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February 24, 2009
Mumbai Terrorists’ Phones Bought in Italy
More news linking the Mumbai massacre to Islamist radicals living in Europe. The first reports right after the attack claimed the cell phones were from New York, hence early speculation that there was an American connection. But now it looks as if the U.S. connection is fairly thin: the cell phone company was located in New York.
But the man who paid for the cell phones, Javaid Iqbal, wired the money for the phones from Italy and he was previously a resident of Spain. The real question, though, is where did Iqbal get the money? Was Italy just a transit point for money that originated in Pakistan? Or was it raised in the mosques to help “refugees in Kashmir”? Because if he was part of a cell that is still operating in Spain or Italy......
Calgary Herald:
Corriere said Italian authorities were investigating a wire transfer sent to the United States from the northern Italian city of Brescia by a Pakistani-born suspect.
The suspect, named as Javaid Iqbal, sent the funds via Western Union to pay for five cellphones with Austrian country codes — three of which were used by the attackers, Corriere said, citing the Indian dossier.
Iqbal, a former resident of Barcelona, has been arrested in Pakistan and Italian authorities were attempting to understand how he arrived in Brescia and whether he had support from anyone there.
The cellphones were activated in the United States by a U.S. company, Corriere reported, and registered to another man, who identified himself as an Indian citizen.
It should also be remembered that the cell phones were important instruments in the Mumbai massacre. The jihadis using them were receiving real time instructions from their Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers in Pakistan. Instructions such as, “Kill the hostages, except the Muslims. Take the telephone and activate it so we can hear the shots.”
HT: Thanos
By Rusty at February 24, 2009 11:33 AM