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Publication: Rediff.com
Date: June 7, 2011
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-isi-gives-arms-to-kashmiri-terrorists-rana-to-fbi/20110607.htm
Rana also told the FBI the Headley was affiliated with both ISI and LeT and
also met Ilyas Kashmiri who was the leader of another terror group Harkat-ul-Jihad
Islami.
Rana told FBI that Headley had asked Major
Iqbal to help him in getting an honourable discharge from Pakistan army so
that he could visit the country for his business and personal purposes.
When asked why Headley was helping him, Rana
said it was because of their friendship.
He said attitude of Iqbal was not "professional"
as he talked about setting up of meat plants in Pakistan.
During the questioning, Rana also said it
was easy for him to visit India but impossible to go to Pakistan because he
was a Pakistan army deserter.
Rana also said in the video that Headley had
told him that although ISI knew that he was working for LeT, the terror group
was unaware of his links with the spy agency.
Rana told FBI that Headley had spent some
time with the LeT and received training from them during his contact with
the group for five or six years.
At the hearing of the terror trial, the defence
said employees at Rana's immigration offices in New York or Toronto did not
remember working with Headley. The employees Rehana and Kashif Khan -- among
others, take calls at the offices.
The defence called in a computer forensic
expert and an immigration attorney, but Rana waived his right to testify.
Closing arguments by the prosecution and defence
are scheduled for Tuesday.
