Posted on 11/15/2009 3:16:49 PM PST by Cindy
SNIPPET: "Mumbai, Nov. 14: David Coleman Headley personally visited every target site of the 26/11 terror strikes last year, carrying out a recce on behalf of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, a police source said today.
Posing as a Jew, he even visited Nariman House, the Jewish Chabad centre, in July 2008.
The Mumbai police today carried out raids in Bandra, its adjoining suburb Khar and BPO hub Goregaon in search of Headley’s local acquaintances and contacts.
“He (Headley) mapped the Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus, Taj and Trident hotels and Nariman House. We are interrogating (filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s son) Rahul to find out when he went to Leopold Café. That he did is certain — when he did that is what we need to know,” a top officer said.
Headley had visited the Mumbai home of Rahul, who contacted police after learning of the terror suspect’s arrest by America’s Federal Burau of Investigation (FBI) last month.
SNIPPET: "The source said Headley, a Pakistani-born US national, and his associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana stayed in Hotel Outram, a seedy motel in Mumbai’s Fort area, for about a fortnight in July 2008.
Born Daood Gilani, Headley, who changed his name and passport in 2006, posed as a Jewish American during his Mumbai stay. A source close to Rahul too confirmed that Headley had claimed to be a Jew.
“It is a mystery how he got into that building (Nariman House) just posing as a Jew. We are probing if he had anybody helping him locally. The FBI seized a book called How to Pray Like a Jew from him at the time of his arrest in Chicago. He had prepared himself thoroughly to pose as a Jew,” the officer said.
This morning, the police detained two tourist guides near the Gateway of India for questioning. It is suspected they may have aided Headley or other 26/11 plotters.
“The lead for this came from the FBI,” the officer acknowledged. “We now know most details about Headley’s recce of the terror targets, but there is a bit of a problem in case of Trident hotel as much of its past records were destroyed in the 26/11 attack. But we are getting there and will soon have the information.”"
SNIPPET: "Between 2006 and 2009, Headley ran a firm called Immigration Law Centre out of Tardeo AC Market in south Mumbai with the help of a local Parsi woman. Late last night, officials of the federal National Investigating Agency, which has now joined the probe with Mumbai police, visited Headley’s immigration firm.
“A lot of facts have emerged from the interrogation of his co-worker/partner at the firm. She has been very co-operative. We now know Headley rarely used mobile phones and computers; but he did have a Tata Indicom landline number that he used while operating this immigration business. His mobile number is also with us and is leading us to some of his local contacts/acquaintances,” the source said.
Officially, Headley’s job was to facilitate US and Canadian visas for semi-skilled and unskilled workers. The investigators are trying to find out whether he had any contacts in local consulates."
Read More: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091115/jsp/nation/story_11742894.jsp
You’re welcome dervish.
OPINION:
Personally, from what I read I DON’T KNOW that they had an interest in jihad here in the USA or Canada, but again, I don’t know. This is an evolving, ongoing investigation.
Jihad is global — what happens over there; can happen over here.
Time and again, as we look at the global jihad from public sources on the internet or other media; we can easily see that jihadis are not bound by any one country or area of the world.
But don't forget the long long long history of animousity between India & Pakistan; also, it is wise to recall that all SWAT teams everywhere have studied the tactics & logistics deployed by the Mubai Terrorists and would have even more counter measures to either prevent or quickly combat same, than they had previously.
I do find it very interesting that there is a CHICAGO connection to the Mumbai Massacre, but as the investigation is still rather preliminary, I'm unsure what outright conclusions can be drawn.
Tremendous background link at post #3, Cindy. Thanks for your comprehensive work. BTTT!
You may wish to peruse some of the details of the indictment, and related issue to the Chicago plot at
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/
Lots of detailed extensive information to make your head spin.
The Chicago Plot was something big and huge.
A snippet from “Revisting Mumbai 26/11” in relation to Chicago........
What is new and worrisome in the Headley case is that the LET recruited a Muslim member of the Pakistani diaspora in the US and made him assume a Christian or a Jewish identity in order to infiltrate into India without creating suspicion. It would be important to get from the FBI copies of the original papers relating to his name change in 2006 and his obtaining a new passport under the name David Coleman Headley. It is interesting to note that among the places reportedly visited by Headley in India was Kochi, which used to have a large Jewish presence and has an ancient synagogue. His itinerary in India has had an anti-Indian and anti-Jewish angle.
