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Pakistan court charges Mumbai attack suspects
Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:46am EST
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court indicted seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges on Wednesday in connection with last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, a defense lawyer said.
Pakistani security agencies have also detained a former army major for possible links with two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges, an army spokesman said.
According to U.S. court documents, the Chicago pair discussed a planned attack on a Danish newspaper with members of the banned Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has been blamed for the Mumbai attack a year ago in which 166 people were killed.
Pakistan is under pressure from both India, which wants it to crack down on militants operating in disputed Kashmir, and from the United States, which wants it to root out Taliban fighters to help put down an insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan.
A lawyer for one of the seven men charged with taking part in the Mumbai attack said they had pleaded not guilty. They are allegedly linked to LeT.
"The statements recorded and the evidence produced against the accused are contradictory to the charges," lawyer Shahbaz Rajput told Reuters.
India has refused to resume peace talks with Pakistan and sought to bring international pressure on Islamabad to act against militants operating from its soil, including LeT.
Washington wants relations between the uneasy, nuclear-armed neighbors to improve so its crucial ally Pakistan can focus on fighting Taliban militants, as well as helping in the war in Afghanistan.
LASHKAR'S REACH
LeT is not believed to have carried out attacks inside Pakistan but its presence may still worry the government, which wants to demonstrate it is in control despite a battle against militants on several fronts.
It has a large network of support among Pakistanis around the world, raising fears it could attack Western targets.
Last month, David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana were arrested in Chicago and accused of planning an attack on a Danish newspaper which ran cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in 2005, sparking protests by Muslims in several countries.
Rana is a Pakistan-born Canadian citizen while Headley is an American citizen who had spent time in Pakistan.
Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said a former army major was detained in connection with the case.
"He's still in detention and is being questioned," he said. Continued...
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