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‘Lashkar-e-Taiba is a member of al Qaeda’
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog ^ | November 13, 2009 2:29 PM | Bill Roggio
Posted on November 13, 2009 3:45:03 PM PST by Cindy
Jean-Louis Bruguiere, a former French investigative magistrate who specialized on al Qaeda and investigated the terror group in Pakistan, has more damning information on al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the groups’ ties to each other and the Pakistani state. From Reuters:
In an interview, Bruguiere said he was convinced Lashkar-e-Taiba, first set up to fight India in its part of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, had become part of an international network tied to al Qaeda.
‘Lashkar-e-Taiba is no longer a Pakistani movement with only a Kashmir political or military agenda. Lashkar-e-Taiba is a member of al Qaeda. Lashkar-e-Taiba has decided to expand violence worldwide,’ he told Reuters.
Bruguiere goes on to explain that shoe-bomber Richard Reid and three other Westerns were trained in a Lashkar-e-Taiba camp by Pakistani soldiers who doubled as members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The training camp was supported by the Pakistani Army. “Military supplies were dropped by army helicopters,” Reuters reported.
Here is some background on the Lashkar-e-Taiba and al Qaeda given to me by US intelligence officials last year:
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/lashkaretaiba_is_a_member_of_a.php
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/pakistani_generals_linked_to_u.php
“Pakistani generals linked to US terror suspects”
By BILL ROGGIO
November 13, 2009 11:27 PM
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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006664.html
12 November 2009
“RANA AND HEADLEY: SMART, BUT NOT WISE”
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http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/13/headley-may-be-missing-clue-to-2611-puzzle.htm
“Headley may be missing clue to 26/11 puzzle
November 13, 2009 18:44 IST
Tags: David Headley, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Mumbai, Pakistan Army, United Arab Emirates”
SNIPPET: “Investigations showed that during his first visit to Mumbai in the year 2007, he stayed at the Taj Mahal hotel [ Images ] for nearly 10 days. As per investigations, Headley checked into room number 1809 in the Taj Mahal hotel and stayed there between April 20 and 30 2007.
The IB says that this information is being verified and would prove crucial to the 26/11 probe. He is accused of having guided the Mumbai attackers. He could have drawn out a detailed blue print of the hotel during his stay over there and then guided the attackers who went about their job easily”
SNIPPET: “Another interesting detail that has cropped up during Headley’s interrogation is that he shared direct links with the Pakistan Army [ Images ] through his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana, whose two brothers are Brigadiers.
Sources in both the IB and investigating agencies told rediff.com say they managed to track down Headley’s Pakistan army link through the transcripts of his email.”