The Curious Case of Daood Gilani alias David Headley & co

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Chicago Terror Suspects Investigated in India
The FBI has said only that it has evidence Headley and Rana were in contact with the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which the Indian government blames for the Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead and 308 wounded. U.S. authorities say Headley was in contact with the group while he allegedly carried out reconnaissance this year near the newspaper offices in Copenhagen. They say Rana last year advised a member of the group on how to slip people into the U.S.
According to court papers, Rana had a discussion with a someone affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba in late 2008 who was identified only as Individual B. The discussion, conducted by e-mail, included a warning from Rana not to use student visas to get people into the country.

Federal officials also have outlined a chronology of communications between Headley and Pakistan-based terrorist groups that begins in December 2008, the month after the Mumbai attacks, and continues until just before his arrest. The FBI says Headley traveled to Pakistan this year and may have been headed there when he was arrested Oct. 3 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport en route to Philadelphia.
According to an FBI affidavit, Headley admitted working with Lashkar-e-Taiba, knowing that it had been designated by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization, and with Ilyas Kashmiri, a leader of another Pakistan-based terrorist organization, Harakat ul Jihad Islami.

Headley allegedly told the FBI that individuals supplied by Kashmiri were to carry out the attack on the newspaper. Kashmiri is described in a State Department report as a commander of terrorist forces in Kashmir and a former commander in the Afghan jihad.

Experts say both groups were born out of the decades-old friction between Pakistan and India, particularly over the disputed territory of Kashmir, and have a long history of violence.

''These are two very lethal groups,'' says Juan Zarate, a former deputy national security adviser for fighting terrorism.

Federal prosecutors also have made it clear that they intercepted numerous phone conversations and e-mails between Headley and a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, whom they identified in court papers as Individual A. The two men allegedly talked of the planned attack in Denmark, which they called ''the Mickey Mouse Project'' and ''the northern project,'' according to court papers.

From Denmark, Headley allegedly traveled to Pakistan, where he met with Individual A and visited the Federally Administered Tribal Area in northwest Pakistan to meet with Kashmiri. He returned to Chicago in mid-June, the court papers say.

The papers allege that after his return to Chicago, Headley communicated with another person identified as Lashkar-e-Taiba Member A, who said he had ''new investment plans.'' Investigators say that referred to a terrorist attack other than the Danish one.
Looks to me that If FBI has any proof, that connects Headley and Rana with 26/11 in Mumbai, They are keeping it under wraps! The timing of declared surveillance of Headley and Rana seems to have boundry from a month after Mumbai attack! it would be interesting to find out How and When Headley and Rana came under FBI scanner! I think they caught them by monitoring known Paki terrorists and kept under surveillance for almost a year but not disclosing complete information.
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If I remember correctly SRK was questioned at Newark on way to participate in the "South Asia carnival". [both countries] in August. It was also to promote his movie my name is Khan.There was a segment of the carnival at Chicago?
That time it was told that it was not due to his surname but about one of the sponsors and their sources of funds.
Immediately after that Salman cancelled his trip to Chicago due to not getting visa for one of his family members and questions about his sponsors.
I think it may be linked to this Gilani enterprise given its deep relations with Bollywood mafia.
The Gilani guys are followed by FBI from December 2008!
Something more may turn up.
I think NIA should confiscate the passports of all suspects/witness/ etc.
since some may jump to Dubai.

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^^^
R Vaidya, in all Mumbai cases even if it is TSP and ISI involvment, in someway or other way underworld is involved. As soon as underworld comes into picture, we can see a lot bollywood connections and some of the INC politicians also will come into scanner. It will be interesting to see how far the investigation will go and who are the big fishes that will be names. So far 26/11 news stories are all external and no significant internal news came out. We all not nothing can be achieved without the help of local sleeper cells.
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If I remember correctly SRK was questioned at Newark on way to participate in the "South Asia carnival". [both countries] in August. It was also to promote his movie my name is Khan.There was a segment of the carnival at Chicago?
Thanks.
The other connections are, I presume:
1. "Kashmir Conference" . See the Lashkar-e-Pinnochio article for the ISI sponsorship link explained there by no less than the Lahore Daily Crimes etc. This in turn is linked to "Sterling Associates" and "Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment".

2. And hence we see the link to "NRI-SAHI" - "NRIs for South Asian Harmony"
and something (can't remember if "I" stands for "Incendiary", "IED" or some religion. Kaleem Kawaja's Kreashun. This is the link to IMC-USA and hence to Khalistan, FOSA (Fiends of South Asia), and AID (the guys known as Allahs for India's Destruction because they held up posters on Aug. 15 saying "Allah Will Destroy Terrorist India and America") and Pakistan-American Association, who apparently made those posters for them. Some PAA members are guests of the US Fed. Govt for reasons not too hard to guess.

This in turn is the link to CAIR, the organization that Israeli-Americans love so much. 8)

AID as such is linked to the Maoists (formerly Marxist-Leninists) aka India's commie terrorists.

Sterling Associates is nominally known as the "PR firm" (translate that any way you want) that was paid to enhance Pakistan's "Image" in the US.

The funding flow I thought was through Sterling Associates and Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment and NRI-SAHI.
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Terror talent wanted for riot revenge

Ahmedabad: The relief camps where the victims of the post-Godhra riots of 2002 were taken for their safety were the focus of David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana's recruitment drive for Lashkar-e-Toiba's terror campaign against India. Sources in the police department said that the two LeT operatives had reportedly visited some rehabilitation camps in Danilimda.
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The sources said that, during their visit to the city, Headley and Rana had tried to take advantage of the simmering anger among youths of the minority community who were 'desperate for revenge'.

The two terrorists were allegedly looking for youths who had not yet decided on a revenge plan. According to reports, Headley and Rana had offered the angry youths a lavish lifestyle in Canada even as they prepared to avenge the the 2002 bloodbath. He gave them the example of his own life in Canada and is reported to have told the youths that if they agreed to work with him, they, too, would live comfortably in Canada. The sources said Headley and Rana had also met some people who had migrated to Danilimda from other parts of the city. "During his visit, he preferred to contact youths who had suffered tragic losses in the riots," a source said. The aim of the interviews that Headley and Rana organised in the city, ostensibly for jobs in foreign countries, was also the same -- to recruit youths among riot victims who were willing to work for the LeT.

However, no officer of the Gujarat police could confirm about these meetings in the city.
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All this terrorism in India is because of Indians facilitating.
Please explain how the the Bullet proof jacket that is an exhibit in the case of Mumbai massacre annivarsary is missing.

I am 400% convinced that GOI (babus), Netas, Bollywood et al are contirbuting to this national cause of making Swiss banks swell with funds.

I have no sympathy anymore for any one...
If some one aka common man dies in terrorism its providential that they die. If an young officer of IA dies (who is denied to bulldoze the terrorist hiding in deslote abondened (J&K) sector the its not bad leadership but soldiers are paid to die...

