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TERRORIST: ‘I DON’T WANNA DIE’

The sole surviving terror suspect in the Mumbai massacre cowardly begged to live as he lay in police custody suffering from gunshot wounds, according to a published report.

“I don’t want to die. Put me on saline,” gunman Azam Amir Kasab pleaded in a hospital after seeing the mutilated corpse of another terrorist being wheeled to the morgue, according to Britain’s Sunday Mirror.

Kasab, 21, reportedly confessed he was one of just 10 terrorists armed with AK-47s, grenades, GPS devices and BlackBerrys who were instructed by their commanders to “kill until [their] last breath.”

Their 60-hour bloody rampage claimed at least 195 lives – including five Americans.

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The captured terrorist also admitted to interrogators that his bloodthirsty band trained at two terror camps and were aided by one of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, Dawood Ibrahim, according to IBN, a CNN affiliate in India.

The baby-faced gunman confessed the savage attack was hatched in terror camps based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a conflict-prone region next to India, IBN reported. The Mumbai terrorists were reportedly instructed to kill indiscriminately – not just Westerners.

An advance team of terrorists came to Mumbai a month earlier to scout the location, take photos and make detailed maps, according to the Mirror.

The gunmen’s journey to India reportedly began in Karachi, Pakistan, on a merchant vessel owned by Ibrahim, a Mumbai mobster who is on Forbes’ list of the 10 most-wanted criminals and has a history of terror links.

At some point during their high-seas voyage, the Mumbai gunmen changed boats by hijacking an Indian fishing trawler and killing its five-member crew.

The Indian Navy found the trawler Friday with the skipper decapitated and his hands bound behind his back. Authorities said they recovered satellite phones from the vessel and showed a phone log of calls made to Pakistan and Jalalabad, a border city in Afghanistan.

The terrorists struck 10 targets in the heart of Mumbai, including two five-star hotels – the Taj Mahal and the Oberoi – and a Jewish center led by a rabbi from Brooklyn.

Kasab and another terrorist allegedly began the killing spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station. A photo taken captures Kasab smiling as he wields his AK-47.

Authorities said he and his accomplice were responsible for the deaths of three high-ranking police officials, including the head of the anti-terror squad.

Kasab was captured while trying to flee in a car he seized from its driver, according to local reports, and was reportedly shot in an ensuing gunfight. Now authorities have him under suicide watch while he’s being interrogated by Indian, US and British authorities.

The carnage ended early today as Indian commandos hunted and killed three terrorists holed up inside the Taj.

Officials said the three terrorists’ deaths ended the three-day rampage. But commandos were still going through rooms at the historic hotel, checking for any remaining gunmen and freeing hostages hiding on upper floors.

Pakistan’s president has pledged his assistance to India and insisted his government had no part in the attacks.

But Ibrahim is believed to be hiding out in Karachi, Pakistan. He’s also believed to have ties to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, as well as to al Qaeda.

Ibrahim fled India 15 years ago after being accused of a series of bombings in Mumbai. He runs D-Company, a crime syndicate that reaps hundreds of millions of dollars each year from arms and drug smuggling. With Post Wire Services

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