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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:41 AM
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India: Pakistan Spy Agency Behind Mumbai Attack
Source: CBS News/AP

Government Report on Interrogation of U.S. Planner of Deadly Siege says Pakistan's ISI Even Funded Reconnaissance

(AP) Pakistan's intelligence agency was deeply involved in planning the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai, going so far as to fund reconnaissance missions to the Indian city, according to a government report on the interrogation of a U.S. citizen convicted in the attack.

The attack, blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group, killed 166 people, paralyzed India's business capital and froze peace efforts between Pakistan and India.

David Headley, who pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to laying the groundwork for the attack, told Indian interrogators in June that officers from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency were deeply intertwined with Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The spy agency provided handlers for all the top members of the group, gave them direction and provided their funding, Headley said, according to the government report on his June interrogation. The report, marked secret, was obtained by The Associated Press late Monday.

"According to Headley, every big action of LeT is done in close coordination with ISI," the report said, using a common abbreviation for Lashkar-e-Taiba.


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/19/world/main6971472.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.3
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apnu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:55 AM
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1. woah, if true, this is going to get nasty fast (nt)
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nyy1998 Donating Member (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 10:50 AM
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2. Pakistan's response: So?
Why we condone this country's illegal behavior is really beyond me.
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pauldp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:17 AM
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3. According to the LA Times the CIA provides much of the ISI's funding
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