Posted on 09/21/2009 6:09:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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SNIPPET: "The Pakistani police have placed Hafiz Saeed, the founder and leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, under house arrest for the second time in less than a year.
Police have posted themselves outside Saeed's home in the Johar neighborhood of the eastern city of Lahore in Punjab province. The move came just days after police in Faisalbad registered charges against Saeed for preaching jihad and soliciting money for terrorist actions."
SNIPPET: "The placement of Saeed under house arrest follows the breakdown of negotiations between India and Pakistan after India accused Pakistan of failing to rein in known terrorists such as Saeed. Pakistan's interior minister also announced that seven of the main Lashkar-e-Taiba suspects involved in the Mumbai terror assault would be prosecuted.
Saeed is wanted by the Indian government for his involvement in the deadly terror assault on Mumbai in late November 2008 that killed more than 170 people and locked down the city for more than 60 hours. India has repeatedly presented evidence to Pakistan to aid in his prosecution, but the Pakistani government has continued to claim that the evidence is insufficient to call for the arrest and prosecution of Saeed.
The Pakistani government also placed Saeed under house arrest 10 months ago. In mid-December 2008, Saeed was placed under a loose house arrest after the United Nations Security Council declared the Jamaat-ud-Dawa both a terrorist entity and a front group for the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Saeed was released from house arrest on June 2, 2009, after a three-judge panel of the Lahore High Court said the Punjab provincial government and the federal government had failed to provide sufficient evidence to keep him in custody. The release of Saeed was celebrated in Pakistani jihadi circles and angered the Indians."
SNIPPET: "India's Army chief said Lashkar-e-Taiba still operates 40 to 50 camps in Kashmir and Pakistan.
Pakistan has never acted meaningfully against Lashkar-e-Taiba / Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Instead, the pattern has been to place Saeed under house arrest and claim to shut down the group's facilities, then later release Saeed and allow the reopening of the group's offices and camps."
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/09/lashkaretaiba_chief.php
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