 1:34am

MRGee

Good thing Manuela is SAFE ,but she should get out of INDIA fast and stop talking to the press.
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Reply #96 posted 11/28/08 2:28am

prodigalfan

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drcoldchoke said:

lottielooloo1968 said:

this is really bad...
thinking of victims x
hope westeners can keep safe

http://edition.cnn.com/20...index.html

Carnage in India; hotels under siege
Gunmen have targeted nine locations in south Mumbai, including two luxury hotels. A state spokesman put the death toll at 78. Gunmen are holding hostages at the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, police said. One witness told reporters gunmen had tried to find people with U.S. or British passports.


lottielooloo, thats really nice of you to say.
But why do you hope only the westeners can keep safe? Are they more human because they have lighter skin?
Just wondering.


I think she said that because westerners were targeted. Also, I am a westerner... I am also black. Westerner has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with nationality.
"Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack
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Reply #97 posted 11/28/08 2:33am

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FlamingRaindrop said:

TonyWilliams said:




That´s what i thought too.
+ "..these islamic radicals need to be eliminated"
Is that your concept for a solution?
Wow, amazing. How long did you work on this?
You know what : I think you could do better. Try education, it might help.

Yea i know what you mean, but unfortunately many ignorant people see a genarally peaceful country like this (who are a bit 'dark' and 'foreign') that suddenly have a few months of bomb attacks and then a major rampage like this and they sit back in front of their 36" religion (otherwise known as a tv) and think, "those crazy islamic radicals need to be eliminated" without any real understanding of who's really behind it and the overall picture of what's really going down...
Before any honest information comes in it's already being blamed on an as yet unheard of faction of the legendary Mujahideen, AKA Al-Qaeda (re: CIAda)

Gosh, shock me if this fairy tale will be somehow linked back to (and pointed at) Pakistan (a year ago a friend of the States, but recently looked upon as disposable)...

Brzezinski (Obamas puppet-master) has wanted wars with Russia and China for decades, and the best way to start it is with Pakistan. Obama (as he was directed) threatened attack on Pakistan throughout the election campaign...

Wow, shock me that Pakistan is already being set up as the next nasty terrorist loving country....

Look towards MI5/CIA - as usual, here is where you will find the creation of terrorism...

Disgusting!!

ps, Prince rocks (keeping it on topic)
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Is it January 20, 2009 yet? how can Obama "puppet" anyone? He hasn't even taken the Oath yet. confuse
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Reply #98 posted 11/28/08 5:37am

XxAxX

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wonder505 said:

PurpleCharm said:

I am glad she is ok.

Ok, I have never been one of Manuela's haters (she has many on this board), but I do find it suspect that it is being mentioned that she is Prince's ex-wife. Did she mention that to CNN?
Shouldn't she be referred to as the girlfriend of R&B singer Eric Benet?


i'm still trying to figure out why she called CNN? It just seems a weird thing to do when you're in the midst of something like that.

as far as the eric benet reference, i guess she's more known as Prince's ex more than Eric Benet's girlfriend. shrug



you know, that is really true confuse
maybe she is just used to the spotlight?
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Reply #99 posted 11/28/08 5:39am

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prodigalfan said:

drcoldchoke said:



lottielooloo, thats really nice of you to say.
But why do you hope only the westeners can keep safe? Are they more human because they have lighter skin?
Just wondering.


I think she said that because westerners were targeted. Also, I am a westerner... I am also black. Westerner has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with nationality.


Thanks for that, I have not noticed any black folk in London, but will keep my eyes peeled. Thanks for keeping me informed. It really is enlightening.
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Reply #100 posted 11/28/08 6:43am

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drcoldchoke said:

prodigalfan said:



I think she said that because westerners were targeted. Also, I am a westerner... I am also black. Westerner has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with nationality.


Thanks for that, I have not noticed any black folk in London, but will keep my eyes peeled. Thanks for keeping me informed. It really is enlightening.


