The battle between Indian commandos and terrorists in Mumbai is eerily similar to the situation Tom Clancy described as the post-Cold War battle-ground:

Police said 119 people were killed and 315 were wounded when a small army of gunmen — at least some of whom arrived by sea — fanned out across Mumbai to attack sites popular with tourists and businessmen, including two luxury hotels.

Commandos were fighting room-to-room battles in the two hotels to rescue people trapped by the militants, police said.

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Police said they had shot seven gunmen and arrested nine suspects. They said 12 policemen were killed, including Hemant Karkare, the chief of the police anti-terrorist squad in Mumbai.

The plot of the novel Rainbow Six is described in detail on Wikipedia and is not far from the above horror. A subsequent video game by the same name allowed players to try and liberate hostages (as a member of Rainbow) from museums, ships, hotels, and similar venues.