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| 26/11 terrorists' phones traced to Italy, US |
| 2009-02-24 |
| Rome: Terrorists behind 2008's attacks on Mumbai used cell phones that were activated in the United States and paid for with funds sent from Italy, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday. Corriere della Sera daily said India sent the intelligence information to Italy and other countries so anti-terrorism investigators could attempt to expose any ties to the network behind the November attack that killed at least 179 people. Islamabad acknowledged for the first time this month that the November assault was launched from, and partly planned in, Pakistan. 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 cell phones 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 cell phones were activated in the United States by a US company, Corriere reported, and registered to another man, who identified himself as an Indian citizen. India, in its intelligence dossier, highlighted the importance of cell phone communication between the plotters and terrorists carrying out the attacks. It offered partial transcripts of the conversations detailing orders given by phone to kill hostages, and how the plotters relayed the media impact of the assault in real-time. "Everything is being registered by the media. You must inflict the maximum damage. Fight to the end. Don't leave any survivors," read one of the excerpts, in a call to an attacker at the Trident-Oberoi hotel, reported by Corriere. "Kill the hostages, except the Muslims. Take the telephone and activate it so we can hear the shots," a terrorist says, according to Corriere. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #6 The Taliban was founded in 1994 in Pakistani madrassas by the ISI. Thanks for playing Khan. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-24 19:11 |
| #5 The CIA funded the Taliban way back when. And maybe they still are, and maybe these are CIA-supplied cell phones, which is why they were activated in the US. (sarc - I think.) |
| Posted by: Khan 2009-02-24 19:01 |
| #4 *shudder* Sick, Gabby. Prob'ly true, though. Certainly the reaction to YouTube, etc videos is orgasmic. Italian authorities were attempting to understand how he arrived in Brescia and whether he had support from anyone there. Let's start with the assumption that he had support, and do a deep investigation of everyone even peripherally involved... particularly phone and computer records. No doubt all sorts of interesting things will turn up. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-02-24 12:50 |
| #3 Take the telephone and activate it so we can hear the shots ...and what are you wearing?" |
| Posted by: Gabby 2009-02-24 11:54 |
| #2 the multifada |
| Posted by: mhw 2009-02-24 11:51 |
| #1 Think Global. Act Local. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-02-24 11:46 |