No need for sarcasm confused

Based on your above statement, it seemed you were unaware.
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Reply #101 posted 11/28/08 6:55am

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XxAxX said:

wonder505 said:



i'm still trying to figure out why she called CNN? It just seems a weird thing to do when you're in the midst of something like that.

as far as the eric benet reference, i guess she's more known as Prince's ex more than Eric Benet's girlfriend. shrug



you know, that is really true confuse
maybe she is just used to the spotlight?


I actually think it was a fairly smart thing to do. She had to leave her cell phone, purse, etc. behind, didn't know when she'd be near a computer, etc. and her family/friends knew she was staying at a hotel that was the target of a terrorist attack. By having her name broadcast all over CNN everyone who knows her and sees CNN automatically knows she is safe and doesn't have to worry (as much) about whether she and her colleagues are okay.

shrug
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Reply #102 posted 11/28/08 6:57am

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ufoclub said:

There are some real fools posting on here.



For real.
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Reply #103 posted 11/28/08 9:14am

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wonder505 said:

kok said:

I am greatful the Lord blessed Mani, friends, associates and others to reach safty and I will and am now praying for everyone's safe,peaceful and uneventful return. B Blessed. May the Lord B a light unto your feet and a lamp unto their pathway. And will you be found praising Him for his deliverance every time the Lord gives you the opportunity, space and blessed timing.


rose


Why didn't your LORD bless everyone else and not just Mani and Co?
rainbow

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literal people scare me
out there trying to rid the world of its poetry
while getting it wrong fundamentally
down at the church of "look, it says right here, see!" - ani difranco
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Reply #104 posted 11/28/08 9:45am

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DevotedPuppy said:

XxAxX said:




you know, that is really true confuse
maybe she is just used to the spotlight?


I actually think it was a fairly smart thing to do. She had to leave her cell phone, purse, etc. behind, didn't know when she'd be near a computer, etc. and her family/friends knew she was staying at a hotel that was the target of a terrorist attack. By having her name broadcast all over CNN everyone who knows her and sees CNN automatically knows she is safe and doesn't have to worry (as much) about whether she and her colleagues are okay.

shrug


Very possible. Or she has friends there on CNN who know she's there and managed to contact her, who knows.
Whatever you think of Manuela it's really tacky to throw these accusations at her. I hardly think she's so nuts that she thinks about PR while being in such a dangerous situation. disbelief
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Reply #105 posted 11/28/08 11:18am

wonder505

TheResistor said:

wonder505 said:



rose


Why didn't your LORD bless everyone else and not just Mani and Co?


i don't have any answer for that. all i could do is pray for those who escaped and for the family of those who didn't.
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Reply #106 posted 11/28/08 11:27am

wonder505

DevotedPuppy said:

XxAxX said:




you know, that is really true confuse
maybe she is just used to the spotlight?


I actually think it was a fairly smart thing to do. She had to leave her cell phone, purse, etc. behind, didn't know when she'd be near a computer, etc. and her family/friends knew she was staying at a hotel that was the target of a terrorist attack. By having her name broadcast all over CNN everyone who knows her and sees CNN automatically knows she is safe and doesn't have to worry (as much) about whether she and her colleagues are okay.

shrug


that actually makes alotta sense and may be what happened..
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Reply #107 posted 11/28/08 11:36am

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cnn has this thing called ireporter where different people log in or call in with various news topics, event etc. I believe that she was using someone from cnn's blackberry because she said she left her purse and phone in the hotel. obviously with her background she is used to giving articulate accounts of things, maybe she was just the one the group picked to be the spokesperson. I must say although I am no fan of hers, she really came across well in the interview.
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Reply #108 posted 11/28/08 12:32pm

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Wow. I just saw a comment by a 'Manuela Testolini' in the Guardian and came here to see if it was actually her.

Here is her eyewitness statement from The Guardian:

We ran through the kitchen and surprised the staff, and everyone ran down to a ballroom in the hotel where everyone sat in the dark for almost two hours. We could hear gunfire, and several grenades going off. They shifted us eventually -10 at a time - from the hotel to a back fire escape and out into the street. We thought we were ok because we were away from the hotel, but again we heard gunfire and grenades.
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Reply #109 posted 11/28/08 2:36pm

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tmo1965 said:

I think y'all are being too harsh on Mani. We don't know the exact circumstances that prompted her to call CNN. For all we know, she never mentioned that she is Prince's ex. Maybe someone at CNN (perhaps a Prince fan) knows who she is and put the fact that she was married to Prince out there as a frame of reference for the viewers. Like I probably would have done if I worked at CNN.