Mera Bharat mahan as long as it lasts...

this is pura Satya not Ardha satya...
Satya meva parajit
Jai Hind
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/world ... ?ref=world
Ex-Military Officer in Pakistan Is Linked to 2 Chicago Terrorism Suspects

By DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC SCHMITT
Published: November 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — The arrests last month of two Chicago men accused of planning an attack on a Danish newspaper have widened into a global terrorism inquiry that has led to arrests in Pakistan and implicated a former Pakistani military officer as a co-conspirator, government officials said Wednesday.
The complaints suggested that Mr. Headley — who was accused of the most serious charges, attempting to murder and maim in a foreign country — had cooperated with the authorities after his arrest on Oct. 3 as he boarded a plane on the first leg of a trip to Pakistan. The officials, who asked not to be identified because they were discussing a continuing inquiry, now say that the investigation has widened further in part because of the wealth of information supplied by Mr. Headley.
Mr. Headley and Mr. Rana are graduates of a military academy in the town of Hasan Abdal in Pakistan, and they maintained e-mail contact with other former students, including officers in Pakistan’s military. They belonged to a group of the school’s graduates who referred to themselves as the “abdalians” in Internet postings, according to government affidavits.

Mr. Headley and Mr. Rana were accused in the complaints of reporting to Ilyas Kashmiri, a former Pakistani military officer who has become an Islamic militant commander associated with both Al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The latter is a Pakistan-based militant group suspected in the deadly attacks in Mumbai.

The officials declined to name the other former military officer in the case, who is suspected as a co-conspirator. He is said to have recently left the Pakistani Army and held the rank of colonel or brigadier general, higher ranks than Mr. Kashmiri held.

Prosecution documents in the case said that the officer was arrested earlier this past summer in Pakistan on unspecified charges and later released. However, another official said that the officer was discharged only after his associates pressured the Pakistani authorities to free him.
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Headley used Rahul as cover for 26/11 recce
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley used a naïve Rahul Bhatt as an "unsuspecting cover" while he conducted a reconnaissance tour of all the 26/11 targets, investigators said on Wednesday.
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Investigators said Rahul had neither any inkling of Headley's designs nor could he understand the code language the LeT operative used while talking on the phone. Worse, Rahul could not find a pattern to all these visits even after 26/11 and Headley's sudden disappearance.

An investigating officer said: "When we questioned him, Rahul said Headley often mentioned he was a fan of Shantaram and that he wanted to see all the Mumbai landmarks mentioned in the book. Subsequently, Rahul and sometimes Rahul's friends accompanied Headley to these places. These are the same landmarks which were attacked on 26/11. These were not one-off visits. Headley took Rahul and a few other film personalities to these spots several times." The officer said that contrary to the Bhatt family's claim that it didn't find anything amiss in Headley, Rahul told investigators he found Headley's behaviour odd at times. "It is only now that Rahul has realised that Headley spoke on the phone in some code language." The code words used in Rahul's presence included "Mickey Mouse", "Allah", "Jannat", "North", "Maal" and "baraf" (Hindi for ice). Another word the officers haven't deciphered yet may have referred to the three top cities in the country.

"We are not saying Rahul was involved or had any knowledge (of the conspiracy)," an investigator said. "But if Headley's code language did not make him suspicious, he should have at least connected the dots when all the places they visited together in Colaba came under attack. It is unfortunate that Rahul had been so naïve as to ignore the tell tale signs of trouble." Rahul reportedly never suspected his American friend to be anything other than a fitness freak he met at Moksh, an upmarket gym and wellness place opposite the US consulate in the Breach Candy area in south Mumbai.

Investigators seem to have deciphered what the code words may have meant. "Mickey Mouse" could be a reference to sleeper cells. "Allah" could have been code for a message from someone senior in Headley's terror hierarchy. "Jannat", the police say, meant a potential target for a fidayeen attack and "baraf" meant it was 'cool' or fine to go ahead with the plot.

The police claim Rahul and Headley's other friends from the film world knew he was Asian. "He spoke in an American accent, but looked Asian," an officer said. "We've come to know some of the film stars knew Headley was Muslim and was regularly travelling to Pakistan. If that didn't arouse suspicion, what could?" However, the mystery remains as to why Headley chose to befriend Rahul. An investigator said being with the filmmaker's son helped Headley gain some 'space' to plan and execute what he had come for.

"Once Headley befriended Rahul through gym instructor Vilas Warak, he ignored the trainer and showed greater interest in being in touch with Rahul," an investigator said. "How would anyone suspect he was conducting a recce while being with the son of one of the biggest directors?" Investigators say Headley had also interacted with a relative of the Bhatt family. The relative and his girlfriend are likely to be questioned.

"The Bhatts claim we are hounding Rahul and that he came to us voluntarily. This is far from reality. It was only after we reached Headley's rented Breach Candy house that he came to us. We would have come to know of his friendship with Headley. The Bhatts possibly saw the trouble that lay ahead." Police sources claim a lawyer-turned-politician has been calling up senior officers every day and asking them to not pressure Rahul.
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Do not know if this information is posted before.
NDTV says:
Headley's father was a diplmat who married a US citizen. The name of the father is not reported yet (does US passport have father's name?).
The ticker on ndtv site says "Headley moved from Pakistan to America at the age of 16"
There could be more interesting tit-bit coming our way.
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Yes I f Hardly Davidson was minor his fathers name would be in his passport.
Hardly Davidson father might have been used by unkil during liberation of Afghanistan from evil umpire during the Great US president Donald Duck Regan
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Times Now just reported that 5 persons are arrested in Pakistan including serving and retired PA officers in connection with Headley's case.
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SSridhar wrote:Times Now just reported that 5 persons are arrested in Pakistan including serving and retired PA officers in connection with Headley's case.
As I posted in the previous page
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 63#p775163
shiv wrote:The US will press Pakistan to arrest a couple of people involved with 26/11 a day before Manmohan meets Obama and Manmohan will be asked to do one more sharm el shaikh, which he will be forced to back out of when he returns to India.

..the cycle of life will continue :roll:
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If one is that perceptive what would man mohan do I am all years
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NDTV sourced the news from The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20091119_From_Pakistan_to_Phila___A_terror_suspect_s_journey.html
father's name is still not out
Headley, born Daood Gilani, is the son of a prominent Pakistani diplomat and the late Serrill Headley, founder and former owner of the Khyber Pass pub/restaurant at 56 S. Second St.
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ok... so the composite dialogue is going to start, it is not a question of if but when, time is right and all 70+ people will sleep well.
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Mahesh Bhatt writes to PM over son Rahul's 'great betrayal'

Hmmm, headline makes it such that Sri Bhatt admits that Sri Rahul Bhatt has greatly betrayed something..... interesting only. Eh?
Bhatt has written a letter to PM Manmohan Singh stating that he felt a sense of "great betrayal" over the manner in which his son was handled by investigators despite sharing info about US terror suspect David Headley.
Oh, ok. Now I see what is itching his Butt sooo much.
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^Check the last para of this post
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 94#p775494

Mahesh bhatt has no shame.
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kenop wrote:Do not know if this information is posted before.
NDTV says:
Headley's father was a diplmat who married a US citizen. The name of the father is not reported yet (does US passport have father's name?).
The ticker on ndtv site says "Headley moved from Pakistan to America at the age of 16"
There could be more interesting tit-bit coming our way.

Headley’s father was indeed a Pakistani diplomat.

Likewise his Mother was indeed a US citizen and one who ran a bar causing much takleef to Headley aka Daood Gilani.

That takleef however did not stop Headley aka Daood Gilani from smuggling heroin into the US. He was caught and sentenced to 15 months in prison.

This Headley aka Daood Gilani comes across as solidly RAPE what with prominent diplomat father and attendance of prominent cadet school at Hasan Abdal.

I wonder if the father is related to the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Boggles the mind that a convicted felon was given a multiple entry visa to visit India:
Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009

From Pakistan to Phila.: A terror suspect's journey

By Joseph Tanfani
Inquirer Staff Writer ………………………

Headley, born Daood Gilani, is the son of a prominent Pakistani diplomat and the late Serrill Headley, founder and former owner of the Khyber Pass pub/restaurant at 56 S. Second St.

Serrill Headley, who grew up in Bryn Mawr, split with her husband, and lost custody of her children in Pakistani courts. "In Pakistan, men own the children. There are no rights for women," she said in an interview in 1974.

After 10 years in Pakistan, Serrill Headley moved to Philadelphia, bought a 100-year-old tavern in 1973, and turned it into a bustling nightspot.

After two earlier attempts to get her son out of Pakistan failed, she succeeded in 1977.
In Philadelphia, however, he suffered from culture shock. Raised as a Muslim, he was having trouble adjusting to the idea that his mother ran a bar, an Inquirer column said. …………………..

In 1997, Headley, under his birth name of Gilani, was convicted on federal charges in Brooklyn of smuggling heroin into the country. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
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kenop wrote:Do not know if this information is posted before.
NDTV says:
Headley's father was a diplmat who married a US citizen. The name of the father is not reported yet (does US passport have father's name?).
The ticker on ndtv site says "Headley moved from Pakistan to America at the age of 16"
There could be more interesting tit-bit coming our way.
Dont ask me how I got it !
Ms. Headley grew up on her family's farm in Maryland and in Lower Merion and graduated from Lower Merion High School. While attending the University of Maryland, she met a Pakistani diplomat, Saleem Gilani. They married, and she returned with him to Pakistan.
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This is what I posted two pages ago:
ramana wrote:Fred, Please read form page one of this thread. He is a TSP RAPE who went to a military school and was pals with Rana his fellow terrorist and the Pak counsel in Chicago. He changed his name in 2006. All that is interesting.

The bigger picture is how many of these are being sheltered in the West? And how many in India are alienated to consort with terrorists? Shoba De calls the Bhatt family 'dysfunctional' in her blog. Its more than that. I really dont think that the B'wood innocents were so innocent, that they didnt know what the chap was doing. Right after 26/11 atleast by the 11/30th one would have put two and two together. All the places hit were those scouted by the chaps. Yet thay all stood quiet for a year and started spilling once they figured FBI might make the duo talk in US and figured better confess and claim innocence then be found by out the Indian police. The good thing is the case is under NIA and not Mumbai police which now has RR Patil back in power. Wonder if ATS could have used its resources better in monitoring TSP scouts.
Its getting worse and worse. I am sure we will find that Rahul of the Bhatt family was the chosen contact from outside controllers(ISI/Dawood Ibrahim ilk) due to previous liasons and not a chance encounter in a gym.


Also what deracination is it that one takes a terrorist thru a scouting tour and even after the attacks doesn't realize the magnitude or culpability of the actions. Atleast on 11/30 he should have gone to the police. Its Mumbai and India that has been betrayed by Bhatt family.
Also the dadhi wala is hardly American or white.
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arun wrote:
kenop wrote:Do not know if this information is posted before.
NDTV says:
Headley's father was a diplmat who married a US citizen. The name of the father is not reported yet (does US passport have father's name?).
The ticker on ndtv site says "Headley moved from Pakistan to America at the age of 16"
There could be more interesting tit-bit coming our way.

Headley’s father was indeed a Pakistani diplomat.

Likewise his Mother was indeed a US citizen and one who ran a bar causing much takleef to Headley aka Daood Gilani.

That takleef however did not stop Headley aka Daood Gilani from smuggling heroin into the US. He was caught and sentenced to 15 months in prison.

This Headley aka Daood Gilani comes across as solidly RAPE what with prominent diplomat father and attendance of prominent cadet school at Hasan Abdal.

I wonder if the father is related to the current Prime Minister of Pakistan?

Boggles the mind that a convicted felon was given a multiple entry visa to visit India:
Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009

From Pakistan to Phila.: A terror suspect's journey

By Joseph Tanfani
Inquirer Staff Writer ………………………

Headley, born Daood Gilani, is the son of a prominent Pakistani diplomat and the late Serrill Headley, founder and former owner of the Khyber Pass pub/restaurant at 56 S. Second St.

Serrill Headley, who grew up in Bryn Mawr, split with her husband, and lost custody of her children in Pakistani courts. "In Pakistan, men own the children. There are no rights for women," she said in an interview in 1974.

After 10 years in Pakistan, Serrill Headley moved to Philadelphia, bought a 100-year-old tavern in 1973, and turned it into a bustling nightspot.

After two earlier attempts to get her son out of Pakistan failed, she succeeded in 1977.
In Philadelphia, however, he suffered from culture shock. Raised as a Muslim, he was having trouble adjusting to the idea that his mother ran a bar, an Inquirer column said. …………………..

In 1997, Headley, under his birth name of Gilani, was convicted on federal charges in Brooklyn of smuggling heroin into the country. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
So he changed his name to Headley in 2006? Wow for Muslim, a mother who ran a bar! Wow another H&D blow.
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ramana wrote: Its getting worse and worse. I am sure we will find that Rahul of the Bhatt family was the chosen contact from outside controllers(ISI/Dawood Ibrahim ilk) due to previous liasons and not a chance encounter in a gym.

Also what deracination is it that one takes a terrorist thru a scouting tour and even after the attacks doesn't realize the magnitude or culpability of the actions. Atleast on 11/30 he should have gone to the police. Its Mumbai and India that has been betrayed by Bhatt family.
Also the dadhi wala is hardly American or white.
Where in other BRF pages do we have information on links between Bhatt family and the controllers? I want to update myself. The theme is recurring. Any archived thread around?
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ramana wrote: So he changed his name to Headley in 2006? Wow for Muslim, a mother who ran a bar! Wow another H&D blow.
The mother was US-ian and as per the report in the Phillidelphia Inqurier got lucky on her third attempt at getting the son out of Pureland. A comment on the report suggested it was a bad move and Headley should have been left behind.
The son too ran the bar for some time. The bar, Khyber, as it was called indicates somebody's love (it was started by the mother) for the land son left behind was strong
At the time, the Khyber was a slice of exotica on the Philadelphia bar scene, with Pakistani wedding tents and 180 brands of beer.

