Sayed salim gilani
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A Perfect Terrorist
CORRESPONDENT
Sebastian Rotella
WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY
Thomas Jennings
SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, ProPublica: [voice-over] The evening of November 26, 2008, was calm in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan. In one neighborhood, a man was at home with his wife when he received a text on his phone. He had been waiting for the message. He was told,"Turn on your television."
NEWSCASTER: Hours ago, terrorists launched a brazen attack—
NEWSCASTER: The Indian city of Mumbai is in chaos following a series of terrorist attacks.
NEWSCASTER: Mumbai's been hit, and hit hard.
SEBASTIAN ROTELLA: Nine hundred miles away in India, the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11 was under way.
NEWSCASTER: You heard a big blast right now inside the Taj Hotel.
SEBASTIAN ROTELLA: The world watched as an icon of India was set ablaze and civilians, Indians and Westerners, were methodically gunned down.
NEWSCAST: They wanted anyone with British or American passports.
NEWSCAST: I could see someone lifting up a gun like that and firing.
SEBASTI CORRESPONDENT Sebastian Rotella WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY Thomas Jennings SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, ProPublica:[voice-over] It was July, 2009. A man from America had come here to Copenhagen on business. But first, some sightseeing. MAGNUS RANSTORP, Swedish Nat’l Defense College: First of all, he rents a bike, an ordinary bicycle. And he has his videocamera, and he rides with one hand on the handle and holding the videocamera, riding around and taking pictures. You know, it’s such an unusual scene of someone biking along with a camera. DAVID COLEMAN HEADLEY:[recon video] Famous concert hall built in 1748— SEBASTIAN ROTELLA: These are his actual recordings as he narrated the images along the way. DAVID COLEMAN HEADLEY:[recon video] The French embassy, European Parliament— SEBASTIAN ROTELLA: He might have been playing the part of a tourist, but his true intent was to case the city and this newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. Four years before, it had caused outrage across the Muslim world by publishing 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Convicted American terrorist, co-plotter of the 2008 Mumbai attacks David Coleman Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is an American terrorist. He assisted the Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India, providing multiple surveillance and terrorist reconnaissance missions throughout central Mumbai. As well as plotting an attempted terrorist attack in Copenhagen, Denmark against the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Born in Washington D.C, he became a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant as part of his plea deal following multiple heroin related offenses, including attempting to smuggle narcotics into the U.S. from Pakistan. After being placed on probation he made frequent unauthorized visits to Pakistan and became involved in the local jihad after being introduced to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).[2][3][4] Under the direction of Lashkar representatives, Headley performed five surveillance missions in Mumbai to scout targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Th
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