| The drama of Mumbai attack is now badly failed and | | | | intelligence reports about the possibility of Mumbai |
| proves to be an extreme embarrassment for the | | | | hotels being targeted by terrorists - the Taj was |
| Indians. Poor Indians were completely convinced that | | | | mentioned in the warning passed onto India. But |
| the attacks were planned and executed through | | | | Headley did not figure in this alert. |
| Pakistani intelligence agency the “ ISI” and | | | | Worse, India was not told about Headley even when |
| “Lashkar e Taliban” a Kashmiri Militant group | | | | he visited the country in March this year, supposedly to |
| allegedly having ties with Pakistan’s Army. | | | | plan a new round of terror attacks. Instead, America |
| To get complete picture of the situation I would want | | | | waited till after Headley's arrest to share intelligence on |
| the readers to read the following reports carefully | | | | him. |
| because every word of these reports stands | | | | Sources say India suspects that Headley was enrolled |
| important and would act as a clear proof that Indians | | | | as a spy after he was arrested for smuggling heroin in |
| have got themselves trapped in an ugly situation | | | | 1988. Did America then use him to infiltrate Pakistan's |
| where they cannot claim that Mumbai attack was an | | | | narcotics underworld? And did Headley use that as a |
| outside job!! | | | | cover to start working for Pakistani terrorists against |
| I have purposely selected the Indian source for my | | | | India? Questions that now have India questioning |
| claims here to validate the claim I would make over | | | | whether America has shared everything it knows |
| here. | | | | about a man named Daood Gilani who morphed into |
| Report No. 1 – Important Witness | | | | David Coleman Headley |
| Everyone seems to know Anamika Gupta at the | | | | Report No. 3 – Shocking denial from Ajmal Kasab |
| bustling Leopold Cafe, now an even more famous | | | | MUMBAI: In a dramatic twist to the 26/11 terror attacks |
| landmark of Colaba in south Mumbai salaams from | | | | case, main accused Mohammad Ajmal Kasab on |
| waiters, nods from the manager and even greetings | | | | Friday retracted from his earlier statement and |
| from some of the regulars. | | | | claimed he was forcibly made to confess. |
| Are her repeated trips back to Leopold -- where she | | | | Denying all charges against him, Kasab said the |
| took three bullets on November 26 last year -- | | | | statement was made under duress. |
| catharsis? She shrugs dispassionately, not agreeing nor | | | | Kasab today claimed before a special court that he |
| disagreeing. | | | | was arrested on the night of November 25 and that |
| "Maut ko hum ne kareeb se dekha hain. Main zindagi | | | | he was falsely implicated in the 26/11 case. |
| guzaar rahi hoon. Kal kis ne dekha hai (I have seen | | | | "On the night of November 25, I was roaming in Juhu. I |
| death at close quarters. I am living my life. Who has | | | | had gone to see a movie when the local police |
| seen tomorrow?)? I could have died. But I am here?! | | | | arrested me," Kasab told the court. |
| Life is bull s--t. There is finally nothing." | | | | He also told the court that he was arranging for a |
| Anamika's take on life, since miraculously surviving 26 | | | | house in Mumbai. |
| 11, swings between the cheerfully brave, the dramatic | | | | "I had a passport and I'm not the first one to come |
| and then the mildly morose. Life for her will never be | | | | from Pakistan to Juhu area. I was arranging for a |
| the same again. | | | | house here. The local police first arrested me and then |
| "I am a beautician. I have to be on my feet for eight | | | | handed me over to the crime branch," he said. |
| hours or more. Now I can't sit for even six hours," she | | | | The Pakistani gunman also said in court today he had |
| says. | | | | met US-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David |
| She no longer works as a beautician and exists on a | | | | Coleman Headley in jail some time after the attacks. |
| monthly income she receives from one of the 26/11 | | | | The lone captured terrorist further said that on |
| funds -- the 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack Survivors | | | | November 27, he was produced before a magistrate |
| Support and Rehabilitation Project sponsored by the | | | | who then took his custody. |
| Tatas. | | | | "I have not given any confession before the magistrate |
| Her injury, a massive and angry swathe across her | | | | and my statement has been falsely implicated," Kasab |
| stomach, her doctor says, will take another six months | | | | added. |
| to heal. "I used to be beautiful. I was conscious of my | | | | "I was not present at VT," said Mohammed Ajmal |
| figure. Now, that all is over. I am a beautician (she says | | | | Amir Kasab, referring to Victoria Terminus, the former |