Eventually, Serrill Headley turned it over to her son.

"His mother owned it and gave it to him around 1985," said Stephen Simons, current owner of the bar, now called the Khyber.

"He ran it for about a year and ran it into the ground," Simons said. Simons' brother bought the bar in 1988.
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ramana wrote:This is what I posted two pages ago:
ramana wrote:Fred, Please read form page one of this thread. He is a TSP RAPE who went to a military school and was pals with Rana his fellow terrorist and the Pak counsel in Chicago. He changed his name in 2006. All that is interesting.

The bigger picture is how many of these are being sheltered in the West? And how many in India are alienated to consort with terrorists? Shoba De calls the Bhatt family 'dysfunctional' in her blog. Its more than that. I really dont think that the B'wood innocents were so innocent, that they didnt know what the chap was doing. Right after 26/11 atleast by the 11/30th one would have put two and two together. All the places hit were those scouted by the chaps. Yet thay all stood quiet for a year and started spilling once they figured FBI might make the duo talk in US and figured better confess and claim innocence then be found by out the Indian police. The good thing is the case is under NIA and not Mumbai police which now has RR Patil back in power. Wonder if ATS could have used its resources better in monitoring TSP scouts.
Its getting worse and worse. I am sure we will find that Rahul of the Bhatt family was the chosen contact from outside controllers(ISI/Dawood Ibrahim ilk) due to previous liasons and not a chance encounter in a gym.


Also what deracination is it that one takes a terrorist thru a scouting tour and even after the attacks doesn't realize the magnitude or culpability of the actions. Atleast on 11/30 he should have gone to the police. Its Mumbai and India that has been betrayed by Bhatt family.
Also the dadhi wala is hardly American or white.
So the following points are slowly becoming clear:

*Gilani urf Headley spoke in Urdu/Hindi in front of Rahul Bhatt on several occasions. By the way most of the Pakis, even when they try to speak neutral Urdu/Hindi, have a distinct Paki accent. Even a Southie like me can discern it. It would be preposterous for Bhatt et al to claim "Oh, he was just another gora amrikee!" The accent would have been sticking out like a sore thumb.

*So all the JholaaWalaa claims about Bhatt et al having been fooled by this inocuous looking "Gora Amreeki" who Rahul baba just "bumped into" is pure bunkum. Yesterday there was a link to a blog article by a lady who kept harping on this "white American" thingie. This is a huge red herring.

*The second important point is the leak from NIA that clearly mentions that Bhatt's fessing up was neither exactly voluntary nor timely as the elder Bhatt describes with feigned hurt. The NIA would have caught up with him in a matter of days. When he realized that the game was pretty much up, he ran to the cops, expecting a pat on the back and a smooch on the forehead.

*The most damning pointer of all is his sightseeing tour with Headley. Even if we are charitable and assume that Bhatt jr had no inkling that Headley was onto something, after the Mumbai carnage, there is no way he could not have put two and two together. What was his debut role again? Ah, yes, a suicide bomber.
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my view X-post from psy-ops thread:


http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/postin ... 4&p=771958
ramana wrote:The Daoud Gilani/ David Headley case and his linkages to Bollywood 'lights' and who knows what else will cause a eqk in the pseudo secular crowd. In the end it will come out that the psec crowd in their desire to gain over the Hindutva crowd were dealing with anti-nationals.

I am wondering about the movie scripts in B'wood. Who writes them or they terror plots? I mean wrt to the film "Main Hu Na"? The ending scene is a bunch of terrorists take over a school and make them hostages. Was it aritistic license or plot summary?
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Ok the name of the father is out on the press now
Rana and Headley have elite Pak antecedents
That they both went to Hasan Abdal Cadet College, an elite boys’ military residential school in Pakistan that counts generals and diplomats among its alumni is well known through the FBI affidavit. But it now emerges that while both Rana and Gilani migrated to the west in their teens, they retain considerable influential family connections in Pakistan. Two of Rana’s brothers are said to be serving officers in the Pakistan army; and Gilani’s pedigree is as privileged - he is the son of a now deceased diplomat Saleem Gilani.

The discovery that two expatriates well-entrenched in America but having active military-diplomatic connections in Pakistan has sent alarms through security establishments because of how easily they could move between the two worlds. On Thursday, in a calculated leak the US media, American officials directly linked the duo to a former Pakistani military officer, though, the New York Times reported circumspectly, ''they have long suspected connections between extremists and many members of the Pakistani military.''
Most of the Pakistani Military types send their sons and daughters to the west. Hopefully all of them are treated as suspects and their conversations are closely monitored. Threat of outing the ISI assets who are the kith and kin of uber Rape/Military/ISI will force TSP to play ball to the US. I suspect that US knows many such assets in the west and they are displaying their intent to play this card, if push comes to shove.
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The Duo has elite connections says Chidannda Rajgahtta in TOI.

Rana and headley have elite Pak antecedents

Polite way of saying they are RAPE. Rich Anglophone Paki Elite and not the slumdawgs like Kasab. Yet they do join up against India

Rana and Headley have elite Pak antecedents
Chidanand Rajghatta, TNN 19 November 2009, 09:57pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Rana
Terror suspects
Headley

WASHINGTON: Emerging profiles of Pakistani expatriates Tahawwur Hussain Rana and Daood Gilani a.k.a. David Headley, the two principal accused in a transcontinental terror plot, show they belonged to elite Pakistani families rooted in the military and the diplomatic world, far removed from the clichéd image of indigent madrassa recruits that is often associated with Pakistani terrorism. It appears they are both in the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed/ Mohammed Atta/Omar Sheikh mould - Pakistani transplants in the west who struggled to come to terms with liberal western outlook.

That they both went to Hasan Abdal Cadet College, an elite boys’ military residential school in Pakistan that counts generals and diplomats among its alumni is well known through the FBI affidavit. But it now emerges that while both Rana and Gilani migrated to the west in their teens, they retain considerable influential family connections in Pakistan. Two of Rana’s brothers are said to be serving officers in the Pakistan army; and Gilani’s pedigree is as privileged - he is the son of a now deceased diplomat Saleem Gilani.

The discovery that two expatriates well-entrenched in America but having active military-diplomatic connections in Pakistan has sent alarms through security establishments because of how easily they could move between the two worlds. On Thursday, in a calculated leak the US media, American officials directly linked the duo to a former Pakistani military officer, though, the New York Times reported circumspectly, ''they have long suspected connections between extremists and many members of the Pakistani military.''

The Pakistani military's connections to terrorism are rather more direct, best illustrated in reported telephone intercepts that show both current army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and his predecessor Pervez Musharraf (during the Kargil infiltration) endorsing terrorists and their tactics. Washington is still coy about outing Pakistan on this matter, but for the first time, US officials are sending out unmistakable signals that they know the Pakistani military is involved in terrorist activities and will not hesitate to call them on this.

