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2017-11-24 India-Pakistan

Pakistan releases US-wanted militant suspect on court order

[AP] LAHORE, Pakistan ‐ Pakistani authorities acting on a court order released a U.S.-wanted militant Friday who allegedly founded a banned group linked to the 2008 Mumbai, India attack that killed 168 people, his spokesman and officials said.

Hafiz Saeed, who has been designated a terrorist by the U.S. Justice Department and has a $10 million bounty on his head, was released before dawn after the court this week ended his detention in the eastern city of Lahore.

The move outraged Indian authorities, but Saeed’s spokesman Yahya Mujahid confirmed his release, calling it a "victory of truth."

"Hafiz Saeed was under house arrest on baseless allegations and jail officials came to his home last night and told him that he is now free," he said.

Saeed ran the Jamaat-ud-Dawa organization, widely believed to be a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which India believes was behind the deadly attack in Mumbai.

Pakistan has been detaining and freeing Saeed off and on since the attack and he and four of his aides were put under house arrest in Lahore in January. His release came after a three-judge panel dismissed the government’s plea to continue his house arrest, which ended Thursday. His aides had been released earlier.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-24 02:50|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 So he's freed. With a $10M bounty on him. Take him out

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-24 07:24|| 2017-11-24 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Idiots. President Trump told them to stop, and they’re spitting in his face. They choose to ignore that he’s not one of your conventional presidents.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-11-24 10:34|| 2017-11-24 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope that our Joint Chiefs have a plan on the shelf to seize or destroy-in-place the Paks' nukes. At some point, richey-rich Mullahs in Iran will meet the Paks' price for one, if they haven't already. That bomb will get New York.

Posted by Rivrdog 2017-11-24 14:01|| 2017-11-24 14:01|| Front Page Top

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