From: Habib Yousafzai <yousafzai49@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Headley's Disclosures Pak should act now: India
Headley's Disclosures
Pak should act now: India
Ashok Tuteja
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 24
New Delhi feels it's time for Islamabad to act on the irrefutable evidence available about the involvement of the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks after David Coleman Headley nailed Pakistan's notorious spy agency in a Chicago court.
Official sources said Headley's disclosures were part of an exchange of information between Indian and US intelligence and security agencies. "The cooperation that we have had with the US authorities in the past few years in counter-terrorism has been very helpful for both countries," they added.
In fact, at the time of moving for plea bargaining, Headley had revealed the ISI's link with the attacks to the US agencies, particularly the FBI. The FBI, in turn, shared that information with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other Indian agencies.
The NIA team, which was given access to Headley last year, was told about the disclosures made by him, particularly about ISI links and his meetings with Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed. The NIA team was also briefed about ISI protection to the Hizbul Mujahideen, the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
However, as part of a strategy, the NIA and the FBI kept the information under wraps as it was felt that the disclosures would hamper investigations. The agencies waited for these issues to come up during the trial.
The FBI had also assured the NIA that Headley's disclosures in the court would help them exert more pressure on the ISI and the Pakistan government.
India and the US are also expected to discuss Headley's confessions when they launch the Homeland Security Dialogue here on Friday. US Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Home Minister P Chidambaram are scheduled to launch the dialogue that is expected to increase communication and information-sharing between the two countries on counter-terrorism and other issues affecting the security of the two nations.
Napolitano will also visit Mumbai to place a wreath at the Police Memorial to pay tributes to those killed in the Mumbai attacks.
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Palash Biswas
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