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 Terror Suspects 
 in Chicago 
 Linked to 
 Mumbai 

Men's trail leads to Pakistan, Bollywood

Nov 19, 09 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... More »

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terror plots • Mumbai • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks • David Coleman Headley

5 Guilty of Plotting
Aussie Terror Attacks

Jihadists convicted of planning mass killings after 10-month trial

Oct 16, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five men have been convicted of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Australia using guns and home-made explosives. The men, busted in raids in Sydney, were accused of plotting attacks to force the government to change its Middle East policy. One of the men trained at a terror camp... More »

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terrorism • Australia • jihad • terror plots • New South Wales • Lashkar-e-Taiba

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 Resurgent Militants 
 Could Ignite 
 India-Pakistan War 

India braces for fresh attacks that could spark war

Sep 30, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistan-based terror network that organized the slaughter of 163 people in Mumbai last year is still thriving, and security officials on both sides of the border fear it's only a matter of time before operatives attack India again. Lashkar-e-Taiba enjoys broad support within Pakistan, its top leadership remains intact... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror plots • Islamic extremists • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

(Newser) - The only surviving gunman of the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai admitted his role in the November rampage in a dramatic courtroom confession today, reports the Times of India. "Sir, I plead guilty to my crime," Ajmal Kasab told the presiding judge, before describing how the attacks... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror trial • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Ajmal Amir Kasab • Mumbai attacks

Pakistan Not Cooperating
in Search for Militants: US

Officials worry that terrorists can get too-easy access to US

Mar 9, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US intelligence officials are frustrated by what they see as Islamabad’s roadblocks in efforts to investigate terrorist cells with ties to Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pakistanis living in European countries, who can enter the US without much scrutiny, remain a worry for the CIA and FBI, whose... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • FBI • Robert Mueller • Islamic militants • al-Qaeda • domestic terrorism • visa waiver program • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

 Cricket Victims See 'Inside Job' 

Sri Lankans say security vanished; al-Qaeda may have played role

Mar 6, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - An unexplained gap in scheduling at this week's cricket match in Lahore has led to angry speculation that the gunmen who attacked the Sri Lankan team may have acted on inside information. While the Pakistani and Sri Lankan teams had traveled together on earlier days, the Pakistani team left later... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • Sri Lanka • Lahore • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Muttiah Muralitharan

Cricket Attack Raises Fears for Sports Events

Teams cancel Pakistan visits; 20 arrested in attack

Mar 4, 09 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As Pakistani officials arrested some 20 suspects in yesterday's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, new fears emerged that sports events may become a new target for terrorists, reports the Times of London. One international team canceled a trip to Pakistan last night, and the country's plans to... More »

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sports • terrorism • Pakistan • cricket • Cricket World Cup • Lahore • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Pakistan Admits Mumbai 
 Attack Plot; Prosecutes 8 

Minister prepares to prosecute 8 suspects

Feb 12, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's interior minister conceded today that last year's Mumbai attacks were at least partly planned in his country, reports the BBC. At a news conference, Rehman Malik said he had begun legal proceedings against eight suspects, two of whom remain at large. While the minister admitted that "some part... More »

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Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Lashkar-e-Taiba • terror attack • Mumbai attacks • Rehman Malik

(Newser) - The CIA thinks the next attempt to launch a 9/11-level attack is likely to come out of Britain and has informed President Obama of a huge new spy operation within the UK, intelligence sources tell the Daily Telegraph. Agents say the most likely theoretical culprit is British-born Pakistani extremist... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • CIA • intelligence • Britain • al-Qaeda • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Pakistan Busts 
 124 Linked to 
 Mumbai Attacks 

Founder of group fingered in attacks among detained

Jan 15, 09 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has arrested 124 people in a crackdown on groups linked to November's Mumbai terror attacks, reports AP. India has insisted that the days-long siege of its commercial capital that killed 164 was plotted in Pakistan. But Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today that India needed to provide more... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks • Jamaat-ud-Dawa

 Pakistan Admits 
 Mumbai Gunman 
 Is Citizen 

Concession comes after India shares 100-page evidence dossier

Jan 7, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani government finally admitted today that the lone surviving gunman from November’s Mumbai attacks is its citizen, the BBC reports. It’s the first time India’s rival conceded a connection to the terrorist siege, despite weeks of heavy US pressure to comply. The foot-dragging was partly to... More »

