Trial took 26/11 plot to doorstep of Pak govt: US paper
CHICAGO: Describing
Tahawwur Rana's trial as "one of the most significant" terror cases in
the US, the American media on Friday widely covered his conviction on
charges that he aided the Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT) and plotted a strike in Denmark, while noting that he was acquitted of involvement in "India's 9/11".
It said that the 50-year-old Pakistani-Canadian was acquitted in the "most serious charge" that he aided co-accused David Headley in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
"Rana's trial included far-reaching testimony by Headley about the plotters' links to the Inter-Services Directorate, the Pakistani government's intelligence office, known as the ISI," The Chicago Tribune said in a front-page report, calling the trial "one of the most significant terror cases ever tried" here.
It noted that Headley has testified that one of his co-conspirators was a member of the ISI, bringing the Mumbai terror plot to the doorstep of the Pakistani government.
It also pointed out that just weeks before Headley's testimony, Osama bin Laden was hunted down by American forces and killed while he was hiding in Pakistan, highlighting questions about that country's commitment to helping the US fight terrorism.
The Chicago Sun-Times described the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai as "India's 9/11". "It was India's 9/11," the paper said.
"And Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana was among those ultimately responsible for the flurry of bullets and grenades that showered over Mumbai," it quoted the prosecutors as saying. "But on Thursday, a federal jury acquitted Rana of aiding in the 2008 attacks that claimed the lives of over 160 people," the paper noted.
It said that the 50-year-old Pakistani-Canadian was acquitted in the "most serious charge" that he aided co-accused David Headley in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
"Rana's trial included far-reaching testimony by Headley about the plotters' links to the Inter-Services Directorate, the Pakistani government's intelligence office, known as the ISI," The Chicago Tribune said in a front-page report, calling the trial "one of the most significant terror cases ever tried" here.
It noted that Headley has testified that one of his co-conspirators was a member of the ISI, bringing the Mumbai terror plot to the doorstep of the Pakistani government.
It also pointed out that just weeks before Headley's testimony, Osama bin Laden was hunted down by American forces and killed while he was hiding in Pakistan, highlighting questions about that country's commitment to helping the US fight terrorism.
The Chicago Sun-Times described the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai as "India's 9/11". "It was India's 9/11," the paper said.
"And Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana was among those ultimately responsible for the flurry of bullets and grenades that showered over Mumbai," it quoted the prosecutors as saying. "But on Thursday, a federal jury acquitted Rana of aiding in the 2008 attacks that claimed the lives of over 160 people," the paper noted.
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