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| Pakistan to prosecute Mumbai suspects |
| 2009-02-02 |
| Pakistan plans on prosecuting a group of as many as 125 militants connected to last year's terror attacks on the Indian port city of Mumbai. I'll believe they're serious when Omar Saeed Sheikh is dead. "The group, which includes anyone who made any suspicious contacts inside India as the attacks began, will be charged under the country's cyber crimes laws because suspects used Internet phones to communicate," ABC News quoted a senior Pakistani intelligence official as saying on the condition of anonymity. The official added that Pakistani investigators have completed their probe into the alleged links between some of the 125 militants following November terror raids on the Indian financial hub. The developments come after, India on January 5 provided Pakistan with data from satellite phones used by the attackers as well as what it describes as the 'confessions of a sole surviving gunman', who participated in the attacks. Pakistan's Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik announced on January 17 that the dossier was being seriously examined and the initial probe would be completed within 10 days, a deadline that has passed. Malik, however, held a meeting on January 27 to review the investigation progress. Following the meeting the deadline was extended by two days. New Delhi expects Islamabad to officially share the outcome of its investigations with India through diplomatic channels rather than announcing it through the media. "We assure India if somebody is found guilty, we'll proceed according to our own laws of Pakistan," Prime Minsiter Yousuf Gilani said on Sunday. Washington, New Delhi, and London hold Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based militant group responsible for the Mumbai attacks - in which 179 people were killed, including nine militants. Indian authorities are frustrated at what they see as Islamabad's slow response in arresting and prosecuting those allegedly involved in the case. Islamabad has been angered by Indian claims that Pakistani state agencies were engaged in the incident as well as India's repeated hints at a military option against Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |