ISI's Maj Iqbal sought progress report on Mumbai terror plot

From Himani Kumar
Chicago, Jun 2 (PTI) Pakistan's ISI kept tabs on the
"progress" of the Mumbai terror attack plot with 'Major Iqbal'
communicating through emails with the co-accused Tahawwur
Hussain Rana, an FBI agent has testified.
Prosecutors on Wednesday called seven witnesses,
including five FBI agents, who verified email and phone
communication between Rana, David Coleman Headley and 'Major
Iqbal'.
In a July 7, 2008, e-mail, 'Major Iqbal' — who Headley
says was involved in planning the attack and is connected to
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency — allegedly
asked Rana if there was any "progress made on the project."
The e-mail asking for the progress on a project
was sent from Immigration@ameritech.net to
ranger1david@yahoo.com (Headley's e-mail).
Prosecutors claim he was referring to the planned
attacks, but defence attorneys have said any discussion Iqbal
had with Rana centred on their plans to work as partners in
Rana's immigration business, Chicago Sun Times reported.
Rana, 50, is accused of providing a cover for his good
friend Headley, who scouted and surveyed sites for the 2008
Mumbai terrorist attacks that claimed lives of 166 people.
Rana's attorneys maintained that Headley tricked Rana
into using Rana's Indian-based immigration office as a front
while he schemed with others.
Some of the testimony in Thursday's hearing was
centred on calls and e-mails Rana purportedly exchanged with
at least one of Headley's Pakistani co-conspirators.
Another email from Rana from immigration@ameritech.net
addressed to an employee of Jyllands Posten, Lissobette Bus
Anderson, in which Headley asked her details about advertising
for First World Immigration and its future clients.
The e-mail had Rana's IP address that matched with
another e-mail showing his business accounts and also through
the Yahoo Account Management Tool that shows Rana's birthday
and matches with the IP address of Pan American Physical
Services, a company whose CEO was Rana.
Headley already has pleaded guilty to his roles in the
overseas attack and a thwarted plot targeting the Danish
newspaper that printed controversial cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad. Headley testified for the prosecution for five days.
Rana, a Pakistani Canadian, on the other hand, said
that he was duped by Headley.
He was indicted by a federal grand jury under 12
counts on February 15 last year for planning out the attacks,
providing material support to LeT to carry out the bombings,
and guiding Headley in scouting targets in Mumbai in the
process.