Wanted man mocks US
RAWALPINDI - The Associated Press
One of Pakistan’s most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country’s military headquarters yesterday, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him.“I am here, I am visible. America should give that reward money to me,” said Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, referring to the fact that the bounty was given to a man whose whereabouts are not a mystery. “I will be in Lahore tomorrow. America can contact me whenever it wants to.”
Saeed, the 61-year-old founder of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, has been accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six American citizens. He operates openly in Pakistan, giving public speeches and appearing on television talk shows.
