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Terror Suspects in Chicago Linked to Mumbai

Men's trail leads to Pakistan, Bollywood

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2009 3:50 AM CST

(Newser) – A pair of Chicago-based men busted last month in a plot to kill the Danish Mohammed cartoonist are now suspected of helping plot the Mumbai attacks last year. Suspect David Headley—who changed his name from Daood Gilani to make border crossings easier, according to the FBI—is believed to have met with Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and authorities are probing his movements on several visits he made to India, the AP reports.

American investigators believe Headley's alleged cohort gave Lashkar-e-Taiba members advice on how to slip into the US. The inquiry into the men's activities has led to arrests in Pakistan, where a former military officer has been implicated as a co-conspirator. In India, investigators suspect Headley helped scout locations for the Mumbai attacks and are interviewing people who met him, including several Bollywood stars, during his time in India.

Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns during terror attacks a year ago in Mumbai, India.
Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns during terror attacks a year ago in Mumbai, India.   (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)
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COMMENTS
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CS1234
Nov 19, 2009 1:43 AM CST
There have not been enough attacks. In his defense, he is starting to start to think about using harsher language with regards to terrorism. In time, he might actually be able to condemn an attack with a little more than rhetoric.
SilenceDogood
Nov 19, 2009 1:25 AM CST
When is someone going to hold Obama’s feet to the fire with the “The War on Terror is over Bushism” or should we now start calling stupid comments Obamaism’s?

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