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Pakistan frees mastermind of Mumbai jihad massacre

Apr 12, 2015 7:28 pm By Robert Spencer

Zakiur Rehman LakhviYet again Pakistan shows that it is no friend or ally of the United States, but is a supporter of the global jihad. But American authorities, determined to ignore and deny the nature and magnitude of that jihad, keep forking over the billions nonetheless.

“Alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead leaves Pakistan jail,” FoxNews.com, April 10, 2015:

Indian leaders are strongly protesting a Pakistan court’s Friday release of the suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people dead.

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, 55, said to be the operations chief for Lashkar-e-Taiba—the terror group blamed for the deadly attacks—was released on a court order that he be free pending trial, his lawyer, Rizwan Abbasi,said.

As Lakhvi was freed from an Islamabad jail, an Indian envoy met the Pakistan foreign secretary in the city to protest his release, the Times of India reported.

The Indian envoy told Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry that Lakhvi’s release has reinforced the perception that Pakistan has a dual policy on dealing with terrorists.

“Our high commissioner has registered our strong concerns with the foreign secretary of Pakistan at the release of a principal accused in the Mumbai terrorist attack of 2008,” the external affairs ministry spokesperson said.

India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh expressed India’s frustration with the decision, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

“India wants talks with Pakistan but the present development is unfortunate and disappointing,” Singh told reporters in Lucknow, the capital of India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

On Thursday, when the court ordered Lakhvi’s release for a second time, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said that the failure to effectively prosecute “known terrorists” is a “real security threat for India and the world.

U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said U.S. officials were “gravely concerned” about Lakhvi’s release and considering what steps to take next to encourage Pakistan to bring the suspected terrorists to justice.

France also backed India’s concerns, with President Francois Hollande calling Lakhvi’s release ‘shocking’.

A Pakistani court first ordered Lakhvi’s release on March 13, after Abbasi launched a legal battle claiming Lakhvi was being unlawfully held. But he remained in detention amid mounting pressure on Pakistan to more actively confront Islamic militants. He was ordered released for a second time on Thursday.

He still faces terrorism charges over the Mumbai attacks but the trial has not yet started.

“This is a triumph for law and justice,” Abbasi said.

It’s unclear if Lakhvi is banned from leaving Pakistan but Abbasi says he has to appear in court for his trial. His Pakistani passport was earlier deposited with the court authorities.

Lakhvi, who was first granted bail last December, is one of seven suspects on trial in Pakistan in connection with the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. He was arrested in 2009 and had been in detention since then — until Friday.

India has repeatedly urged Pakistan to more actively pursue the case, and Pakistan faced renewed pressure following the Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar in December, which left more than 140 people dead, mainly schoolchildren.

Lashkar-e-Taiba is an organization founded by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who now heads a charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa, or JuD, which denies any links to the militant group….

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  1. Ricky Black says

    Apr 12, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    Can you say DRONE STRIKE?

    • Bamaguje says

      Apr 13, 2015 at 3:34 am

      Indeed India should assassinate the Jihadist bastard.

  2. CogitoErgoSum says

    Apr 12, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Oh sure, the mastermind of a terrorist attack in which 166 people were murdered goes free while Asia Bibi still suffers in prison over a cup of water. Why does the U.S. still keep giving aid to such a government? Pakistan is no ally to us. To them men like Zakiur Lakhvi are heroes and we, the “infidels,” are just like Asia, good only for persecuting, paying the jizya tax or, best of all to them, killing.

    • Brian Hoff says

      Apr 12, 2015 at 10:04 pm

      India set free than murder of muslim so untril India can put on trial they PM for murder of 20,000 muslim when he was ahead of that petty state in India where you can murder muslim and get away with it.

      • Jay Airahs says

        Apr 12, 2015 at 10:26 pm

        Brian,
        That grievance mongering would be far more effective if it were actually based on truth.

        • BC says

          Apr 13, 2015 at 9:28 am

          Even better if it was written in coherent English

      • Joseph says

        Apr 12, 2015 at 10:28 pm

        @ Brian Hoff
        And just how much have you had to drink or smoke today Brian??

        • Hansel says

          Apr 13, 2015 at 12:37 am

          Brian is a Moron.. so is obama n hillary..
          pakistan is and has always been aiding terrorists just like iran…
          pakistan is using US aid to finance the jihadis.. good job on the US govt to increase aid.. for funding terrorists.. n then u scratch ur head as to why they wanna blow up the US..

      • brenrod says

        Apr 13, 2015 at 10:18 am

        Brian Hoff is probably a fake user name as many honor killer trolls take on false identities

        • Brian Hoff says

          Apr 13, 2015 at 3:12 pm

          I donot support honor killing. You support speading hater abour Islam and insulting the Prophet of Islam.

        • Joseph says

          Apr 13, 2015 at 9:36 pm

          Here is one for you Brian.
          Mohammed MHABF(may his anus bleed forever) REALLY liked to wash little boys dicks off with his mouth after he watched them #uck a goat.

    • RonaldB says

      Apr 13, 2015 at 9:10 am

      “Why does the U.S. still keep giving aid to such a government? ”

      There are actually two reasons for giving aid to the Pakistani government, assuming that the US officials don’t actually support the objectives of Lashkar e Taiba and the Taliban.

      1) The US wants Pakistan to allow conveys to Afghanistan through its territory;

      2) The US is afraid that without aid, the government of Pakistan would dissolve, and the many nuclear weapons stockpiled by Pakistan would fall into the hands of full-time terrorists. I should mention that the Pakistani nuclear weapons development program was god-fathered by Abdus Salaam, a member of the “peaceful” Ahmadiyya sect of Islam.

      • CogitoErgoSum says

        Apr 13, 2015 at 3:33 pm

        Yes, the U.S. pays Pakistan so they will allow convoys to Afghanistan through Pak territory. Reminds me of the tribute the U.S. paid in its early days to the Barbary pirate states so as to allow American ships safe passage across the Mediterranean.

  3. Joseph says

    Apr 12, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    Someone should tell this guy that the “bulls-eye” on his forehead is a little off center.
    Never mind, the sniper will make the correction.

  4. mortimer says

    Apr 12, 2015 at 11:19 pm

    Disgusting. The Pak military intelligence set up a safe home for Osama bin Laden right next to their military academy, thinking the Americans would look for him there.

    The Pak government is actually supporting terrorism against India.

    • RonaldB says

      Apr 13, 2015 at 9:17 am

      “The Pak government is actually supporting terrorism against India.”

      Actually, the Pakistani government has ALWAYS supported terrorism against India. It’s a primary strategy of theirs, since India whips Pakistan every time they have a conventional war.

      Of course, with Pakistan’s nuclear capability, India is much more constrained on acting on Pakistan’s provocations. This is the capability that Iran wants very badly to get, by the way. Once they have the nuclear bomb, they can overtly support terrorism in Israel, Egypt, the gulf states, Saudi Arabia, the US, and any place you care to name. They won’t even need to bother with any real deniability, just as Pakistan doesn’t put too much effort into public opposition to terrorism originating in their borders.

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 12, 2015 at 11:21 pm

    The Pak military intelligence set up a safe home for Osama bin Laden right next to their military academy, thinking the Americans WOULDN’T look for him there.

    The Pak duplicity has to have consequences such as the reduction of aid.

  6. Cartimandua says

    Apr 13, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    Anyone who has had and continues to have anything to do with Pakistan has a lot answer for. The Pakistani government has always been an enemy of the West.

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