In Pakistan, some serving and ex-military officers are among five people arrested in connection with the LeT plot to carry out a major terror attack in India using American national David Headley. The New York Times reported, Pakistani authorities have arrested as many as five people in this connection in recent weeks, including some former or current Pakistani military officials. The paper quoted an official as saying that those arrested remain in custody, but it is unclear what role they played in the expanding plot. Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who were arrested last month by FBI are accused of plotting terror attacks on behest of LeT against India and a Danish newspaper.The paper reports that the arrests of Headley and Rana have widened into a global terrorism inquiry that has led to arrests in Pakistan and implicated a former Pakistani military officer as a co-conspirator. The American intelligence officials believe that some Pakistani military and intelligence officials even encouraged terrorists to attack what they see as Pakistan's enemies, including targets in India.Headley and Rana were accused in the FBI complaints of reporting to Ilyas Kashmiri, a former Pakistani militaryofficer who has become a militant commander associated with both al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Toiba.
News On AIR | November 20, 2009 9:01 AM
Serving, retired military officers in Pak is linked to Headly