US wants Hafiz Saeed brought to justice | Albuquerque Express

US wants Hafiz Saeed brought to justice

Albuquerque Express (IANS) Tuesday 8th May, 2012

The United States has reiterated that it wants Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, to be brought to justice whether he's tried in Pakistan, the US court or wherever.

Referring to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statement in Kolkata about the US desire to see all those involved in the 26/11 attacks brought to justice, the State Department Spokesman Mark Toner Monday said: "We want to see this individual brought to justice."

The US had announced a $10 million bounty on Saeed, head of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group under its Rewards for Justice programme, "because everyone knows he's in Pakistan," he said.

"What we want to do is give the Pakistani authorities the judicial wherewithal to bring this guy to justice," with "evidence that can withstand judicial scrutiny," Toner said.

"You know, whether he's tried in a Pakistani court or in a US court or wherever, we want to see him brought to justice."

Discounting suggestions that everything was at standstill with Pakistan, Toner said the two countries had a series of high-level meetings over the last couple of months "that we believe is laying the groundwork for renewed cooperation."

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