For now though, US officials have declined to name the ''former'' military officer involved in the Rana-Gilani case. But he is said to have ''recently'' left the Pakistani Army and held the rank of colonel or brigadier general. There are conflicting reports about whether he is currently in Pakistani custody, with some reports suggesting that he was arrested but freed under pressure from the military. Identified in court documents as Individual A, he is said to be different person from Rana’s two brothers, who are in the military but so far have not been implicated in the case. :?:

Meanwhile, the Rana-Gilani/Headley trail in the west has thrown up a sketchy but fascinating story of how a young man from Pakistan grew up in a dysfunctional manner in the west

Gilani’s mother Serill Headley, who died in 2008, was a Pennsylvania resident who was married in the sixties to Pakistani diplomat Saleem Gilani, and lived in Pakistan before their separation. She returned to the US in the early 70s and bought a 100-year old tavern in Philadelphia, renaming it Khyber Pass bar/restaurant and running it successfully as a bustling nightspot for more than a decade.

In 1977, after at least two attempts, she got custody of the young Daood Gilani, who was at the Hasan Abdal Cadet College at that time. Transported to Philadelphia, Daood apparently suffered from culture shock. Raised a Muslim, he had trouble adjusting to the idea that his mother ran a bar, according to a report that that time in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which traced his background in a story on Thursday. "He has never been alone with, much less had a date with, a girl, except the servant girls of his household," the paper quoted a column from that time from its archives. {Yet he cavorts with Bollywood starlets intorduced by Hashemi of the Butt family! Quite a transformation.}

Serill Headley turned over the business to her son in 1985 and he quickly ran it into the ground, according to current owners of the restaurant. Meantime, he is said to have studied accounting, possibly at a community college in the Philadelphia region, and operated a video store, FliksVideo, with his mother.

In 1997, under his birth name of Gilani, he was convicted on federal charges in Brooklyn of smuggling heroin into the country and sentenced to 15 months in prison, according to the Inquirer. {Maybe he was running them for his old school buddies in ISI?} Serrill Headley died in 2008, two years after Gilani changed his name to reflect his western pedigree as a cover for his terror plans. And in a filmi twist to the Gilani/Headley character, family members in an archived Inquirer report have described him as having striking eyes - one blue and one brownish-green. {Shades of Bollywood script writing. A real life Shakal! No wonder the aspiring actors were fascinated with him.}[/url]

Rana, like Gilani, also came to the west decades ago, although the circumstances of his migration are less clear. He became a Canadian citizen, but lives primarily in Chicago with his Samraz Akhtar Rana, two daughters and a son, owning several businesses and a farm which supplies halal meat to his grocery store in Chicago’s desi enclave, Devon Avenue. Rana though still owns a home outside Ottawa in Canada where his ailing father, and another one of his brothers, a well-regarded journalist with the political newspaper Hill Times, live.

The question facing investigators is whether Rana and Headley were actively considering terrorist attack themselves or whether they were on a reconnaissance mission to scope the target and scout for recruits. Both are in their late 40s, which does not fit the typical profile of an active jihadi, although Gilani-Headley is on record as saying the Danish cartoons on Prophet Mohammed made him “feel disposed towards violence for the offending parties.”

{Goes to show all generalizations are general!}

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Ramanaji

The Mei-Hu-Na movie plot was lifted from a malayalam movie IIRC
You have a very valid point though and I do recall somebody on BRF a couple of years ago mentioning about the recent increase in movies which are overtly sympathetic towards the terrorist's POV.
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There was a story on TOI about MMS slated to be present for 'Kurbaan's premier (basically a mix bhaji of Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani and 09/11 plot).All in all another bollywood attempt to do an '=='.
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found some interesting Chicago connections. hope I am not duplicating. This is from 2008.

http://offstumped.wordpress.com/2008/09 ... n-muslims/
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New details have emerged of e-mail intercepts of SIMI members from back in 2001 with Chicago based Indian Muslim group CCIM.

Chicago’s Indian Muslim Community is interesting for a variety reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Tarun Tejpal of Tehelka was feted in Chicago on June 1st of 2008 for the Moulana Muhammad Ali Johar Award in Journalism by the IMC-USA, another Chicago based Indian Muslim group formed in 2002 in the wake of the Gujarat Riots.

Notice the dates here, Ajit Sahi of Tehelka started his quest to bat for SIMI 3 months back exactly around the same time Tarun Tejpal was being feted by a Chicago based Indian Muslim group

What a coincidence that Chicago based Muslims groups should have links with SIMI as far back as 2001? and that Tarun Tejpal should be feted by another Chicago based Muslim group around the same time his Tehelka starts digging up on how to bat for SIMI ?

The story gets even more interesting when you consider that IMC-USA was also the main organization behind the Coalition against Genocide that has been lobbying the U.S. State Department against granting a visa for Narendra Modi.

But no mention of CCIM is found anywhere on the Coalition against Genocide’s website.

But then we find this interesting letter to the editor (see page 22) InFocus a Southern California Islamic Newsletter in its April 2005 issue (the year Modi’s visa was first rejected in March 2005).

On behalf of the Consultative Committee of Indian Muslims in North America (CCIM) I would like to congratulate you for working very hard to start InFocus. We have been hearing about your paper via various news items. I had the chance to see your March 2005 issue. May Allah bless you. I also saw in your March issue the news item about the Anti-Muslim tyrant from India, Narendar Modi. I thought that I should send you a copy of the letter we sent to our Secreatry of State.Very sincerely yours, Mohammad Yacoob Former National Chairman, CCIM Currently Chairman, CCIM Education Committee [Letter enclosed]

[Editor?s Note: We thank you for your organization?s efforts in this case. Because of advocacy advocacy on behalf of organizations such as CAIR and your group, and many others, we are pleased to include a news item in this issue that Modi?s visa was rejected.]



In yesterday’s post we traced the many links that converged into Chicago’s so called Indian Muslim Community.

But how Indian is this Muslim Community ?

Offstumped has obtained the Tax Exempt Records of IMC-USA maintained by the U.S. Government and they reveal something interesting. The organization’s public face maybe Dr. Hyder Khan of Minneapolis who has been at the forefront of the Coalition against Genocide but the tax records list a less known name as the person in-charge based in Chicago – Syed Azmatullah Quadri.

Now Syed Azmatullah Quadri is better known and associated with another U.S. based Muslim group called Imannet. It is funny that Mr. Quadri’s name is never mentioned directly associated with IMC-USA in any of the media releases despite his name being on the Tax Records.

So what exactly does Imannet do that IMC-USA ostensibly doesnt ?

Here is a sampling?from 2002.

The killers of Gandhi now rule India and openly plan to ethnically
cleanse India of Muslims and Christians. They also want to annex Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangla Desh, Mynamar (Burma) & Sri Lanka
and they possess nuclear weapons. They have treated the Dalits (Black
Indians) as sub-human un-touchables for 5000 years.

Thats not hyperbole but an actual?solicitation for a fundraiser in New Jersey that lists Mr. Quadri’s well known colleague Mr. Ubaid as a speaker.

