America nails Pak-blessed terror camps
When Indias national security establishment and foreign office mandarins meet with interlocutors from Islamabad and Washington over the next few days amid a spat over sponsorship of terrorism in the neighbourhood, they could draw upon court proceedings in Lodi, California, to make their case if their own material is considered suspect.
In an unprecedented development, the US Department of Justice and the FBI earlier this year took the help of a satellite imagery expert from the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to nail the existence of terror camps in Pakistan in a case involving a Pakistani father and son duo.
As part of the evidence at the trial, the US government expert testified that jehadi camps existed and operated in various parts of Pakistan from 2000 to 2005, and specifically opined that a series of camps, including a well-known Jaish-e-Mohammed camp, were located in the Balakot area of Pakistan.
More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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