Azam Cheema

Azam Cheema is a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who masterminded 2008 Mumbai attacks and 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In 2010 United States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against him just prior to Barack Obama's visit to India.[1][2] A citizen of Pakistan he was described as intelligence chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been specifically involved in teaching operatives bomb making skills and skills necessary to infiltrate India.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Treasury targets Pakistani militants". CNN. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Terror trainer Cheema is LeT intel chief". The Times of India. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Treasury Targets Pakistan-Based Terrorist Organizations Lashkar-E Tayyiba and Jaish-E Mohammed". United States Department of the Treasury. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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