I listened to the interview and I don't recall her saying Prince's name at all so I don't know what the hell everybody is accusing her of.
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Reply #110 posted 11/28/08 2:58pm

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DevotedPuppy said:

XxAxX said:




you know, that is really true confuse
maybe she is just used to the spotlight?


I actually think it was a fairly smart thing to do. She had to leave her cell phone, purse, etc. behind, didn't know when she'd be near a computer, etc. and her family/friends knew she was staying at a hotel that was the target of a terrorist attack. By having her name broadcast all over CNN everyone who knows her and sees CNN automatically knows she is safe and doesn't have to worry (as much) about whether she and her colleagues are okay.

shrug


okay. i can see that. i hope she is safe. if it had been me, i wouldn't have contacted anyone until i was completely out of danger because i wouldn't want my transmission tracked and wouldn't want to identify myself as a westerner under those circumstances.

hoping mani is safe rose
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Reply #111 posted 11/28/08 5:18pm

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http://www.canada.com/cal...6001a03a53

As of yesterday, it appears that Mani is still stuck in India without a passport and without much help from the Canadian consulate. I have a real bad taste in my mouth from some of the ignorant posts I have been reading here and at HQ. May this never happen to you.
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Reply #112 posted 11/28/08 7:15pm

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this makes me so upset! they do not represent india well at all. i am half nigerian and half punjabi but i still feel as strongly about india. india and pakistan have been at it 4ever. if me and my desi and paki friends can get over it and hang, then why can't the adults? it is really sad when people my age have to be the voice of reason. i just hope americans or any others see us in a bad light now sad
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Reply #113 posted 11/28/08 8:38pm

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ufoclub said:

There are some real fools posting on here.


Ya got that right.
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Reply #114 posted 11/28/08 10:31pm

kimrachell

funkteer said:

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=6d8037a4-33c0-4441-a80d-1b6001a03a53

As of yesterday, it appears that Mani is still stuck in India without a passport and without much help from the Canadian consulate. I have a real bad taste in my mouth from some of the ignorant posts I have been reading here and at HQ. May this never happen to you.



that's really scary, i can't imagine being stuck in a hostile location without my passport to get out of there! i hope she will get help to get back home right away!
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Reply #115 posted 11/28/08 10:32pm

kimrachell

JustErin said:

ufoclub said:

There are some real fools posting on here.


Ya got that right.



yep! i agree! confused
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Reply #116 posted 11/29/08 1:37am

eireboy34

eireboy34 said:

Er HELLO!!!!!

Am I the only one who thought the title of this thread was a joke??

"Dozens murdered but Prince's ex wife is safe"????

Reminds me of an old Jasper Carrot ( British comic) sketch on the Sun newspaper " Nuclear attack hits Britain "Murdoch ( as in Rupert) safe".

Tasteful.

Thoughts to anyone involved in this horror.



As the death toll rises the title of this thread becomes even more vulgar.
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Reply #117 posted 11/29/08 3:09am

viewaskew

eek
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Reply #118 posted 11/29/08 3:11am

viewaskew

purplecam said:

I got this from Dr Funkenberry's website: www.docfb.com

We got word of this about 6 hours ago but until we knew she was safe, I could not post it.

Manuella Testolini witnessed a terrorist attack in india earlier today and thanks to the people she was with, she was able to escape harm. She contacted friends n family thru email and later was able to call cnn from her cell.

Right now, she is safe but not sound. She and her friends are asking for your prayers right now.

We will have exclusive updates on this horrible situation when we know she is 100 percent out of harms way.

We appreciate the contact that has been made to docFB and will get the word out.-Dr.FB

My prayers are with her at this time. pray





Sorry, but it's more than a little pathetic that he has to clarify that "we are praying for everyone involved in this, not just her."
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Reply #119 posted 11/29/08 3:51am

eireboy34

viewaskew said:

eek
[Edited 11/29/08 3:10am]


eek eek
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