| again) so naturally I think beauty is important. Of | | | | name of Mumbai's main railway station where he is |
| course, beauty is in the heart too. But your figure is | | | | accused of opening fire on November 26. |
| also important. When I see my body in the mirror I | | | | "I do not know what has happened. Witnesses have |
| wonder who will marry me." | | | | come and recognized me because my face looks |
| What upsets Anamika more, right now, is her recent | | | | similar to the terrorists," he told the judge at the special |
| interaction with the police. On November 5, 6 and 7, | | | | prison court in Mumbai where he is on trial. |
| Anamika was called to the Mumbai police | | | | Kasab claimed that "The police have killed the main |
| commissioner's office to re-record, she says, her | | | | accused who resembles me and they told me that his |
| original statement that she gave, wounded from her | | | | name was Abu Ali." |
| bed at the J J Hospital last year. | | | | "I am his look alike. His height and face resembles |
| She was called to re-record her statement after an | | | | mine," Kasab said. |
| interview she granted the local Lemon television | | | | "That is why I was picked up. I have been framed," he |
| network, which aired November 2. | | | | added, speaking in Hindi. |
| Anamika feels the police do not take her evidence | | | | Kasab, who claimed that he was 20 years old, also |
| seriously because they think she is seeking publicity. | | | | denied that he was with Abu Ismail during the attack at |
| "They are saying I am after TRPs (Television Rating | | | | CST (VT Station). |
| Points, which indicates how popular a television | | | | He rejected the evidence of a witness, Bharat |
| program is. I am surviving myself. Does the police | | | | Tamore, that he was seen with 10 terrorists at |
| commissioner have a bullet? I don't mind if they harass | | | | Badhwar Park when they got down from a dinghy |
| me, but they call up my brother, my mother and my | | | | there. |
| sister-in-law and harass them." | | | | Kasab said that "do baatein bolkar katham karna |
| She says she had given the exact same evidence to | | | | chaahtha hoon, aaj bhi mujhe bolne ka mauka nahin |
| the police last year and they did not take cognizance | | | | mila tho..." (I want to finish by saying two lines, if I don't |
| of it. She says it was conveyed to her that much of | | | | get a chance to speak then...) |
| her information was not needed. | | | | The judge cut him short and told him that he had to |
| Anamika said she told them, "I saw the terrorists who | | | | answer questions the court put to him. |
| attacked Leopold Cafe two days before 26/11. It was | | | | Kasab disagreed with Tamore's version that he had |
| 1.30 am. I used to live in Colaba market near Dr Modi's | | | | seen the 10 terrorists at Badhwar Park wearing |
| clinic (close to Nariman House). I saw four people leave | | | | saffron jackets and carrying bags on their back and |
| Nariman House and get on two motorcycles and go to | | | | also a handbag. |
| Delhi Darbar (a restaurant near the Regal cinema in | | | | Tamore had told the judge in his evidence that he saw |
| south Mumbai). I am a chain smoker and I went out to | | | | two of the 10 terrorists closely and that Kasab was |
| buy cigarettes at the cigarette wallah that stays | | | | one of them. |
| opens very late in front of Delhi Darbar. I love beautiful | | | | Several questions were put to Kasab based on the |
| bikes so I noticed them. They were beauuutiful bikes. | | | | evidences given by witnesses. |
| And one of the boys was very good looking, so I | | | | Asked about the dinghy, Kasab said that he did not |
| noticed him. And one had long hair. Kasab (Ajmal | | | | know anything about the dingy. "I saw the dingy for the |
| Kasab, the lone terrorist captured after the attacks) | | | | first time in the court," he said. |
| has long hair." | | | | The case of the prosecution is that the terrorists had |
| "On 26/11 I noticed them again sitting at a table in | | | | reached Mumbai via the dingy. |
| Leopold. I told my friend Sarika 'See there is that | | | | The lone surviving terrorist captured by the police |
| same chikna (good looker) we saw the other day. I | | | | during the Mumbai attacks was scheduled to give a |
| clicked his snap on my cell phone pretending I was | | | | statement today on evidence introduced against him |
| taking Sarika's picture. But my cell phone got lost. They | | | | by the prosecution for his alleged role in the 26/11 |
| were sitting at that table (she points to the table next | | | | terror attacks. |
| to the door facing the main road) and having beer. | | | | Kasab had made three confessions after his arrest. |
| Bullshit they did not drink!" | | | | One was admission of guilt before police soon after |
| "I mistook them for Israelis. I thought they were some | | | | his arrest, the other confession was made before a |
