Monday, January 5, 2009

India gives Pakistan evidence over Mumbai attacks


India on Monday handed to Pakistan what it said was evidence linking the country to the Islamic militants who attacked Mumbai in November, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said (AFP/File/Rouf Bhat).
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NEW DELHI – India handed Pakistan detailed evidence on the Mumbai attacks on Monday that included information on interrogations, weapons, and data gleaned from satellite phones that officials said proved Pakistani "elements" were behind the deadly siege.

Indian authorities said the evidence shows that Pakistan-based militants plotted and executed the attacks, but a top diplomat said the gunmen may also have had ties to Pakistani authorities.

"Its hard to believe that something of this scale ... could occur without anybody, anywhere in the establishment knowing that this was happening," India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told reporters in New Delhi on Monday. More>>

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