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US charges three for 'India plot' US charges three for 'India plot'
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A leader of a Pakistani militant group, a former Pakistani army officer and a man from Chicago have been charged with plotting the 2008 Mumbai attacks. A Pakistani militant leader, a former Pakistani army officer and a man from Chicago have been charged in connection with the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Ilyas Kashmiri, Abdur Rehman and Tahawwur Rana were also charged for a plan to attack a Danish paper for its cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Militant chief Ilyas Kashmiri and ex-army officer Abdur Rehman were also charged with plotting to attack the offices of a Danish newspaper.
The decision to publish the cartoons sparked angry protests from Muslims in several countries. Neither has yet been arrested. Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana had already been charged with the newspaper plot.
The Mumbai attacks left 174 people, including nine gunmen, dead.The Mumbai attacks left 174 people, including nine gunmen, dead.
Last October, Tahawwur Rana and David Coleman Headley, both 49 and residents of Chicago, were arrested and charged with plotting overseas attacks, including on the Danish newspaper. All three men are accused of helping to lay the groundwork for the November 2008 attacks in the Indian city.
US prosecutors say the men were angry with the Danish paper's decision to publish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in 2006. Last October, Mr Rana was arrested and charged with plotting overseas attacks including one on the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten.
He was arrested with David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American accused of having helped identify targets for the Mumbai attacks and also of plotting to attack the newspaper.
On Thursday, extra charges in connection with the Danish newspaper plot and new charges relating to the Mumbai attacks were filed against Mr Rana.
The Jyllands-Posten's decision to publish a series of cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed in 2005 sparked angry and violent protests from Muslims in several countries.
Both men have denied the charges.Both men have denied the charges.
US prosecutors have now charged retired Pakistani army officer Abdur Rehman and Ilyas Kashmiri, a leader of the outlawed Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba with plotting the 2008 attacks in Mumbai. Neither man is in US custody. US prosecutors have now charged retired Pakistani army officer Abdur Rehman and Ilyas Kashmiri, a leader of an outlawed Pakistan-based militant group with plotting the 2008 attacks in Mumbai.
Abdur Rehman is believed to be living in Pakistan, while Ilyas Kashmiri is said to be living in the Pakistani tribal areas in Waziristan, reports say. Abdur Rehman is believed to be living in Pakistan, while Ilyas Kashmiri is said to be living in the Pakistani tribal areas in Waziristan.
Mr Rana, who officials say is a native of Pakistan and citizen of Canada, was arrested at his home on 18 October. Ilyas Kashmiri was reported to have been killed by an air strike in September 2009 - but reports since then have said he was alive.
He is alleged to have helped Mr Headley plan and finance the Mumbai attacks, and faces up to 15 years in jail. It is very difficult to confirm information from Pakistan's north-western tribal belt.
Mr Headley, a Pakistani-American, has been charged with six counts of conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim people in India and Denmark, to provide material support to foreign terrorist plots, and to provide material support to the Lashkar-e-Taiba group.
US prosecutors say Mr Headley travelled to Denmark twice to plan an attack on the Jyllands-Posten newspaper offices.
Mr Headley, who changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006, was arrested on 3 October as he was about to travel to Pakistan following a joint investigation by the FBI and the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (Pet).
The charge sheet alleges he also travelled to Pakistan to meet members of the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and also made contact with Harakat-ul Jihad Islami, a Pakistani-based group with links to al-Qaeda.