Posted on 11/30/2008 8:45:17 PM PST by bruinbirdman
The sole Mumbai gunman captured alive has told police he was trained in Pakistan and ordered to “kill until the last breath”, according to a leaked account of his interrogation.
Azam Amir Kasab, 21, a Pakistani national, claimed the terror strikes, which left nearly 200 dead, were intended to kill as many as 5,000 people and that he and his fellow militants were ordered to target whites – especially Britons and Americans. The claims were made in what a police source said was a transcript of his questioning.
Kasab was captured after being shot in the hand by police in a standoff near Chowpatty beach, a popular evening destination for local families, in south Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) on Wednesday night. A policeman and one other terrorist were killed in the same encounter.
Earlier, Kasab and his accomplice had sprayed the concourse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai’s main train station, with gunfire, killing indiscriminately. While there, he was caught on camera wielding an automatic rifle.
The photographs of the boyish gunman, wearing combat trousers, trainers, a black t-shirt and a blue haversack stuffed with ammunition, promise to become a defining image of the assault on Mumbai, the deadliest terror strike unleashed in India in 15 years.
In a statement, Kasab said he had been trained by Lashkar-e-Toiba, a well-known Pakistani-based militant group that has been linked to several operations carried on Indian soil. The group is thought to have been behind the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament in Delhi, where terrorists stormed the building with guns and grenades, taking hostages as part of a suicidal mission.
The statement said: “I was trained by militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba in Pakistan for three months and asked to cause maximum casualties in Mumbai.” . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Ordered by Allah, such a nice religion.
Islam is worse than any plague in human history.
Poor shot by the police.
'I was told to kill to my last breath':
'I was told to kill to my last breath': Captured terrorist's account of Mumbai ...
''I was told to kill to my last breath'': Captured terrorist
Is it banned in the United States?
I wonder how trustworthy this report is...considering it discusses the number of “bullets” each was issued for his “AK-57” and “automatic revolver.”
...interesting differences in reporting from the London Times.
We were trained by Pak Navy: Captured terrorist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140543/posts
I’ve heard that the lawyers don’t want it; but don’t know if that is for the criminals or their attorneys.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Perhaps India Times has a different agenda?
Some English papers have reported the Mumbai terrorists were trained in UK.
yitbos
This is NOT good.
BOHICA Pakistan!
Pakistan has an interesting history with the Commonwealth:
"1947, left in 1972, rejoined 1989; suspended in 1999, readmitted in 2004; suspended in 2007, readmitted in 2008."
One would suppose a passport issued by UK would be good in the rest.
yitbos
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