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Pakistani police arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed (again)
2019-07-17
[al jazeera] Pakistani police have arrested Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) armed group and head of its Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) humanitarian wing, intercepting him on his way to court in the central city of Gujranwala,
The pancake hat, a dead giveaway.
Saeed was arrested on Wednesday by a group of counterterrorism department police at the Kamoke toll plaza, about 50km north of Pakistan's second city Lahore, JuD spokesman Nadeem Awan told Al Jazeera.

"The cases against him are all related to fundraising," Awan said. "He is charged with terrorism financing."
and masterminding the Mumbai massacre, but that's not grounds for punishment in The Land of the Pure
The JuD said it would challenge the arrest in court and apply for bail for Saeed.

"We are going to the High Court, and we will continue to use legal means to fight the injustice against us, and we believe the courts will support us," Awan said.
Posted by:Frank G

#4  From The Times of Israel:

He was taken into custody in January last year and kept under house arrest for 11 months until a court order ended his detention in November. He was also detained in 2001 and 2008, when he was kept confined to a government-run house and at his home.

In recent months, the government also took over schools, mosques, seminaries and all properties linked to Saeed’s charities and froze their assets.

Pakistan is currently on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, denoting its status as a haven for money laundering. It has until October to avoid blacklisting.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-07-17 22:45  

#3  I'll bet he had A 24/7 medical staff, 5-star accommodations and access to every number in the Pakistain Govt directory.

and we will continue to use legal means to fight the injustice against us Because all our illegal means are busy elsewhere !
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-17 13:15  

#2  Too bad they didn't give him the Sonny Corleone treatment, though.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-07-17 12:57  

#1  "Somebody's gotta go back and get a sh*tload of dimes!"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-07-17 10:48  

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