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Dawood provided logistics to militants in Mumbai

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Posted: Nov 29, 2008 at 1901 hrs IST
Mumbai attack

Mumbai Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's henchman, suspected to be a Colaba-based businessman, handed over arms and explosives to Lashkar-e-Toiba militants for carrying out attacks in Mumbai, in what is emerging as the first major joint operation by the Karachi-based gangster and the banned outfit, official sources said.

Ajmal Amin, the only militant arrested during the operation, told interrogators that the dozen ultras who sailed from Karachi had come to Sasool dock from where they were taken first to Cuff Parade and later to Gateway of India in boats arranged by a front man of Dawood, who runs several custom clearing houses in Mumbai, the sources claimed.

Mumbai police and central security agencies have launched a massive manhunt for the businessman considered as a henchman of Dawood, who has been listed as Global Terrorist having links to al-Qaeda by the United States.

The suspect looks after some customs clearing mechanism and also indulges in diesel smuggling for the underworld don, the sources claimed.

After getting into waiting boats arranged by Dawood's gang in Mumbai, arms, ammunition and plastic explosives were quickly transferred to the waiting boats that took the terrorists to the Gateway of India which was had been marked as launching pad for the terror strike, the first of its kind in the country terrorism history.

The Intelligence agencies had sent a warning note to Coast Guard to keep a watch for an unidentified Pakistani trawler sailing from Karachi port which may enter into Indian waters. While the coast guard was looking for a Pakistani or unidentified vessel, the terrorists hijacked Indian fishing trawler ‘MV Kuber’ killing its crew and entered the Mumbai seas.

The Coast Guard captured the abandoned vessel which had a Global Positioning System as it was was drifting nearly four nautical miles off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday morning, several hours after the terrorists struck.

The terrorist claimed during interrogation that they had even planned to leave Mumbai back for Karachi, if luck favoured them, the sources said.

This solves the mystery of Global Positioning System instrument located from MV Kuber which was fed with a return map to Karachi, the sources said.

The underworld don's men had also provided a complete pictures of the two hotels and the Chhabad House, which houses the Israelis.

Meanwhile, investigators were going through the call data details downloaded from the satellite phone also recovered from the abandoned trawler.

It revealed numbers that have been traced back to the LeT's ‘chief of operations’, Muzamil.

The terrorists had been in constant touch with their masters across the border and some of the communications have been intercepted by both the army as well as the elite National Security Guards.

The militant said Taj and Trident-Oberoi were selected because the two hotels have a large clientele of Britishers and US citizens besides that a large number of Israeli businessmen had come to Trident for attending a diamond exhibition, the sources said.

The militants were also asked by their ‘masters’ to engage security personnel in negotiation besides throwing grenades.

The two militants holed up in Nariman House had made attempts to hold talks on two occasions, the sources said.

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raw behind mumbai drama by rahul on 19 Dec 2008

indian intelligence agency raw is behind the terrorist attacks on mumbai.there is no doubt about that fact it is a bloody drama staged by the indian intelligence agency

INSIDE TERROR INVITES OUSIDE TERROR by MESSENGER on 30 Nov 2008

I HOPE THAT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT WILL ARREST ALL THE GOODAS AND THE UNDERWORLD AGENTS FOR TERRORISAM, AND ALSO THOSE PARTIES WHO WANT TO DISRUPT THE FABRIC OF INDIA BY KILLING CHRISTIAN MINORITIIES IN THE NAME OF CULTURE PROTECTION, AS WE NOW KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALL UNDER THE LSIT OF TERRORISAM. TERROR STARTED IN BIHAR AND ORRISA AND POURED IN TO MUMBAI. THE MAIN AUDIENCE ARE IN DELHI TRYING TO MAKE POLITICAL SHIFT FOR POWER.INSIDE TERROR GOUPS CAN BRING OUTSIDE CO-OPERATION FOR LARGE VERSION OF TERROR.THANKS FOR NOW. PLEASE POST THIS MESSAGE.

