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12/7/2009

Chicago Terrorism Suspect Charged in Mumbai Attack

Filed under: Terrorism,War — DRJ @ 1:36 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

The Chicago man charged with planning an attack on a Danish newspaper has also been charged in the Mumbai, India, attack:

“David Coleman Headley was charged with 12 counts, including six counts of conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim individuals in India and Denmark and other offenses. He could be sentenced to death if convicted on the charges involving the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
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The charges filed in U.S. District Court on Monday said Headley had attended Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps in Pakistan earlier this decade and conspired with members of the group to launch terrorist attacks in India.”

Headley previously changed his name so he could travel without raising suspicion:

“Prosecutors said Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006 so that he could pass in India for an American who was neither Muslim nor Pakistani. They said he later made five extended trips to Mumbai from September 2006 through July 2008, taking pictures of various targets.

Among the targets he allegedly scouted were the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, the Leopold Cafe, the Nariman House and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station — each of which was attacked with guns, grenades and other explosives in the November 2008 attacks.”

This war isn’t over.

— DRJ

11 Responses to “Chicago Terrorism Suspect Charged in Mumbai Attack”

  1. He should get the same needle they used on McVeigh.

    AD - RtR/OS! (e77d9d)

  2. He should be in Gitmo (or India’s equivalent), not civilian U.S. court.

    RB (9c47f9)

  3. Let me guess, he was introduced to the neighborhood Democrat Party regulars by Bill Ayres, he worked as a community organizer for ACORN, joined SEIU, and was appointed to oversee the distribution of federal grant money for a Chicago healthcare program.

    Governor Blago’s bag man arranged for the financing on his house in Hyde Park, and his wife’s salary doubled when he got back from his first training camp in Afghanistan.

    That about right?

    ropelight (79cdd5)

  4. I hope the Indians fry his ass – barring that, death by hanging would be an acceptable alternative.

    Dmac (a964d5)

  5. zi doubt whether the Indians will get a chance at him, unless he’s extradited after his trial in U.S.District Court on these charges of International Terrorism.

    AD - RtR/OS! (e77d9d)

  6. Little finger, meet shift key, not “z” key.

    AD - RtR/OS! (e77d9d)

  7. The Caliphate War has barely begun.

    Kevin Murphy (805c5b)

  8. #5 So far the Indians aren’t even being allowed to question him, leading some Indian newspapers to speculate that he was a CIA double agent.

    According to news reports, he had what I take to be this book in his possession; I suppose he could have bought it out of honest intellectual curiosity, but since he is suspected of having scoped out the Bombay Chabad House and other potential Jewish targets in India, it seems more likely that this was research material to help him pose as a Jew.

    Milhouse (ea66e3)

  9. He should be in Gitmo (or India’s equivalent), not civilian U.S. court.

    He is an American citizen, from what I have read.

    Still, India can seek extradition, and I have no problem with that.

    Michael Ejercito (6a1582)

  10. We must remember that these are only charges. Eric Holder will not allow any Muslim to be convicted of a crime without absolute and clear proof of guilt. Just ask the New Black Panthers .

    highpockets (bb65bc)

  11. Holy cow!

    When will our authorities wise up?

    Patricia (b05e7f)


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