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| Ansari had close relations with Omar Sheikh |
| 2002-05-12 |
| Aftab Ansari, the alleged mastermind of the Kolkata American Center attack, has revealed he had a close association with Saeed Omar Sheikh, the prime accused in the US journalist Daniel Pearl murder case. Revealing close nexus between Pakistan-based terrorists and the Indian underworld, Ansari also told his interrogators that the January 22 attack was undertaken because Lashkar-e-Taiba wanted to take revenge against the US and he wanted to avenge the killing of his close associate Asif Raza Khan by the police. Revenge is very important, y'know... Ansari, who is in the custody of the Delhi Police since last Monday, has also disclosed that he met Omar Sheikh, a senior leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist outfit, first in an Indian jail. That's where all these guys seem to meet. And Omar Sheikh seems to be one of the major players in the entire terror network, doesn't he? Sheikh was among the three terrorists released in December 1999 to end the Indian Airlines plane hijacking crisis. Ansari later went to Pakistan and Omar Sheikh provided all kinds of logistical and other kinds of support to him there. "Omar Sheikh even got Ansari's Pakistani passport made in the name of Azhar in February 2001," the sources said, adding he had stayed in Pakistan for over a year. Omar Sheikh was also instrumental in introducing Ansari to ISI operatives who sought the latter's cooperation in carrying out its subversive activities in India, the sources added. And there's the tie again between Jaish, Omar Sheikh, and the ISI. The Indos keep coming back to ISI, but probably with pretty good reason. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |