ISI officers trained me, says Headley

Updated on: 14 June,2011 08:05 AM IST |
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The LeT operative told a Chicago court that he was trained over 'thousands' of sessions

The LeT operative told a Chicago court that he was trained over 'thousands' of sessions

Recon training
Headley, a Pakistani-American, was initially imparted training by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for conducting reconnaissance for Mumbai attacks but his handler Major Iqbal of ISI was dissatisfied with it, following which advanced training was given to him by Iqbal and several Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) of the spy agency.

"I had been consulting with or meeting with Major Iqbal, and he was discussing what Lashkar intended to use me for, which was surveillance. "He said that he wanted me to do something which he thought was more important, which was do intelligence work for the ISI at that time," Headley informed a Chicago court which was conducting the trial of co-accused Tahawwur Rana.

"He (Major Iqbal) looked at my notes that I had made from my LeT course, and he expressed dissatisfaction... it wasn't very good," Headley said in his testimony, a transcript of which was made available. The instructions in spying were then given by Major Iqbal and NCOs from the ISI. Headley knew that these officials were NCOs from the ISI as Major Iqbal would refer to them as sergeant or corporal or naik or lance naik."How long would you spend there (at the training) each day?" Headley was asked. "I went there hundreds ufffd scores of times," he replied.

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