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Little Known About Pakistan Officer, Headley Says
CHICAGO (AP) -- An admitted American terrorist has told jurors that he knew very little about a man who he says was a Pakistani intelligence officer who helped him with the plot to attack Mumbai in 2008.

David Coleman Headley is testifying in the trial of a Chicago businessman accused of cooperating in the deadly rampage on India's largest city. Headley has already pleaded guilty laying the groundwork for the siege.

Headley has said he worked with handlers from both a Pakistani militant group and the country's main intelligence agency when he was scouting sites and doing surveillance in Mumbai ahead of the attacks.

But when questioned by defense attorneys on Thursday, Headley said didn't know too much about the intelligence officer who he has called ``Major Iqbal.'' Headley says he didn't know the man's real name or where he is located.

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05 26 11 by Newsroom
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