Thats who Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka, Teesta Setalvad are associating with……


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1.
Galeo Rhinus says:
September 6, 2008 at 1:06 am

Unfortunately – this is not an hyperbole amongst many “educated” Indians as well – particularly the “progressive liberals.” The tone might be different but the attitude is the same.

While I certainly agree with recognizing these external forces, a free India must be able to prevent this internal rot. India’s future lies in viewing its present and its past without these jaundiced eyes.
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 2:15 am

Its not surprizing at all.

Islamists like IMC-USA are trying to form a union with Xtian groups to give bad name to Hindutva.

Media, Indian lib, psuedos are helping them.

One of their goal is to accentuate caste rivalry – THE MORE HINDUS REMAIN DIVIDED, THEY CAN EXTRACT A GREATER POUND OF FLESH.

Here is a report that appeared in respectable the Tribune report that spoke abt SIMI’S GOAL TO ACCECTUATE CASTE RIVALRY AMONGST HINDUS:

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080821/nation.htm#2

Seized documents from SIMI training camps have revealed that the organisation plans to split the Hindu society by turning OBCs, SCs and Tribes against the upper castes and vice-versa
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 2:21 am

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.a ... B88E021202

Symposium: India’s Standoff With Jihad

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Re ... 8CC5C8549A

Unraveling India?

The penetration of Jehadis in India is much more than what many of us think.
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Sootradhaar says:
September 6, 2008 at 2:30 am

Gr8 link Tathagata…thanx buddy!

The article hits the nail right on the head by highlighting the game-plan of SIMI & like-minded organisations that hope to create a divide in the Hindu society to achieve their nefarious goals, and their record speaks out for itself: witness the so-called seminars held in USA & other foreign countries, where the central theme, more often than not, happens to be ‘uniting’ Dalits, other minorities (read Sikh, Xtian) with Muslims against the so-called ‘injustices’ perpetuated against them by the Hindu high-caste population & how numerous organisations & NGOs have mushroomed under the garb of ‘protecting’ n fighting for the interests of the ‘downtrodden’ & poor & ‘peresecuted’ populace of India.

IMO, the Christain missionaries as well as the Commies alongwith these fundamentalist radical Islamist organizations form the triumvirate/troika that if not stopped from spreading its tenticles in the heartland of India, will prove deterimental to the very existence of India & by extension Hindu society.
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 2:39 am

Sootradhaar: Yes, dangers are much more than it meet eyes. HINDU UNITY IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay , pre-eminent Indian Novelist spoke thus in 1920s (He was President of Howrah District Congress, but resigned after Gandhiji supported Khilafat movement):

THE DAY HINDUS UNITE, THE HINDU MUSLIM PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED FOR EVER.

As India is making steady economic progress, LOTS OF ANTI-INDIAN INTERESTS LIKE ISLAMISTS, MISSIONARIES AND MARXISTS ARE UNITED.
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 2:43 am

Real target of these Islamists is Gujarat, most Industrialized Indian state.

Defense of Kashmir lies in Gujarat (and Maharashtra, Karnataka etc) because they contribute largely to Indian economy thus the state can fund the budget of India’s growing military expenditure.

LeT founder is on record saying ANY PART OF INDIA THAT CONTRIBUTES TO INDIAN MILITARY IS A LEGITIMATE TARGET.
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Sootradhaar says:
September 6, 2008 at 3:02 am

>>LeT founder is on record saying ANY PART OF INDIA THAT CONTRIBUTES TO INDIAN MILITARY IS A LEGITIMATE TARGET.

The only solution is pre-emptive action by India provided itsleadership has spine of steel, and take this challenge of anhilating these terrorists organisations from the face of earth, strike right @ their base, foundation ‘coz as such the goals of these organizations, their political masters as well as individuals associated with them is the destruction of India, so its a matter of survival & making the first move & striking them where it hurts the most. Making life hell for their members & houndibg them & their sympathizers out from the media, academia as well as other sundry fields. But let their be no illusion, given the fact that these sympathizers have permeated the ranks of the aforemetioned areas & are entrenched deep, the task of evicting them out from their burroughs won’t be that easy, rather an uphill one OTH!

BTW, Tathagata…would you be kind enough to provide ur email? YossBoss can be requested to remove it once we’ve known it! Thanx in advance!
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 3:23 am

Sootradhaar: We desperately need somekind of political unity against terrorism- cross border strike will take time.

I saw few days back somebody posted emailid here.

Boss: pls try to understand we live in a dangerous world. Not that I suspect you, but lots of bad guys out there who are going to hack it and create trouble.

Hope you understand. I am a regular visitor of this website, spend lots of time analyzing issues of national interest. Lets use this forum to exchange views.

be extremely careful abt protecting ur online identity.
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Sootradhaar says:
September 6, 2008 at 3:33 am

No problem Tathagata…I understand! We will keep exchanging views here!
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 4:03 am

Excerpts from convocation address by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee at Benares Hindu University (1st December, 1940):

Every word here is like Gold, and equally applicable today. If not more.

http://www.indpride.com/drshyamaprasadmukherjee.html

A good deal of confusion prevails today about the ethical doctrine of Ahimsa. There is no doubt Ahimsa is one of the cardinal virtues taught by Indian thinkers of all denominations throughout the ages. Dharma consists in Ahimsa, proclaims the Mahabharat. “Ahimsa confers immortality”, declares the Code of Manu. The doctrine of Ahimsa is a necessary corollary to the Hindu belief that the supreme spirit pervades the universe, that everything is strung on the Blessed Lord as rows of gems upon a thread, and that welfare of all beings is a sacred duty. Ahimsa doubtless implies abstention from selfish and aggressive violence. But does it signify inertia and pacifism under all circumstances? Did not Sree Ramchandra, so kind to righteous men and women, including even Nishadas and Savaras, wage a war to punish the arrogant evil-doer who insulted woman-hood and violated the sanctity of the peaceful hermitage? Were not “Pachajanyasya nirghosho Gandivasya cha nisvanah” meant to strike terror into the hearts of those whose pride and conceit would not allow them to do justice and repair wrongs? Did not Sree Chaitanya roar like Narasimha to restrain the bigot and the oppressor? Did not the great Asoka himself lay as much stress on ‘parakrama’ (prowess) as on ‘ahimsa’ and declare in one of his Rock Edicts that there was a limit to his forbearance? “Should any one do him wrong, that must be borne with by His Sacred Majesty so far as it can possibly be borne with”. Even Buddhist Theologians prescribed condign punishment for treachery and mischief-making, typified by the career of Devadatta. Readers of the Chachnama need not be told what pusillanimity masquerading as religious quietism may do to endanger the life and liberty of a people and destroy its morale.

If I have understood the history of my country aright, a pacifism that refuses to take up arms against injustice and makes one a passive spectator of oppression and aggression, does not represent the real teaching of India. Let us not forget that valour was greatly esteemed by the sages and free rulers of India in olden times. When valour languished, the entire polity weakened. When the sword and the book of knowledge kept together, justice, equity and liberty ruled the affairs of the state. We want to see the reappearance of the ancient spirit of valour tempered with a spiritual wisdom consistent with our genius and present needs, which alone can recover civilization out of the chaotic condition of the modern age.