| tourists roaming around because Mumbai is a nice | | | | magistrate which is admissible as evidence and the |
| place and it is a good season now. One of them was | | | | third one was in the trial court when the accused |
| very handsome. The other was bald, with dirty lips and | | | | accepted his guilt partially. |
| dirty, up-down teeth." | | | | Clearly Kasab has decided not to stick to any of these |
| For Anamika spotting these men earlier is not in the | | | | confessions when the court recorded his version |
| least surprising. Though a bit chilling. "How is it possible | | | | today. |
| that just 10 people did this attack? How did they know | | | | Summing up |
| that there was a lane to the Taj next to Leopold? And | | | | Gathering the revelations of three reports rendered |
| that one could enter there?" | | | | here, following points are extremely important to be |
| She firmly feels it is logical that they did a survey of | | | | noticed. |
| the area from a few days before and that was how | | | | 1. As Anamika stated that according to Report No. 1 |
| she spotted them in and around Colaba. | | | | above, she saw Ajmal before the Mumbai attacks. It |
| Being a witness at Leopold that night did not give the | | | | means that if Ajmal was really the terrorist India |
| 26/11 investigators sufficient reason to bring her to | | | | suspects for so long, he was in Mumbai well before |
| court. She was not called to depose in the Kasab trial. | | | | the attacks were carried out. |
| "Do you know that the police does not even know | | | | 1. Ajmal Kasab’s fresh statement which gave a |
| where I got injured?" | | | | serious shock to the whole Indian nation. Ajmal stated |
| Anamika is grappling with a series of difficulties. She | | | | that he was in Mumbai on a valid Passport and was |
| received her compensation of Rs 150,000 from the | | | | looking for a residence in Juhu area and was caught |
| government promptly and is working out how she can | | | | upon resemblance to the real terrorist also validates |
| start her own beauty salon so she can have | | | | the claim of Anamika that she saw Ajmal well before |
| something to do with her time. | | | | the attacks happened. But if the second possibility is |
| But it is the health troubles that niggled. The bullets | | | | analyzed that Anamika may had seen the real |
| were all removed but she lives with a succession of | | | | terrorists few days before Mumbai attacks then the |
| splinters inside her. "I have a sinus problem. Sometimes | | | | Indian claim that the assassins came from sea side |
| when I cough there is blood. My wound often pains. | | | | and started attacking the civilians becomes null and |
| Mentally I am not prepared." | | | | void. |
| We are sitting just two tables away from the critical | | | | 1. Since last few months the case of American Citizen |
| spot where Anamika was sitting at on November 26 | | | | of Pakistan origin with the name of David Coleman |
| (where she often comes back and sits for a meal). | | | | Headly and his Canadian friend Tahwer Hussain |
| She tells you that the terrorist duo, after drinking beer in | | | | Rana’s alleged involvement in Mumbai attacks was |
| Leopold, split up after leaving the cafe. One stationed | | | | greatly hyped by the Indian media. The involvement of |
| himself at the door looking out into the lane going up to | | | | both these persons was taken as great achievement |
| the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel. The other | | | | but unfortunately for Indians the situation turned out to |
| stood at the door facing the neighborhood's main | | | | extremely embarrassing when on raising the question |
| thoroughfare, Colaba Causeway, and mercilessly fired | | | | of how these people were allowed visas to visit India |
| in. | | | | frequently, the Indian Consulate in California could not |
| "It took a few minutes for me to realize: He is a | | | | provide the papers filed by Headly with his application |
| terrorist and Bombay is having a terrorist attack." | | | | for issuance of Visa. Till now there is no clue of the |
| Shortly after that she was shot and succeeded in | | | | papers which were believed to be strong evidence |
| agonizingly dragging herself first to the police station, | | | | that how Indian Government provided visa to him and |
| where she was apparently given no help, and later to | | | | on what reasons. India also raises the question of |
| the popular, Tony Indigo restaurant where she awaited | | | | involvement of CIA in sending David Coleman Headly |
| an ambulance, all the while conscious. | | | | to India and the reports have also surfaced that |
| "The manager there was trying to help. But he was | | | | Coleman worked as under cover double agent for |
| also worried about protecting his restaurant and was | | | | CIA and Lashkar’s operatives. |
| busy turning off the lights, shutting down the restaurant | | | | Conclusion |
| and said an ambulance would come. At 11.30 (a | | | | In the light of above shocking revelations, the whole |