fbi/cia terrorists by geral on 30 Nov 2008

I call for a new Nuremberg Trial to hold individuals of the FBI, CIA, former presidents of the United States of America, members of Congress, Judges, etc. responsible for crimes against Humanity and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Consistent with the rules of the International Military Tribunal a crime against Humanity is defined as:"Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population, before or during...war; or persecution on political, racial, or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetrated."

please think over it by Shahzad Ahmed on 30 Nov 2008

To all indians and pakistanis, its not a war of nations, its a war b/w govts. Intelli. agencis and armies. i dont want war neither does any other indian or pakistani. ISI and RAW both r involved terror activites in each other country. RAW backed Mukti Bahni to divide Pakistan into 2 in 1971. ISI supported Khalistan moment, RAW supporting sepretest moment in Balochistan using BLA, ISI using ULFA in Asam. May be RAW plotted Marriot Blast in Islamabad and ISI took a revange in Mumbai. Bottom line, both sides should stop now killing ordinary ppl like u n me. Our ppl need food, shelter, quality life like developed countries. Both countries should cut their militry expenses and stop harrasment to their ppl against other country. I want peace and expect the same from all indians and pakistani. our govts. must stop fooling us on war games and spend our tax money where it deserves the most, earthquake victims in pakistan and flood victims in india.. please think over it

Shemeless Guys by aravind on 29 Nov 2008

Whats wrong with some of the shameless MumbaitesIt's well documneted that Dawood gang responsible for the blast, but still you have so many Mumbaities having contacts with D gang from 93. How come Dawood daugther is allowed to live a nice life in UK

Congress the real Terrorits by Suresh Kumar on 29 Nov 2008

People like our Home Minister Shivraj Patil are nothing but a poison to this country, utterly Useless and without any grit he and his congress government have become a 'SHAP' for India, by abolishing strict anti-terror lawa just to gather a few more minority votes. His very face tells, how unconcerned he is, reports of him changing his dress3/4 times on the day of Delhi blasts to give interviews is not only sick but speaks volumes about Congress Inefficiency - WHAT WILL INDIA NOW SEE IS SAME TAMASAH REPEAT AGAIN1. SONIA AND HER HENCHMEN 'CONDEMN' THE ATTACKS2. GOVT WILL STRICTLY 'PUNISH'3. AWARS EX-GRATIA TO VICTIM FAMILIESand then they all retreat into their Z security in Delhi. I am sick of Congress party- which has brought his war to our door steps. People wake up! Wake Up! and save yourselves

ANGRY by Ashwin on 29 Nov 2008

WHEN WILL WE CAPTURE THIS TRAITOR! WHEN WILL HE FACE JUSTICE? wHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING?ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW WHERE IN PAKISTAN HE IS, FORGET GoI, even India today ran an article detailing this scuymbag's exploits in pakistan.

pakistan a mess by vinod on 29 Nov 2008

Pakistan is the hot bed of terrorist activites, the whole world is suffering because of one county,,,,its a messs....pakistanis should wake up or else they will go to the dumps one day

First act ,,,,remove the security of politicians by S.A.Alagarsamy on 29 Nov 2008

we boast to say we entered MOOn but failed to capture thee arrival or even no action was taken to see what is a serious threat from outside country. weknow well parliament was attacked..Ahemedabad was attacked.. so Mr Mk. Narayanan must tell us what wentr wrong. why we are not enacting POTA like Acts ?It is a big shame to see politicians are given top security covers...often our NSG commandos are wasted...Congress is useless ..still keeping,,docile men on the serious job.I just pray when will India get a good politicians>>? India is our country .Tagore had a dream Nehru had a dream and Youth of India are dreaming daily ,,,so kill the criminals...devise deadly rules.

Real Muslims raise by Mani on 29 Nov 2008

Real muslimes raise!! You do not want these Thugs to be your spokesperson!!!

