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| Arrested Fidayeen reveal terror route, LeT hand |
| 2008-11-28 |
| The arrest of three Pakistani nationals hailing from Multan in connection with Mumbai siege has once again revealed the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba in terror strikes in India after the Akshardham attack in 2002. Police and central security personnel have arrested at least three Pakistanis, including Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident of Faridkot near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the three belong to the suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Tayiba. The terrorists told interrogators that 12 of them had left in a merchant vessel from the port city of Karachi, which was on its way to Vietnam, from which they got down and rowed 10 nautical miles into Indian waters up to Gateway of India. The dozen people split into at least five groups that created havoc in five star hotels -- Taj and Trident (Oberoi). The terrorists were carrying dry fruits, suggesting they were prepared for a long-drawn battle. The sources said the group was joined by some of the local contacts who provided them logistics like bags and dry fruits, the sources said, adding initial reports suggested that the terror group had come to the metropolis in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. However, new leads suggested that they had entered the Indian waters on early Wednesday morning, the sources said. This major strike from the banned Lashkar comes six years after it had carried out an audacious attack on Akshardham temple [Images] in Ahmedabad [Images] in which 25 were killed on September 25, 2002. Elite National Security Guards had to be airdropped into the complex to rescue 50 people. The Lashkar-e-Tayiba had a mixed luck with attack on RSS headquarters in Nagpur and attack on Group Regimental Centre of the Central Reserve Police Force at Rampur (Uttar Pradesh [Images]) in 2007. After being banned by the US for spreading terror in the world and being linked with Al-Qaeda [Images], Lashkar had mainly used its Indian contacts, which included Indian Mujahideeen, to indulge in terror network. However, this time in Mumbai, the terror group decided to carry out the attack itself as they wanted to strike in a big way, the sources said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 john frum---just out of curiousity...will that new ride for Saeed be hellfire missile resistant, too? Just askin'...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-11-28 20:37 |
| #4 three Pakistani nationals hailing from Multan For the geographically challenged (like myself), Multan is in Pakistan Southwest of Lahore. It is near the Indian border and part of the Punjabi sectiion of Pakistan. My own suspision is that the local connection will turn out to be very minor and limited to providing safe-houses or prepositioning of supplies. The training, recruiting and planning will all turn out to have been done overseas. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-11-28 16:08 |
| #3 Pak allows LeT founder to import bullet proof car ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has granted permission to the chief of the Pakistan-based terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, to import a duty free bullet-proof Land Cruiser, worth Rs 25 million. According to the interior ministry sources in Islamabad, the LeT chief, who fears a possible attempt on his life by his “external enemies”, had sought the government permission to import a duty free bullet proof Land Cruiser in view of the rising number of terrorist acts across Pakistan. The sources said that after some lengthy deliberations on the issue, the government has decided to give him a go ahead to import a fully armoured Land Cruiser for his use from Dubai. It was for the first time that the leader of a banned jehadi group had made such a request to the government and it is also for the first time that the government has acceded to such a request. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-11-28 15:24 |
| #2 The Lashkar-e-Tayiba have strong links to the ISI and their leader only ever gets put under House arrest!!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2008-11-28 12:22 |
| #1 guess that blows the Pakistani repnose yesterday from pakiland out of the water about accusing them of comming from there territory |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-11-28 11:55 |