David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American, who once frequented India incognito to conduct surverys on behalf of LeT(Lashkar-e-Taiba) across the nerve-centres of India to make it easy for the dreaded militant organisation to strike mortal blows by its recruits at present is relaxing in an American prison as the prize for acting as a double-agent simultaneously enacting double-roles both for America and Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the prominent terror organisations of Pakistan.
In his 'former birth' he was a Pakistani named Dawood Geelani born in Pakistan and upon entering maturity he flew to US and christened himself as David Coleman Headley. Whether baptism into Christianity was solemnized by any of the Christian Missions in America remains anybody's guess.
David Geelani alias David Coleman Headley flew to US with the deadly venom of fanaticism in his fang, he turned a willing serpent, a venomous serpent in the hands of both US and Pak based terror outfit. If he had confined himself to serve US Intelligence Agencies he could have roamed freely but no, he was primarily a Pak agent and his service to American Intelligence Agencies a secondary one and hence his relaxation inside an American prison.
India's repeated requests and demands for his extradition for indepth questioning were turned down by Uncle Sam as it had certainly apprehended that in the event of such an eventuality many a skeleton would tumble out of its cup-boards and it was quite unthinkable for that nation. Moreover David Coleman Headley's request to US authorities not to extradite him to India if the authorities were to heed his request he would turn approver and accordingly made it clear to the US authorites he was ready to spill the beans and the very assurance was music to their ears. His appeal got approved and India's repeated requests and demands (?) fell on deaf ears. When the requests and demands continue to nag US authorities, at last they agreed to let Indian authorities if they were that particular, okay let they visit US and go on with their questioning of Mr.Headley. Headley was already agreeable to it and Indian authorities were more than satisifed even music to the ears of some of them.
David Coleman Headly was a dreaded militant, a Muslim fanatic right from his early days annd he had many a thing to settle with the enemies. And to accomplish his mission he put on the garment of the double-agent but his heart always went out for his absurd religious beliefs. Absurd in the sense that his beliefs had nothing to do with true Islam and were not based on the holy teachings of Quran.
He travelled around the world in the guise of a tourist he was paid for it, visited potential targets to conduct surveys and India being one of them he visited India not once but several times made friends with many resided in posh hotels like Taj, Oberon-Trident etc - surveys and enjoyment simultaneoulsy.
One of his targets was Denmark where Jyllands-Posten a newspaper establishment his focal point of wrath and vengeance ever since its staff cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard published a cartoon of Holy Prophet which as per the beilefs of Islamic teachings was 'blasphemy'. But the media establishment stuck to its decision and it even refused to tender an apology to the Islamic clerics instead vowed to go on with publishing cartoons of Holy Prophet in future also. Their vows, as per the beliefs of Islamic clerics were tantamount to arrogance and David Coleman Headly 'the Islamist' decided once and for all to wreak vengeance on the establishment and its staff cartoonist. With that purpose in mind he flew to Denmark made necessary surveys and returned to US and upon his arrival the air-port authorites got suspicious of him and in the subsequent questioning he stumbled and had to lay bare to his whereabouts and plans and that's that. He was put behind bars, grilling followed and one by one like a parrot spilt the beans to the shock of authorities. The man sitting before them was indeed a prize catch.
In came his indirect involvement in 26/11 Mumbai carnage by ten LeT militants from Pakistan who held entire Mumbai hostage for three days resulting in the blood-chilling massacre of more than 160 innocents and massive destruction of properties by bombardments, grenade attacks and firings.
Headly married to three women one based in Morocco, the third one Faisa from Pakistan and about the second one and her country, (may be America) no idea. In the four hour grilling India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) at a prison in Chicago forced Headly to reveal more. One Pakistan's Intelligence Agency, Inter Services Intelligence Agency's active involvement in the 26/11 incident and Headly's association with one of its 'Colonels' Kamran and two 'Lt. Generals'. That he was paid handsomely and to boost Lashkar-e-Taiba's sagging morale its active participation in striking a mortal blow at an important landmark in India, Headly chose Mumbai first, natural, at a time when many anti-Pak militant organisations in its own soil, like Tehreek-E-Taliban were mushrooming. LET's declining growth in Pakistan led to its splits into many units some of them turned to widen bases in other countries all the behind the scene secrets came out into the open.
Of late it has been made public that which is a shocking news to many across the world that Headly's Morrocoan wife and Pakistan wife on being aware of it conveyed his plans to the US Intelligence agency and Pakistan Intelligence agency ultimately drawing a blank.
His Pak wife Faisa's warningto Pak Intelligence Agency was responded by it by a 'get lost' response.
There is a prize for playing the role of a double-agent and Headly being awarded the prize already by the Super Power, India needs to be more cautious, more and more cautious.
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