Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a plot to attack a Danish newspaper, would appeal against his conviction, his attorneys said on Friday. "I am sure he is pleased that the judge decided not to include the terrorism enhancement. We would appeal the conviction, certainly and we would discuss this with Mr Rana," Peter Blegan,...
11:53 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley, was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release by a US court for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a plot to strike a Danish newspaper. ...
11:40 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Chicago: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana has told a US court that his friend David Headley, convicted in 26/11 Mumbai attack, was an "unrepentant terrorist" and he had knowledge of latter's "link" with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In his latest submission before a Chicago court, Rana, however, has challenged the government's assertion that he does not require a fresh trail. In 2011, a grand jury in Chicago had found Rana guilty of providing material...
09:28 PM, Mar 04, 2012
Chicago: Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, convicted for aiding the banned LeT terror group in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper, has sought a fresh trial saying he should have been given a separate hearing for charges tied to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Rana, 50, was acquitted of federal charges that he aided the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Mumbai after an eight-day trial in Chicago...
04:27 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Chicago: The 12-member jury of a federal court on Thursday resumed final deliberations against Tahawwur Hussein Rana, charged with involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks and providing material support to Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. The jury from diverse ethnic backgrounds started the process on USA vs Rana case on Wednesday after more than two weeks of trial, in which his childhood friend David Coleman Headley, co-accused in the Mumbai terror...
08:42 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Chicago: Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley on Tuesday said that he made a "fool" of Tahawwur Husssain Rana by involving him in the 26/11 Mumbai attack conspiracy. "I made a fool of him (Rana). Poor fellow was stuck in this for no fault of his. I made a fool of him in getting to assist me on what I did. I made a fool of him," Headley told Rana's...
06:52 AM, Jun 01, 2011
Chicago: The trial of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Husssain Rana, which led to several revelations of nexus between ISI and LeT in carrying out the Mumbai terror attacks, will resume in Chicago on June 1 with the testimony of co-conspirator David Coleman Headley. In perhaps the most important terrorism trial ever to be held in Chicago, it is still expected that some new information regarding the nexus between al Qaeda, ISI and...
08:45 AM, May 31, 2011
Chicago: Day two of the 26/11 case hearing in Chicago saw more startling revelations by the prime witness David Coleman Headley, who revealed that there was a plot to kill Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and that he had met former Shiv Sena PRO Rajaram Rege. Headley also testified that he was in constant touch with Major Iqbal of Pakistan's ISI and Lashkar's Sajid Mir. He said his handlers in...
07:50 AM, May 25, 2011