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(Newser) - Pakistani officials are gradually coming to the same conclusion about the Mumbai attacks as their Indian counterparts: The plot was hatched in Pakistan, and the attackers were trained there by a militant group with long ties to the Pakistani military, the Wall Street Journal reports. The evidence is becoming clear... More »

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Pakistan • India • terror group • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

India Fighter Jets
Buzz Pakistan

Pakistan downplays 'accident,' while Brown reads riot act to Zardari

Dec 14, 08 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - India fighter jets crossed into Pakistan territory yesterday before being intercepted by Pakistani aircraft who harried them back to their own nation, according to officials in Islamabad. The jets buzzed two regions where Indian officials charge that terrorists are being trained, reports the New York Times. Pakistan downplayed the "... More »

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Pakistan • India • Gordon Brown • Kashmir • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Lashkar-e-Taiba • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

Mumbai Thugs Aimed to Squeeze Press With Hostages

Gunman reveals how plans to force media demands went awry

Dec 14, 08 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Mumbai terrorists originally planned to take hostages and use them to make demands of the media, a captured gunmen has revealed. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and his partner, responsible for a massacre at the train station, intended to take hostages to a rooftop, but couldn't find a suitable building, reports AP.... More »

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Islamabad • Pakistan militants • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks • Mohammed Ajmal Kasab

India: 20 Recruited With Mumbai Gunmen at Large

Police release names, planning details

Dec 9, 08 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Indian police say the 10 Mumbai attackers were among 30 recruits selected for suicide missions—and they don’t know the whereabouts of the rest. There was no indication that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were in India, but the police commissioner says news that others were willing to die—provided by... More »

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Pakistan • India • police • recruits • terrorist • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks

Mumbai-Linked Terror Crew
Hunts Western Recruits

Lashkar-e-Taiba seen as stepping stone to al-Qaeda

Dec 8, 08 9:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Islamic militant group thought to be behind the Mumbai terror attacks has recruited Westerners, particularly Americans and Britons, to aid in planning and executing attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. A 23-year-old Brit, convicted this year on terror-related charges, was among the Lashkar-e-Taiba adherents helping get converts to Pakistan... More »

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British • recruitment • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • al-Qaeda • American • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Westerner

UPDATED

 Pakistan Busts 'Mastermind' 
 of Mumbai Attacks 

Security forces raid Lashkar-e-Taiba training camp

Dec 8, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani security forces raided a suspected terrorist training camp last night and arrested several members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the Mumbai attacks. One of the men arrested was Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi—the militant that India has accused of masterminding the attacks, reports the Times of London. Local residents... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • counterterrorism • Kashmir • Mumbai • Lashkar-e-Taiba

Cops Foiled Earlier Mumbai Terror Plot 

Police believe captured Indian militant was among attackers' local accomplices

Dec 6, 08 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian police busted a terror cell planning to attack Mumbai earlier this year that was directed by the same two Pakistani-based terror kingpins accused in last week's attacks, said police. Those captured Pakistani and Indian militants, still being held, had guns, explosives, and maps of Mumbai landmarks, the New York ... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • terror plots • Inter Service Intelligence • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Lashkar-e-Taiba

Evidence Grows of Regional Hand in Mumbai

Bangladeshi may have played part; Pakistani group still top suspect

Dec 5, 08 7:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Indian authorities believe that all 10 of the known gunmen in last week's Mumbai attacks were Pakistani, but sources inside the Indian police now say that elements from Bangladesh may have aided the attack. CNN reports that a Bangladeshi national bought cell phone cards for the attackers, which they used... More »

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Pakistan • India • terrorist • Bangladesh • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba

Alleged Mumbai Masterminds Test Pakistan

Banned terror group has operated for years with elite backing

Dec 4, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - As evidence mounts that the Mumbai attackers had links to a Pakistani militant organization, the nation's new civilian government is facing the toughest test yet of its ability—and its will—to stop terrorism. Pakistan has banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the attacks. But the Islamist group has operated... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • terrorist groups • Pakistan intelligence services • Lashkar-e-Taiba

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