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US man denies Mumbai plot charge US man denies Mumbai plot charge
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A US man has pleaded not guilty to updated charges of involvement in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks. A man in the US has pleaded not guilty to a new set of charges in connection with the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, some of which carry the death penalty.
David Headley, a Pakistani-American, is accused of scouting out Mumbai before the assaults which left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American, is accused of identifying targets in Mumbai before the assaults.
He had already been accused with another man of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper over cartoons that caused outrage in the Muslim world. He already stands accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper which published incendiary cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005.
Federal prosecutors said Mr Headley was co-operating with both investigations. US prosecutors said Mr Headley was co-operating with both investigations.
DAVID HEADLEY Born in 1960 in the US to a Pakistani father and an American motherSpent much of his childhood in PakistanAttended a military boarding school in IslamabadDropped out of school at 17Joined his mother in the US after she divorced his fatherChanged his name to David Headley in 2006Made five extended trips to Mumbai between 2006 and 2008FBI says he took pictures and made videotapes of various targets, including those attacked in 2008Arrested in Chicago on 3 October 2009 as he was about to travel to PakistanDAVID HEADLEY Born in 1960 in the US to a Pakistani father and an American motherSpent much of his childhood in PakistanAttended a military boarding school in IslamabadDropped out of school at 17Joined his mother in the US after she divorced his fatherChanged his name to David Headley in 2006Made five extended trips to Mumbai between 2006 and 2008FBI says he took pictures and made videotapes of various targets, including those attacked in 2008Arrested in Chicago on 3 October 2009 as he was about to travel to Pakistan
The Mumbai attacks in November 2008 left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen.
"He did enter a plea of not guilty on the charges," Mr Headley's lawyer John Theis was quoted as telling reporters by the AFP news agency."He did enter a plea of not guilty on the charges," Mr Headley's lawyer John Theis was quoted as telling reporters by the AFP news agency.
"We will be reviewing the charges and we don't have any information at this time as to the outcome of the case," he said."We will be reviewing the charges and we don't have any information at this time as to the outcome of the case," he said.
Mr Theis said that the defence team was "in discussions with the government" about the charges.Mr Theis said that the defence team was "in discussions with the government" about the charges.
Earlier this week Tahawwur Rana, a Chicago businessman and a friend of Mr Headley, pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the Mumbai attacks.Earlier this week Tahawwur Rana, a Chicago businessman and a friend of Mr Headley, pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the Mumbai attacks.
Mr Rana is alleged to have helped Mr Headley plot the attacks. He was arrested together with Mr Headley last October.Mr Rana is alleged to have helped Mr Headley plot the attacks. He was arrested together with Mr Headley last October.
Mr Headley, 49, 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 Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group.Mr Headley, 49, 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 Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group.
Mr Headley is also facing six counts of aiding and abetting the murder of US citizens in India.Mr Headley is also facing six counts of aiding and abetting the murder of US citizens in India.
He was arrested on 3 October 2009 for allegedly planning terrorist attacks against the Danish newspaper which published cartoons about Islam.He was arrested on 3 October 2009 for allegedly planning terrorist attacks against the Danish newspaper which published cartoons about Islam.
The Chicago branch of the FBI says David Headley attended Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps in Pakistan in 2002 and 2003, where he conspired to plan and carry out attacks in both India and Denmark.The Chicago branch of the FBI says David Headley attended Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps in Pakistan in 2002 and 2003, where he conspired to plan and carry out attacks in both India and Denmark.
Prosecutors say Mr Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006 after he was told by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba that he would be travelling to India to carry out surveillance duties for the group.Prosecutors say Mr Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006 after he was told by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba that he would be travelling to India to carry out surveillance duties for the group.
The FBI said his aim was to present himself as an American citizen without any links to Pakistan or Islam.The FBI said his aim was to present himself as an American citizen without any links to Pakistan or Islam.
After repeated trips to India in 2006 and 2008, investigators said, he returned to Pakistan where he would provide his alleged co-conspirators with photographs, videos and descriptions of locations he is accused of having staked out.After repeated trips to India in 2006 and 2008, investigators said, he returned to Pakistan where he would provide his alleged co-conspirators with photographs, videos and descriptions of locations he is accused of having staked out.
Last December, Mr Headley pleaded not guilty to a separate set of charges relating to the Mumbai attacks.Last December, Mr Headley pleaded not guilty to a separate set of charges relating to the Mumbai attacks.