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Thu, 05/26/2011 - 21:28
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Pak Navy man present with ISI's Iqbal during meeting: Headley

Chicago, May 26 (PTI) Mumbai attack co-accused David
Headley Thursday told a US court that a Pakistani Navy man was
present during discussions with his ISI handler Major Iqbal on
landing sites and arrival of LeT terrorists by sea.
Headley also said he had attended over 50 training
sessions with the powerful Pakistan's intelligence agency and
that he always briefed Iqbal first during his visits to
Paksitan. Iqbal was briefed at a Lahore safehouse, he said.
The 50-year-old Pakistani-American gave details of the
Mumbai attack plot involving his Pakistani handlers while
being cross-examined by the defence attorney Charles D Swift
on the fourth day of the trial of Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani
of Canadian origin and another co-accused in the case.
Headley said ISI provided him a special discourse in
Lahore for carrying out surveillance ahead of the Mumbai
carnage dissatisfied with the military and espionage training
received by him from the Pakistan-based terror outfit
Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT)
"ISI did provide me (espionage) training," he said,
adding that he had attended 50 training sessions over a period
of time.
Headley replied in the affirmative when asked by Swift
if anyone from the Pakistan naval establishment was present
during meetings with Iqbal on landing sites in Mumbai to carry
out the attack.
"When discussing the landing site, someone from the
Pakistan Navy was present--clean shaved, military bearing,
hair cut."
Q) Do your know his name?
A) Abdur Rahman was his name.
During questioning, Headley also said he did not know
anyone in ISI above Major Iqbal.
Headley also beleived that his LeT handler Sajid Mir
had a separate handler in the ISI

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