| bystander who helped the victims) Felix Ambrose | | | | Drama of Mumbai attacks lands with the clear notion |
| came and like a baby carrying a child he picked me up | | | | that the real culprits and planners are definitely got |
| and carried me to a taxi and took me to the hospital." | | | | connections on the Indian soil and the chain of |
| "The doctor there -- a Dr Gupta -- was very good. It | | | | involvement runs from Indian Consulate in Chicago to |
| was a big miracle. Janata (the people) is beautiful in | | | | the higher authorities in India and in American CIA. The |
| Bombay. The janata always helps!" | | | | motives were clear behind those attacks which were |
| Vaihayasi Pande Daniel in Mumbai | | | | definitely carried out to defame Pakistan, blame ISI for |
| Report No. 2 – Suspects outside India | | | | cross border terrorism and build a strong reason for |
| How did terror suspect David Headley get a visa to | | | | any Military action against Pakistan. By the Grace of |
| India? What documents did he provide to establish his | | | | Allah Almighty, the drama of Mumbai attacks came |
| identity? | | | | back to Indians as a flop movie with embarrassing |
| Uncovering this will be tough since it's now official that | | | | climax. |
| Headley's papers have gone missing from the Indian | | | | In present situation India would definitely act as an |
| Consulate in Chicago which granted Headley his visa. | | | | injured wolf and would try any thing worse to hurt |
| Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has written to the | | | | Pakistan through Military action. Government of |
| Consulate asking for an explanation. | | | | Pakistan and Army in particular should formulate a |
| The missing papers are the latest in a mystery that | | | | coordinated action in view of the present |
| tends to get deeper and darker everyday. At the | | | | developments. It is a real success of Pakistani media, |
| heart of India's concerns are suspicions that Headley | | | | Government and our national pride The Pakistan Army |
| was originally a CIA agent who switched sides and | | | | that Indian conspiracy has been completely unfolded |
| then planned the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai with the | | | | and the world has a better opportunity to understand |
| Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). | | | | that how far India can go to badly stab Pakistan. |
| Headley, a US national who left Pakistan with his | | | | It should also be noticed that India is very reluctant to |
| mother as a teenager, was arrested in Chicago by the | | | | accept any local involvement in the Mumbai attacks |
| FBI in October. | | | | and quickly rejects any question to allow international |
| NDTV has reported extensively on whether Headley | | | | agencies to investigate the motives behind the attacks |
| started out working for the Americans. These reports | | | | which took many innocent lives. There is a strong |
| have been brought up in Parliament, with CPM MP | | | | understanding that without local involvement the |
| Brinda Karat asking why America is not allowing India | | | | attacks of such a magnitude were not possible. India is |
| access to Headley. In a Chicago court, US prosecutors | | | | very puzzled because if any international agency |
| have charged Headley with plotting the 26/11 attacks | | | | would jump into these investigations, the local hands |
| as an undercover agent of the LeT. | | | | particularly behind the killing of brave Chief of Anti |
| Headley made multiple trips to India before 26/11. He | | | | Terrorism Squad who is believed to be the prime |
| allegedly took photographs and videos of the four sites | | | | target of the Mumbai attacks. The strings of Mumbai |
| that would later come under siege by Pakistani | | | | attacks definitely connect to the insiders like Col Purohit |
| terrorists. | | | | who is under arrest under the charges of involvement |
| Indian sources are unhappy that despite these | | | | in Malegaon blasts. It is needed that the recent |
| charges, Indian officials have not been allowed to meet | | | | developments should be capitalized by the Pakistani |
| Headley. America has also said that it's "too | | | | Government and the media to clear the dirt thrown on |
| premature" to discuss Headley's possible extradition to | | | | the face of our country by the Indians. |
| India after his US trial is completed. | | | | I would urge the media and the nation to highlight the |
| What's more worrying for India is that America's | | | | present developments with full force because we |
| surveillance of Headley began in September last year, | | | | cannot miss this opportunity to show to the world the |
| before the 26/11 attacks. Yet, no information on him | | | | real bad face of India. |
| was shared with India. America clearly had specific | | | | Article source : pakistan_hope.bravejournal. |