Washington: With the Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), believed to be behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, continuing to be Pakistan's most problematic militant group, the US fears an Islamabad-linked terrorist attack against India could undo efforts to improve ties between them.
Both India and Pakistan have made calculated decisions to improve ties, despite deep-rooted mistrust, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in his annual report to the US Congress Tuesday on the threats facing the United States.
Washington: Identifying Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as the most problematic of the terrorist groups inside Pakistan, a top American spy chief today said that the outfit has the potential to evolve into a permanent Hamas or Hezbollah-like presence in the strife-torn country.
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) will continue to be the most multifaceted and problematic of the Pakistani militant groups, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing.
The group has the long-term potential to evolve into a permanent and even Hamas or Hezbollah-like presence in Pakistan, Clapper said in his testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, during which he gave the intelligence community's assessment of the threat being faced by the United States.
The LeT led by Hafiz Saeed has been active in Jammu and Kashmir and has executed many terror strikes including the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
New York: LeT chief and 26/11 mastermind HafizSaeed, who has a 10 million dollar US bounty on his head, hassaid that he moves about like an ordinary person in Pakistanand his fate is not in the hands of America.
I move about like an ordinary person, that's my style,he said in an interview to the New York Times.My fate is in the hands of God, not America, said 64-year-old Saeed, whose compound in Lahore is a fortifiedhouse, office and mosque.
Washington: A remorseful Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Headley made a last ditch effort to have his sentence reduced by writing an emotional letter to the judge claiming he is a changed man and was sorry of his past doings.
However, US District Judge Harry D Leinenweber, in the court room acknowledging the receipt of such a letter, publicly told Headley that he had difficulties in believing him given his past record.
Washington: A remorseful Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Headley made a last ditch effort to have his sentence reduced by writing an emotional letter to the judge claiming he is a changed man and was sorry of his past doings.
However, US District Judge Harry D Leinenweber, in the court room acknowledging the receipt of such a letter, publicly told Headley that he had difficulties sin believing him given his past record.
Mr Headley's letter to the judge expressed his sincere remorse and it was very clear and he did explain in that letter what led him to this and how sorry he was, Robert David Seeder, Headley's Attorney, told reporters after the sentencing.
Headley's another attorney; John Theis also argued that from the letter filed as part of the pre-sentencing memorandum, which is under seal, it is clear that Headley is he is remorseful.
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley, 52, left, appears before U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber at federal court in Chicago, as Leinenweber imposes a sentence of 35 years in prison for the key role Headley played in a 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that has been called India's 9/11. Headley, a Pakistani-American, used his U.S. passport to travel frequently to India, where he allegedly scouted out venues for terror attacks on behalf of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization. The al-Qaida-affiliated group used the information to plan and carry out the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, in which more than 160 people died.
