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| Mumbai attacks were 'brilliantly' executed, says accused |
| 2011-05-26 |
| A Chicago businessman accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks told the U.S. government's star witness -- an admitted American terrorist -- that the rampage that killed more than 160 people was orchestrated "brilliantly," according to testimony on Wednesday. David Coleman Headley aka Syed Daood Gilani returned to the stand for third day in the trial of his longtime friend Tahawwur Rana, who is accused of providing cover for Headley as he conducted surveillance for the attacks where gunmen arrived by boat and stormed the city for three days. "'Tactically, this was done brilliantly'," Rana said, according to Headley's testimony. Headley, a Pakistani-American who pleaded guilty in plotting the attacks, is the government's top witness in a trial that comes at a fragile time in U.S.-Pakistan relations. So far, Headley's testimony has detailed how a Pakistani militant group blamed in the attacks and Pakistani intelligence coordinated in plotting and funding the attacks. The proceedings also come just weeks after Navy SEALs found Osama bin Laden hiding outside Islamabad, raising concerns that Pakistan may have been protecting the world's most wanted terrorist. |
| Posted by:Zebulon Thranter9685 |
| #2 The US has been too generous to Pakistan to have shown such disdain. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-26 22:22 |
| #1 Nothing that the ISI or the Taliban the ISI made has been brilliant. Those couples you murdered in that hotel, and the way you did it makes me want to nuke your entire country you heathen. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-26 08:32 |