We live in an age when the need of ‘parakrama’, ceaseless exertion, courage and valour, in all spheres of activity affecting the public weal, is more imperative than ever. The menace of invasion from without is within the bounds of possibility. Disruptive forces are at work within the country itself. A nation can only save itself by its own energy. But energy and strength hardly come to a people that does not enjoy the blessings of unity and freedom. Unity need not imply uniformity is not to be encouraged. India is traditionally a land of village republics, and local autonomy has had many noble champions whose patriotism and public spirit are beyond question. But accentuation of differences can not make for strength. A divided India was always a prey to the foreign invader from the days of Alexander and Mahmud of Ghazni to those of Vasco da Gama, Dupleix and Clive. There is much disharmony and disunity in India today. Communal differences have taken such an acute turn that fanatic claims for the vivisection of our Motherland are widely asserted, backed by tacit encouragement of the powers that rule the destinies of India today.
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arjun says:
September 6, 2008 at 4:03 am

What’s with the BJP and white paper on SIMI. Why don’t they release a white paper from the states they govern.

Why did not they release a white paper when they were in office in Delhi?
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Tathagata Mukherjee says:
September 6, 2008 at 4:06 am

Hey Arjun:

Only those who have little idea of Islamists, Jehadi movement and the damage it can do to India (if not already) can talk like this.
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arjun says:
September 6, 2008 at 4:16 am

Tatha, don’t get me wrong. BJP is the only party that can take Jihadis head on. Modi has shown how it is done.

But I do not understand why they keep talking about a white paper. They should release one if they think that will help in fighting terror.
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Prudent Indian says:
September 6, 2008 at 5:02 am

Yossarin,
Brilliant efforts. I have been following your posts.These are the real ‘expose’and merit wider read.

Of late we have witnessed discomfort in the MSM camp and they lament the power of blogging – damn we care – they should only read people like you to see for themselves what a yo-men service is being rendered in the greater cause of nation.

Keep it up. We look up to you for motivation and guidance.

regards,
PI.
15.
Sharat says:
September 6, 2008 at 5:33 am

Nice write up. Keep it up.
Keep the Indian Flag flying.
16.
b33j says:
September 6, 2008 at 3:38 pm

These Indian Muslim organizations in the US are of a deeper green hue than the Paki flag. When the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was releasing condemnation of the seperatist protests in Kashmir these American IMs, on the other hand, expressed ‘concern against unilateral use of force against muslims’
17.
rishi says:
September 6, 2008 at 7:09 pm

“Now Syed Azmatullah Quadri is better known and associated with another U.S. based Muslim group called Imannet.”

You need to back that up with more data. A google search does not turn up anything.

I hope you understand that if the above statement is false, your whole theory is false and we should disregard it.
18.
rishi says:
September 6, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Please disregard the earlier comment. I now see that Quadri is the founder member of Imannet.
19.
Bharat says:
September 7, 2008 at 12:53 am

Here is :

SIMI SAGA PART-I
Masked ‘students’ echo Taliban
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080820/main2.htm

What began as an organisation to educate people about the true spirit of Islam is now busy developing itself into a high-class “brand” in the world of Islamic terror. This is not what SIMI’s founder-president wanted it to be.
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Terror linkages: IMC-USA, CCIM, CAG, Tehelka, SIMI, Pakistan « Islamic Terrorism in India says:
September 7, 2008 at 1:16 pm

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Abdul bin Kabul says:
September 14, 2008 at 4:03 pm

The IMC-USA is the “Indian Muslim” front for the Pakistan ISI and its Pakistan-American Association. They were funded through the “Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment” in East Lansing, Michigan, and through Sterling Associates, a PR firm hired to make Musharraf stink less. Again, based on East Lansing, Michigan. They are also fronted by “NRI_SAHI” (NRIs for a Secular Harmonious India) founded by Kaleem Kawaja, who claims to have a direct line to those who can “stop the communal riots in Meerut with one phone call” (quote from the “India-Unity” terrorist website operated by the same Ubaid and Kawaja and the wacko who tried to attack Dr. Abdul Kalam at the Pravasi celebrations in India and was kicked out by police (in the US he would have been brought down in a hail of Uzi fire from the Secret Service).

You can see a lot of the links as of a few years ago, in the articles in this book:
“NGOs, Activists and Foreign Funds – Anti-Nation Industry”
http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchRes ... tock=19407

According to CAIR Watch, ” Syed Ali Rahman, Executive Council member of CAIR-Florida, .. is a spokesperson for the Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF). … ICOSF has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit, which describes the center as a threat to the community, due to its deep ties to Islamic radicals. (Stop The Mosque, http://www.stopthemosque.org, May 1, 2007 – Present)

As well, Rahman is a founding member of the Indian Muslim Council-USA and the group’s South Florida chapter President. (Ruth Morris, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, ‘South Florida Muslims worry their mosques will be targeted,’ August 12, 2006; IMC-USA press release, ‘IMC-USA commends the City of Hollywood, Florida for officially dissociating from Sadhvi Ritambhara Event,’ June 23, 2007)

The founding President of the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, has participated in IMC-USA conferences. (IMC-USA press release, ‘Indian Muslim Council’s First National Convention a Huge Success,’ June 30, 2003; website of IMC-USA, ‘Resolution on the occasion of IMC-USA’s 2nd Annual Convention,’ August 7, 2004)”
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There is good probability that this Gilani 's handler is the same Paki General who came to the control room of terrorists handler and wished congradulations to Qasab and his partners. Every one thought it was HG but now this Jernail's name muct be added to the list of suspects.
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Again a graphic chart showing all these linakges is needed.
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Denmark terrorism suspect a heroin smuggler with striking eyes: court records
October 27, 2009

BY FRANK MAIN, MARY WISNIEWSKI AND NATASHA KORECKI STAFF REPORTERS

When FBI agents at O’Hare arrested David Headley en route to Pakistan earlier this month on charges he plotted to kill a newspaper cartoonist in Denmark, authorities say he held an additional airline reservation — to Copenhagen.

He was to depart Thursday.

Headley’s friend, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who shared an extreme hatred for cartoons that depicted the prophet Mohammed, arranged for the flight, authorities said.

Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is forbidden by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry.

The Chicago men, who knew each other from a military school in Pakistan, on Tuesday were accused of an international plot dubbed “The Mickey Mouse Project” that since late 2008 included scheming with others to “commit terrorist acts against overseas targets,” according to federal criminal complaints made public in Chicago.

The North Side men are accused of plotting to target employees of the Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons of the prophet Mohammed in 2005, sparking violent riots across the Muslim world.

The most controversial of the 12 cartoons depicted Mohammed wearing a bomb with a lit fuse as a turban. That cartoon was drawn by Kurt Westergaard, 78 — who was targeted for assassination, authorities said.

