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Headley exposes Pak role in Mumbai terror strike
Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Monday revealed a goldmine of information for authorities on various aspects leading to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, while deposing via video conference from a US jail before Special TADA Court Judge G A Sanap here.
Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Monday revealed a goldmine of information for authorities on various aspects leading to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, while deposing via video conference from a US jail before Special TADA Court Judge G A Sanap here.
Among the stunning disclosures was a hitherto unknown fact that two unsuccessful attempts were made in Mumbai in September and October 2008 which failed, before the final strike at multiple locations in south Mumbai on November 26-29, 2008.
He spilled the names of officials connected to the Pakistan Army and spoke of their role, its dreaded Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the LeT and others who were involved in the conspiracy, planning and execution of the 26/11 attacks which killed 166 people and injured hundreds more.
"Headley has made several sensitive revelations. We are satisfied with the evidence," said a pleased Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. Headley also named LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and his close associate Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi -- both suspected right from the beginning since the investigations were launched by Indian agencies after the attacks.
Naming two people directly linked with the Pakistan Army and the ISI -- Major Iqbal and Major Ali -- Headley unravelled how he was arrested by the Pakistan Army around 2002 when he was going to meet a drug smuggler to make arrangements to send arms and ammunitions consignments to Kashmiri groups fighting the Indian Army.
The two army majors also supervised his two-year-long training by the LeT at a camp in Muzaffarabad, which is in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), he added. Admitting he was a functionary with the LeT, Headley identified a picture of his main contact in the terror group - Sajid Mir - and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and said he was "inspired" by Saeed's fiery speeches to join and was trained by the terrorist group in 2002.
Both Saeed and Lakhvi used to address these terror training camps, while others like Abu Furkad, Sanaullah, Abu Hanzala, Abu Saif, Abu Fahadullah and Abu Usman were his trainers, he said.
