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...Movement On Mumbai Attacks In a leaked report from Pakistan's government about last November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, officials purportedly admitted that at least five of the 10 gunmen who killed more than 160 people during the three-day rampage were of Pakistani origin. Although investigators in Islamabad had previously confirmed that the lone surviving gunman (in Indian custody) is Pakistani, they had repeatedly denied that the others were from their country. The report, which was expected to be made public by Feb. 13, also says the plot was hatched via the Internet in Dubai and an unnamed...
...Some part of the conspiracy has taken place in Pakistan," Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik told reporters in Islamabad on Thursday, marking a significant climbdown for the government. Less than two weeks ago, one of Pakistan's most senior diplomats had claimed the opposite. Pakistani officials attribute the change to information turned up by the Federal Investigation Agency, Pakistan's equivalent of the FBI. Drawing on leads furnished last month by New Delhi, Malik laid out a narrative of events that largely concurs with the Indian version. (See pictures of Mumbai in recovery...
...Islamabad proclaims the steps as proof of its bona fides in cracking down on terrorism. "I think today's announcement reflects our seriousness in bringing the perpetrators to justice," Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, told TIME. "It is a testimony to what we've been saying, that we're serious about the investigation. What was given to us was fairly sketchy - but through our own investigations, we've been able to act. The Indian High Commissioner was called in today, and we handed in our investigation. We have shared it with our friends abroad, the European Union, China...
Emerging from his Islamabad mansion on Feb. 6, A. Q. Khan looked victorious; after five years of de facto house arrest, the Pakistani government declared that the nuclear scientist was being set free. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, Khan's life's work - which included a clandestine network that sold nuclear secrets to nations such as North Korea, Iran and Libya - is still holding the rest of the world hostage. And while Khan is viewed by many in Pakistan as a national hero for developing the country's nuclear weapons program, his rogue dealings have simultaneously helped advance...
...point, Khan was worth some $400 million. With his clandestine income, Khan became a multimillionaire who collected vintage cars and foreign properties. Outside his mansion in Islamabad, he had a jasmine bush trimmed into the shape of a mushroom cloud...