But Headley’s phone calls were wiretapped and his e-mails were under FBI review. When he tried to board his Pakistan-bound O’Hare flight Oct. 3, the FBI arrested him.

Headley, 49, then confessed to agents about the plot, authorities said. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the United States and one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the alleged overseas terrorism conspiracy.

Rana, 48, a native of Pakistan and a Canadian citizen, was arrested Oct. 18 at his West Rogers Park home. He was charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorism conspiracy that involved Headley.

In October 2008, Headley used his birth name, Daood Gilani —which he changed in 2006 to avoid suspicion while traveling — when posting a message to a Yahoo group called “abdalians,” authorities said.

“Everything is not a joke . . . We are not rehearsing a skit on Saturday Night Live,” Headley said in the posting. “Call me old-fashioned, but I feel disposed towards violence for the offending parties.”

Headley began his surveillance of targets in Denmark in 2008 and visited two of the newspaper’s offices in January under the pretense of taking out an ad for a new business, authorities said.

Headley told agents the plot recently focused on Westergaard and the paper’s cultural editor, Flemming Rose, “whom Headley felt were directly responsible for the cartoons,” the criminal complaint states.

He also allegedly told agents he was trained by a terrorist organization called Lashkar-e-Taiba, according to his criminal complaint.

Authorities say Headley reported to Ilyas Kashmiri, the operational chief of what the FBI describes as a Pakistani-based terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida, according to the complaint. Headley was headed to Pakistan to report to Kashmiri when the FBI foiled his plans, according to charges.

When he was arrested, FBI agents found a memory stick on him that contained 10 surveillance videos, including footage of the newspaper office and Danish military barracks, the complaint said.

Westergaard was told Tuesday of the alleged plot to kill him.

“I feel confident and safe in my private life,” Westergaard said. “I’m angry because I have to live with threats, just because I have done my job. PET [police intelligence] has advised me to keep a low profile and don’t give statements. I will follow that, but I’m allowed to say that I’m angry.”

Rana owns several businesses, including First World Immigration Services, which has offices on Devon Avenue in Chicago, New York and Toronto, as well as a meat-processing plant in Downstate Kinsman. That plant is used to slaughter goats and sheep per Muslim religious requirements.

Extensive means were used to carry out a search warrant of the plant earlier this month. Witnesses said about 100 agents were on the scene. Helicopters, trucks and SUVs could be seen in front of the building during the raid.

Rana’s attorney asked the community to reserve judgment.

“Mr. Rana is a well-respected businessman in the Chicagoland community. He adamantly denies the charges and eagerly awaits his opportunity to contest them in court and to clear his and his family’s name,” said attorney Patrick Blegen. “We would ask that the community respect the fact that these are merely allegations and not proof.”

Contributing: Mary Wisniewski, Mark Konkol, Nancy Stuenkel
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Chicago terror suspect a heroin smuggler, video store owner
via Terrorism suspect a heroin smuggler with striking eyes :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime.

The American citizen at the center of the terrorism case announced today in Chicago was a heroin smuggler with striking eyes, according to court records and interviews.

Daood Saleem Gilani, who changed his name to David Coleman Headley, is accused of conspiring with another man to plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.

One of Headley’s cousins, Farid Gilani of Philadelphia, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he spoke to Headley over the phone about a month ago.

“He was supposed to come visit me, but he never came,” Farid Gilani said. “He said ‘I am going back home to Pakistan.’ ”

Farid Gilani, as well as law enforcement authorities who prosecuted Headley for heroin smuggling in the 1990s, both described his striking eyes: one blue and one brownish-green.

“They were piercing,” a law enforcement official said.

Farid Gilani said his cousin owned video stores in Philadelphia and New York. Farid Gilani worked at one of them in Manhattan as a manager.

Last year, Farid Gilani was arrested for overcharging customers’ credit cards and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to probation and restitution.

“I am still paying back my restitution,” he said.

The stores — called Flik’s Video to Go — have closed, he said.


Farid Gilani said he did not have any indication that his cousin was plotting anything nefarious overseas.

“But I have not seen him in four or five years,” he said. “People change a lot. I don’t know.”

In 1997, Headley was charged in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., with importing heroin into the United States. He was charged under his original name, Daood Saleem Gilani.

Headley was living in New York at the time, records show. He was traveling to Pakistan and bringing heroin back, a law enforcement source said.

Headley was sentenced to a 15-month prison term, records show.

Headley had family members in Pakistan. In 1999, during his parole, the judge allowed him to travel to Pakistan, court records show.

Allegedly told FBI he proposed scaling back his plans:

But prosecutors contend Headley told agents that he’d proposed scaling back the operation from an attack on the entire newspaper building to killing the paper’s cultural editor and a cartoonist.

Denmark expects more arrests in anti-terror plot

We can’t rule out that more persons will be arrested and prosecuted for the planning of terrorist attacks in Denmark – Jakob Scharf, the head of the Danish Security and Intelligence service, told reporters in Copenhagen.
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Would the guys have been arrested in US if they werent going to Copenhagen? To me it seems like they overreached by going after Denmark and hence got arrested.

While its true they had Mumbai linkages etc they were apprehended to prevent a strike on Denmark. We need to keep this in mind while listening to platititudes about cooperation on terrorism etc. they were under surveillance since Dec 2008. Was India ever informed about this at all? Fat chance.

Bet a dollar to donut hole he wont be extradiated to India.
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shravan wrote:Headley used Rahul as cover for 26/11 recce
Police sources claim a lawyer-turned-politician has been calling up senior officers every day and asking them to not pressure Rahul.
Who is this Politician ?
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shravan wrote:
shravan wrote:Headley used Rahul as cover for 26/11 recce
Police sources claim a lawyer-turned-politician has been calling up senior officers every day and asking them to not pressure Rahul.
Who is this Politician ?

Sounds like Ram Jethmalani
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What on earth is the Vaishnava Center of Enlightenment? It keeps popping up. Looks like a front to gain credibility. Crpto like behaviour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnava_ ... ightenment

The centre has worked on issues such as:

Urging Congress to support civil liberties [1][2]
Ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan [3].
Meeting the demands of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and halting the construction of the Maheshwar and Narmada dam projects [4][5],
Promoting harmony and dialogue between Hindus Muslims , as well as opposing communalism and human rights violations[6][7][8].
The center opposed allegedly revisionist edits proposed by two Hindu organizations in California's textbook curriculum (see Californian Hindu textbook controversy), and has been active in interfaith dialogue [9].

The Vaishnava Center was awarded the Bahadur Shah Zafar Award For Promoting Pluralism and Communal Harmony in India by the Indian Muslim Council-USA in 2004.[10]

Shrikumar Poddar was one of three founding trustees of the Bharatiya Temple of Lansing[11], who established the temple as a non-profit organization in January 1982.
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Jarita wrote:
shravan wrote: Police sources claim a lawyer-turned-politician has been calling up senior officers every day and asking them to not pressure Rahul

Sounds like Ram Jethmalani
there are many lawyer politicians in India, sibal for example.
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