Anurag Kashyap's insight needed by Kumar on 29 Nov 2008

TIme for Kashyap Anurag to make another movie to understand Dawood Ibrahim.

Time for Tough stance by Hello World on 29 Nov 2008

Enough diplomacy. Time to get stern. The policy should now be: Pakistan - clear out fundamentalists, or we'll do it for you. Within a month.

TIME TO MAN UP by RedStickGuy on 29 Nov 2008

It's time for our govt. to man up and mandate an overhaul of the intelligence community. Obviously someone (don't care if it is Pakistan) threw then a doozie and they totally let it by into India. It's impossible to catch all the elements of the plan...but no whiff of this master plan.....What would the US have done if an attack of this scale took place on their soil? This is an act of war. We need to stamp it out NOW before this becomes a monthly/weekly happening. I am glad to see PM Singh point a finger at Pak....put blame where it is due. Pak Govt. might not even be aware of these sorts of things...they dont want their arm twisted by US when their Financial situation is so dire! This was probably an ISI

indo-pak fight against terrorism by sm aurora on 29 Nov 2008

Can't we capture all dawood links including custom clearing agents working for him and use al our resources to get him from his hideouts wel known to our intelligentia . The new agreement with Pak govt. must help us control this mafia

Dawood provided.. by js on 29 Nov 2008

Salutes to the gallant NSG,MARCOS,IAF and Mah Police.And Thanks to them on behalf of the Aam Aadmi.Now that the worst is over, some questions will need answers and if there are no answers,the powers that be have to come to terms with in future.NSG said that their officers and men had little or no idea of the topography of TAJ and oberoi hotels.Fine.But what efforts were made to manage the floor plans from hotel managements.Bombay house is five minutes walk from TAJ and Oberoi Delhi could have faxed and emailed the plans of their Nariman pt Hotels.How long would it have taken to get night vision goggles from Army sources or even from Israel.May be a few hours.And nSG would have finished the job at least 18 to 24 hours earlier.Are we trying to prove that we are a 21st Century power with a third world attitude and mentality?

impotent leader by chintan on 29 Nov 2008

we see moral crisis, statement from polticians reflects their impotency, lack of vision, honesty and love for nation. we need powerful leader, who can speak truth and fight this jehadis.

tit for tat by rajesh on 29 Nov 2008

find the businessman and tie him in any square and daily just cut one part of his body. let him feel the pain he has inflicted on us.

We all are responsible by Jay on 29 Nov 2008

All such soul searching starts after such ghastly incidents. In reality, we ALL forget about our own responsibilities and start blaming politicians, police etc. How many of us do our own duties? How many of us oppose crime and corruption, leave alone not doing those ourselves? All these politicians, police, doctors, lawyers whom we routinely blame for our misfortune, come from the same pool of people. In reality majority of us are coward, selfish and only know our rights but oblivious about our responsibilities. We prefer to play safe till we ourselves are affected. This is the price we must pay for doing that. Don’t blame others, look into yourself.

dawood by hindu on 29 Nov 2008

abu asim azmi is the man he might have fled the country by now

Permanent Solution to India's woes by Raj on 29 Nov 2008

Sir,I would like to ask only one question to the Indian government. Don't they have guts to eliminate Dawood in Pakistan? I think now is the time to take action.

Bombay s Ordeal by B M LALL on 29 Nov 2008

The 60 hours ordeal which Bombay faced is due to the following factors:- Involvement of Pakistan s ISI can not be ruled out as is evident from the confession of the arrested Terrorist. Secondly involvement of Dawwod

We need Modi in every state by kk on 29 Nov 2008

We spend so much time in figuring out which branch of terrorist org was responsible for the blast. Let's face it. They all have support of Pakistan. They are also facing similar attacks on their soil, killing their own muslim brothers and sisters, bombing their own mosques. We need Narendra Modi in every state to keep these %%

Modi in every state by Rajesh on 29 Nov 2008

Poor KK, I feel sorry for you. The boats were kidnapped from Modi's state. It is true Muslims are killing other Muslims and non-Muslims. At the same time it is also true that RSS and its babies are killing other Indians who dis-agree with RSS philosophy. If your wish of having a Modi in every state is realized, ISI will have no job left. Modis are not any worse than ISI.

THANK YOU DAWOOD BHAI FOR AVENGING HINDU TERRORISM by HEMANT KARKARE on 29 Nov 2008

THANK YOU FOR AVENGING THE BLASTS BY HINDUS ALL OVER INDIA, FOR BLASTS TARGETED AGAINST MUSLIMS, FOR TORTURE BY POLICE WHO SHOT AT PROTESTORS, FOR ATTACK AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN ORISSA, FOR BIASED JUSTICE IN INDIA, FOR BLOODY TERRORIST POLITICIANS. FOR AVENGING THE THIRD DEGREE OF TORTURE TO HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT YOUTHS IN HYDERABAD. THANK YOU SHEIKH DAWOOD IBRAHIM.

mumbai by Jyoti on 01 Dec 2008

Dont SHIT at honoured places and please keep your wicked soul away from that honourable and adored name.

You Seem to be one of those terrorists. by Addul Rehman on 30 Nov 2008

You Seem to be one of those terrorists.

Dawood by Kamlesh Kothari on 29 Nov 2008

We need to move from India all muslims to J

try being brave for once.. by rakesh shukla on 29 Nov 2008

if you are so brave, try using your real name, don hide behind a hindu name, just the rest of you guys, cowards, come out in the open and fight if you think your cause is just...you miserable cowards

sad but these thing do happened in India by Ram Krishan on 29 Nov 2008

sad but these thing do happened in India.why a gangstor become against th country we know because of VHP,BJP sin of destroying babri mosque

F....... Muslim's by Prophet Mohammed on 29 Nov 2008

Put the gangajal on Mecca and make an end to this cult.......

Tackle Terror Effectively by Ajay on 29 Nov 2008

As for ways to counter terrorism, the first step will be to give free hand to state police departments. Let them be proactive and raid all the places such as Madarassas, Mandir's, Churches and Gurudwars's to flush out terrorist taking shelters there. Also, raid the areas notorious for harbouring Dawoods henchman in the city and costline of Maharashtra and Gujrath. It is not possible to carry out this kind of operation without support from likes of Dawood Ibrahim. Police should blankly ignore politician's call of not targeting this community or that community. We always hear clarion calls from UPA leadership to not targeting Muslim community, I say nobody should be spared. If not terrorist I am sure police will find many illegal suspected Banladeshi's in these raids. Instead of putting them in jail, profile them and send them to forced hard labour camps and make them work there until somebody comes and vouch them with their legality, if not let them die their doing hard labour.

Take action to apprehend Dawood Ibrahim by A.NATARAJAN on 29 Nov 2008

Dawood Ibrahim is now in Pakistan and running his network from there. Pakistan is denying this and not handing over this dreaded criminal to India, which itself proves its evil design to create disturbance in India. They have for a while forgotten that breeding these dangerous creatures is not conducive to them as well. If at all, Mr Zardari has any straight forwardness, let him take steps to hand over this Dawood to India and all cases from Mumbai serial blast will come to an end automatically. By proper interrogation, even his links with other terror outfils will come to light, which will only lead for peace in Asian countries, including Pakistan. Atleast, to prove that Pakistan is not behind this crime, Zardari should do this. Shall we expect this. If the same is not forthcoming, India has got no choice other than taking all possible actions, including military action, against Pakistan, for which the Government of Pakistan only has to be blamed.

No let him stay in PAK by shankar veerashetty on 29 Nov 2008

please dont suggest he brought back to India to only stay in the indian prision eating mutton biryani like the other gadddam guys. Let him stay there and die there; Not in india as I dont want to waste a single cent of indians tax payer money on that bastard muslim

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