Different Hedly, harrumph
Posted on 11/17/2009 4:55:35 PM PST by SJackson
According to Home Minister P Chidambaram, a case has been registered in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks against US-based LeT terrorist David Coleman Headley, who was arrested by the FBI earlier this month.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be investigating the case. The 49-year0old Headley was hacking a conspiracy in league with the Lashkar-e-Toiba to carry out a major terrorist attack on India. The government of India has issued advisories to the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Agra and Ahmedabad for an impending terror strike during the week of the first anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks.
Headley, along with his co-conspirator Hussain Rana who was also nabbed by the FBI will soon be extradited to India seeing there is enough proof to link the duo to the LeT. A court in Chicago is trying the two men, and the proof has been sent by the NIA to the FBI. It has been revealed that Headley visited India several times between 2006-2009 and had visited five cities Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Agra and Delhi. A probe has begun to unravel the terrorist network in the cities.
A team of investigators from India have traveled to the FBI quarters to question Headley, and it was reported that the FBI did not give any such permission. However Chidambaram denies all reports saying, "The team had gone to Washington to discuss other security related issues apart rather than to Chicago to question Headley." Moreover, an FBI team led by its chief Robert Mueller is to arrive in India next week to flush out the Indian part of Headley's terrorist network.
According to the FBI, Headley has traveled to Pakistan several times, and has in fact received training from various terror groups in the country. Headley has also recruited dozens of youngsters of the Laskhar in India and sent them for missions in the Gulf. Also, Headley had set up an immigration business in Mumbai and had used the business to send terrorists to other countries. In the light of Headley's arrest, many suspects from Hyderabad, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have disappearedm including Rahil Sheikh, who masterminded the 2006 Mumbai serial blasts that killed 187 people.
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Several things bother me here. These terrorists were arrested several weeks ago. The intelligence linking them to the Mumbai attacks appears to have been developed by India. I suppose it's possible that participants in one of the most notable post 9/11 terrorist attacks were arrested in the US, but neither the FBI, nor the Chicago Police, nor the federal attorney nor Mayor Daley, nor The One wanted to take credit for it, so they kept it quiet. But there's at least a slight possibility we missed this one, even after they were in custody. Not a good sign.
Headley being an American citizen, I certainly hope we didn't evesdrop on his conversations with foreign terrorists. That wouldn't be nice, we aren't going to do that in the era of Hope and Change.
“Headley being an American citizen, I certainly hope we didn’t evesdrop on his conversations with foreign terrorists. That wouldn’t be nice, we aren’t going to do that in the era of Hope and Change.”
That’s HEDDY...give the governor a harrumph...
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