The arrest of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Coleman Headley, that busted an LeT plot to carry out terror strikes in India, has been classified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as its second biggest case for the year 2009.
The Mumbai attack of November 2008 was the first act of mass casualty terrorism by jihadi terrorists against innocent civilians using hand-held weapons. The previous two acts of mass casualty terrorism with fatalities of more than 150 were carried out with timed IEDs -- in March 1993 and in July 2006, both in Mumbai, says B Raman
The Mumbai Police is expected to file a chargesheet into the 26/11 terror strike before January 24 and the two key Lashkar-e-Tayiba handlers in Pakistan are likely to be named in it.The lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, whose Pakistani identity has been acknowledged by Islamabad, will face charges ranging from murder, attempt to murder and theft to waging war against the country, officials said.The government has already decided to set up a special court.
Pakistani authorities have extended by two months the detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and seven other activists of the front organisation of Lashkar-e-Tayiba, blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks.A spokesman for the Punjab government told reporters that the province's home department had on Saturday extended the detention of Saeed and the seven other JuD leaders by 60 days.Saeed and other Jamaat leaders were placed under house arrest for a month.
In a stern message to Pakistan, the United States has asked it to shed its policy of "using insurgents" like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a strategic tool and warned that if it cannot deliver against terrorists, the US may be impelled to use "any means" at its disposal.
"The arrests being made are for our own investigations. Even if allegations are proved against any suspect he will not be handed over to India," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in Islamabad
Speaking in the Security Council briefing on 'Threat to International Peace & Security Caused by Terrorist Acts' on Wednesday, Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti reiterated India's firm belief that terrorism in one part of the world is threat to peace and security of entire world.
The duo, who disembarked from the Swaraj Express at platform number eight of the crowded station, were about to get into an autorickshaw when they landed in police nets.
A day after the car bomb blast that killed at least three people and injured ten others near the Central Jail in Srinagar, the top brass of the police on Sunday said that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba had masterminded the attack.
Terrorist groups, which were banned during the tenure of former President Pervez Musharraf, have again become active and reopened their offices in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.
Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the captured terrorist in the 26/11 attacks, has revealed that he and the nine other terrorists were confined to a house in Karachi for 45 days, where Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Abu Hamza taught them how to navigate a boat.
The interesting observation by Saeed, who has been blamed for many terrorist attacks in India and figured top of the list of wanted persons, was made during a sermon at a prayer meeting in Lahore on Friday.
Most of the American military aid to Islamabad for counterinsurgency has gone into buying equipment to fight India, a former US diplomat has told lawmakers as he described Pakistan as a country which is "on the edge in many ways of being a failed state".
The ambassador appreciated the relief operations conducted by the Pakistan Army.
Lashkar commander Abdul Rehman, a Pakistani militant, was killed in an encounter with security forces at Mochua in Chanapora area of Budgam district at midnight.
The chargesheet comprising about 10,000 pages in respect of each of the 13 arrested accused.
Top Lashkar-e-Tayiba members Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi and Zarar Shah, both linked to the Mumbai attacks, have been detained by Pakistani security agencies and the law will take its own course if they are found involved in acts of terror, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday.
If we do not get out of our denial mode and act firmly against the extremist and anti-national elements, a 9/11 is waiting to happen in our homeland.
The BJP members asked the government why it was not coming forward to condemn Geelani's action.
This is the first time the Pakistan army has publicly backed the arrest of India-focused jihadis.
Official sources said the militant fled following the recent arrest of four LeT militants in Gujarat.
A self-styled area commander of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has been arrested in Udhampur district, official sources said on Monday.
This is the second time that Rotawan, now 23 years old, has approached the court.
The JUD has been banned by the United States for its role in terrorist activities and India has criticised the Pakistani government for permitting to let it work in PoK in the aftermath of the October 2005 earthquake there.
'We are in a position to see what you are unable to see. People who think the terrorism perceived by us is illusory are loose talkers.' Ahmedabad crime branch chief D G Vanzara hits out at the critics of the police.
They were arrested from a mosque in Lahore, the Daily Times newspaper quoted sources as saying on Sunday.
Four militants each were shot dead in Poonch, Baramulla and Lolab, three in Kupwara and two in Udhampur, a defence spokesman said.
Magistrate judge Jacqueline Chooljian on Thursday ordered the defence attorneys and prosecutors to file additional documents by July 15, which was reported by a US news agency.
Lashkar chief Hafeez Mohammed Sayeed was quoted as saying, Listen, O Vajpayee! We are about to unleash a spate of suicide attacks.
David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative is being deposed before a Mumbai court on Monday through video conference.
He said the situation was made difficult for the terrorist organisations as a result Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar sent his nephews to carry out terror activities.
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani told Pakistan's Friday Times that the two militant outfits 'have never acted in a manner that is against humanity or morality'.
"We will emerge more strongly if you try to suppress us," said Saeed.
'All the anti-India groups like LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizb-ul Mujahideen have been activated with terrorist camps and launching pads in place.'
According to reports, two boats are from Okha and three from Porbander.
