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Cash from pilgrims used to finance 26/11: WikiLeaks

Monday, 06 December 2010, 01:53 Hrs | 3 Comments

Cash from pilgrims used to finance 26/11: WikiLeaks

London: Militants often use the annual Haj pilgrimage for laundering money and cash from pilgrims was used to finance the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, a confidential U.S. embassy cable published by whistle-blower websitse WikiLeaks says.

A Sky News report cites the New York Times as detailing a long list of possible methods terrorists might have been using to fund their activities. One memo claims militants often used the annual Haj pilgrimage for laundering money and cash from pilgrims was used to finance the Mumbai bombings.

Other documents have claimed the U.S. believes donors from Saudi Ararbia are "the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide". A memo sent by the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in December 2009 referred to the kingdom as a "cash machine" for Al Qaeda.

Other countries in the region have also come under fire.

In the leaked cables, the United Arab Emirates is described as having a "strategic gap" that terrorists could exploit, Qatar is seen as "the worst in the region" on counter-terrorism and Kuwait is labelled "a key transit point".

Some confidential cables listed a few infrastructure facilites in the world as "critical" for U.S. security, if attacked by terrorists.

The document details hundreds of pipelines, cables and industrial sites around the world that America deems crucial to securing its interests. Loss of those locations could "critically impact" U.S. security.

According to the secret cable, U.S. embassies were instructed to update a list of key sites in their countries which would "critically impact the public health, economic security and/or national and homeland security of the United States" if they were lost.

The U.S. State Department has condemned the leak of the locations - many of which are in Britain - as "irresponsible", claiming it threatens U.S. national security.
Source: IANS

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1: These kinds of details should come from Indian govt not from a 3rd party company like wikileaks. Where is Indian intelligence services? DO they just sleep on tax payers money?

BTW. what is India doing after knowing the fact that US tried to save the terrorist responsible for 26-11?

Posted by:Abhi - 06 Dec, 2010

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Cash from pilgrims used to finance 26/11 IS NOT MENTIONED IN wikileaks. Its mentioned that the money given in charity is indirectly usd for terror groups. So reporting and headlines of any news should make sense....

Azad Replied to: Abhi - 06 Dec, 2010

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Probably the govt is trying to form a committee which can form a sub committee which will recommend a probe into the matter to verify if the matter was true and then seek permission to offer recommendations on the actions to be taken and so on so forth till the news is stale..

sad Indian Replied to: Abhi - 06 Dec, 2010

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