11. A perusal of the FBI’s affidavits against Headley and Rana shows that Rana paid his air fare for his travels to Denmark and Pakistan. Rana does not appear to have paid the air fare for Headley’s travels to India. In Denmark, Headley was staying in shoe-string budget hotels. He had been spending money more liberally in India as evidenced by his two stays in the expensive Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, his visiting a local gym frequented by film stars, his hiring an office accommodation and a flat etc. Who was paying for all this?
12.Headley’s visits to India coincided with two acts of mass casualty terrorism —— the July 2006 explosions in some suburban trains of Mumbai and the 26/11 attacks. Did Headley play a role in the planning and execution of these attacks? Were there others who had helped him?
Yes, I do that on a regular basis.
You can see the updates on the 2 background links I posted above.
HINDUSTAN TIMES.com (PRESS TRUST OF INDIA): London - "PAKISTANI FATHER-SON DUO HELD IN ITALY OVER MUMBAI ATTACKS" (SNIPPET: "They said Indian agencies are also trying to find out whether the arrested persons had any links with David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana...") (Last updated November 21, 2009, 15:01 IST)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "U.S. NOW EXPORTS TERROR: AMERICAN LINKED TO MUMBAI ATTACK A Chicago-area raid looks to have captured a planner of the massacre." by Rusty Shackleford (November 17, 2009)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "BOLLYWOOD ACTOR CAST IN REAL-LIFE CHICAGO TERROR PLOT" (November 16, 2009)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE.org (REUTERS): "SECURITY INCREASED AT INDIAN NUCLEAR SITES OVER POSSIBLE ATTACK" (November 16, 2009)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE.org (AP): "PAKISTANI TERRORISTS PLOTTING NEW ATTACKS IN INDIA, SINGH WARNS" (August 17, 2009)
TIMES OF INDIA: New Delhi - "HOTELS TOLD TO KEEP EYE ON FOREIGNERS" by Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN (SNIPPET: "The David Headley case has spurred Delhi Police into stepping up its vigil on foreign tourists...") (November 16, 2009, 12:43 am IST)
TELEGRAPH INDIA.com: 'HEADLEY MAPPED ALL '26/11 TARGETS' - U.S. SUSPECT POSED AS JEW: POLICE" by Samyabrata Ray Goswami (SNIPPET: "The FBI seized a book called HOW TO PRAY LIKE A JEW from him at the time of his arrest in Chicago. He had prepared himself thoroughly to pose as a Jew," the officer said.") (November 15, 2009)SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP - Paper no. 3506: "THE 313 BRIGADE - International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 579" by B. Raman (SNIPPET: "20. Ilyas sees himself as another Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and wants to carry out a spectacular terrorist strike in a Western country. The purpose of his trying to use David Coleman Headley, of Chicago arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Chicago on October 3, 2009, was for an attack on the Danish journal, which carried caricatures of the Prophet in 2005. A perusal of the FBI's affidavit against Headley shows that while Ilyas wanted a Mumbai -- 26/11 style attack in Copenhagen, Headley felt that a more feasible option would be to assassinate the cartoonist and his Editor.") (November 16, 2009)INDIAN EXPRESS.com - News: "HEADLEY AT THE TAJ, RANA ACROSS INDIA" (SNIPPET: "Meanwhile, a real estate agent, Sunny Singh, presented himself to the media today claiming that Headley approached him as recently as just over a month ago looking to rent an apartment in Bandra. "He came with a woman called Anna whom he introduced as his wife. He told me he had come with a reference from another woman named Marina," Singh claimed. "He was willing to pay around Rs 50,000 and a deal was nearly final but things did not work out when he refused to give his visa documents and a letter from his employer."") (Posted November 14, 2009, 0927 hrs)LONG WAR JOURNAL - Threat Matrix - blog: "PAKISTANI GENERALS LINKED TO U.S. TERROR SUSPECTS" by Bill Roggio (November 13, 2009)
NEWS.MSN.com: "FBI GETS 60 DAYS TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST INDIA TERROR PLOTTERS" (SNIPPET: "Chicago court’s chief Judge James F. Holderman has extended till next Jan 1, the period of filing indictment against the accused duo, David Coleman Headley, a Pakistan-born American national, and his Pakistan-born Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana.") (November 12, 2009)
SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP - Paper no. 3500: "Extracts from FBI Affidavit Regarding Headley's Contacts With Individual A & Let Member A: International Terrorism Monitor - Paper No. 575" by B. Raman (November 11, 2009)
INDIA-SERVER.com: India - "GOVT WARNS CITIZENS AGAINST TERROR ATTACKS IN FIVE MAJOR CITIES" (SNIPPET: "This Home Ministry alert is based on the inputs available from FBI, which they obtained while interrogating David Headley. It is supported by Indian intelligence agencies' inputs. Reports have mentioned that Headley was in Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Agra and Ahmedabad between 2006 and 2009 and hence the alerts are mainly for these cities.") (Last updated November 12, 2009)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com: "U.S. CITES AL-QAIDA DVDs IN PRESSING FOR SUSPECT'S DETAINMENT Chicago man allegedly plotted to attack Danish newspaper, target in India" by Jeff Coen (SNIPPET: "A federal judge could decide on Nov. 19 whether to release Rana, owner of a Chicago immigration business and a Grundy County meat processing plant, on bond pending trial.") (November 10, 2009)
OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HEADLEY & RANA - FROM CHICAGO TO COPENHAGEN WITH LOVE" (SNIPPET: "My read of the complaints is that Headley was involved in ongoing efforts to support Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, primarily by travelling to prospective sites of future targets and conducting surveillance. I suspect that there is more to Rana providing support to Headley than just the fact that they both attended the same military academy.") (October 30, 2009)
TIMES OF INDIA: Washington - "TOP PAK DIPLOMAT KNEW U.S. LASHKAR OPERATIVES: FBI" (SNIPPET: "Pakistan's Consul General in Chicago personally knew both David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, nabbed by the FBI for planning to carry out a major terror attack in India at the behest of LeT, the US authorities have claimed.") (October 30, 2009, 2:02 pm IST)
Chicago.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Chicago - "TWO CHICAGO MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED ROLES IN FOREIGN TERROR PLOT THAT FOCUSED ON TARGETS IN DENMARK" (SNIPPET: "The defendants charged in separate criminal complaints unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago are David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, also known as Tahawar Rana...") (October 27, 2009)
DINAH LORD - blog (WBBM780.com): "BREAKING: 2 MEN ARRESTED IN CHICAGO ON TERROR CHARGES" (SNIPPET: "WBBM's Regine Schlesinger reports the US Attorney's office in Chicago alleges that 49 year old David Coleman Headley. an American citizen who changed his name from Daood Gilani, and 48 year old Tahawar Rana, a Canadian citizen who lives in Chicago, were involved in a plot to support or carry out terror attacks.") (October 27, 2009, 9:26 am)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com: "2ND CHICAGO MAN TIED TO TERROR PLOT Man taken into custody at O'Hare was allegedly to meet with people linked to terrorist organizations" by Hal Dardick and Jeff Coen (SNIPPET: "The man was taken into custody Oct. 3 before he boarded a flight at O'Hare International Airport to Philadelphia, the first stop on a trip to Pakistan..." SNIPPET: "The owner of the plant, Tahawar Hussain Rana, also of Chicago, was arrested at his North Side home the same day as the raid on First World Management Services in Kinsman, northwest of Dwight." SNIPPET: "Rana financially supported the man involved in the terrorist plot, as well as the man's family, the source said.") (October 27, 2009)
TIMESonline.co.uk: "MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: AND THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS" (SNIPPET: "One more question remains: how did the terrorists and their handlers apparently know the layout of Nariman House, and the schedule of its inhabitants, so well? Suspicion has fallen on Jackie, the Muslim cook. Since the siege, he says he has had about 100 interviews with police and officials, including Israelis. Solomon Sopher, a leader of the Mumbai Jewish community, says he thinks Jackie is suspected not of direct collusion with terrorists, but perhaps of unwittingly revealing information to scouts who struck up a friendship with him. Jackie denies this, and it is probable that if there were evidence against him, he would have been charged.") (November 1, 2009)
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