US, India ask Pak to cooperate in probing 26/11 strikes

New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) In a bid to evolve a joint
strategy to bring perpetrators of the Mumbai terror strikes to
justice, top US and Indian officials Tuesday asked Pakistan to
extend cooperation in investigating the 26/11 attacks.

FBI Director Robert Mueller, who arrived here this
afternoon, held a series of meetings with Union Home Minister
P Chidambaram and Intelligence Bureau Chief Rajiv Mathur among
others.

During the meeting, the FBI and IB top brass shared the
evidence available including the actual names of Lashker-e-
Taiba terrorists like Abu Al Qama, Zarar Shah and 17 other
people by the common name of Abu mentioned in the charge sheet
filed by Mumbai police last month, official sources said.

FBI conveyed the hardships being faced by its team in
Pakistan for questioning the wanted Lashker terrorists who
were directing the LeT militants through Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) on November 26 strikes which carried for 69
hours and left 183 people dead, they said.

Both sides agreed that Pakistan should cooperate and
hand over the wanted terrorists for questioning to unravel the
wider ramification of the global terror network, they said.

Emerging after his meeting with National Security
Adviser (NSA) M K Narayanan, the last on his itinerary,
Mueller said "we have discussed terrorism around the world
particularly the Mumbai attacks... each of us has the intent
to ensure all those responsible are brought to justice."

Referring to the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team
in Pakistan, Mueller, who himself is likely to travel to
Pakistan tomorrow, said terrorism was not a local issue but
one across the world.

"It is an issue across the world and to be successful
we have to work together, share intelligence, utilise our
various judicial systems to bring to justice those responsible
for attacks," he said.

The FBI chief said his organisation was prepared to
work with its counterparts around the world.

"We will continue to work with our counterparts around
the world to make sure that not only we bring these persons to
justice but we also prevent further attacks," he said. PTI ACB
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