FBI says 26/11 terrorists came from Karachi, confirms Pak link

Mumbai, Aug 12 (PTI) Reinforcing the Pakistan link to the
Mumbai terror attack, the FBI Wednesday told a special court
their probe had established that terrorists had come from
Karachi to this city and the Global Positioning systems (GPS)
recovered from them also indicated their plan to return to
Pakistan.

In a crucial testimony at the trial of the lone surviving
gunman Ajmal Kasab, an official of the US' Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)which is giving evidence for the first time
in India in terror cases said the terorists had used the GPS,
a satellite navigation system to locate targets.

Deposing in person before Special Judge M L Tahaliyani, a
forensic expert of the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation,
whose identity has been kept secret, said one of the GPS
devices allegedly recovered by Mumbai Police from slain
terrorists also indicated that they had planned return journey
from Mumbai to Rawalpindi.

Two other GPS devices indicated plans for return journey
from Mumbai to Karachi but one indicated from Mumbai to
Rawalpindi, the expert said.

Kasab, a Pakistani national, sat smiling all through
while the FBI official gave the evidence.

The planned return journey from Mumbai to Rawalpindi
showed that the terrorists were given practical training in
Pakistan to use GPS, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam
told PTI.

The forensic expert said that "Way Point" data retrieved
from the GPS devices pointed to the route from Karachi to
Mumbai and also positions between these two cities.

The FBI official said he had examined five GPS devices
and a satellite phone which Mumbai police had recovered from
the terrorists. (MORE) PTI SVS
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