New Delhi:
In 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, a Pakistani-born Canadian national and prominent accused Tahwur Rana is being extradited to India. Officials said the 64 -year -old man is being flown in a special flight and will be produced before the Delhi Court on Thursday, 10 April.
Rana has been named in the case of a conspiracy filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks, killing 166 people. However, his terrorist mark is not limited to Mumbai. The investigation and testimony have linked him to another chilling plot that went by an unusual name – Mickey Mouse Project.
What is Mickey Mouse Project?
Behind its cartoonish codename, the Mickey Mouse Project Danish newspaper was an international terrorist plot aimed at the purpose of Gulands-Posten. The paper pulled the IRE of the radical Islamist groups after the paper published the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in 2005. Back during the day, images triggers global protests and widespread condemnation in the Muslim world.
Rana made an attack to take an accurate revenge, with co-anxator David Hedley. According to Headley’s testimony, the plan was to give a storm to the newspaper office in Copenhagen using explosives and firearms.
Lakshya Fleming Rose, Cultural Editor, and Kurt Westerguard, who were cartoonists, whose work provoked resentment. The FBI later confirmed the rapid nature of the attack, saying that the purpose was to use the staff members and threw their heads on the streets of Copenhagen to send a message of terror.
Why the plot failed
Rana, a former cadet and a trained medical professional in the Pakistani Army, later moved to Canada. There he obtained citizenship before settling in Chicago.
The codename ‘Mickey Mouse Project’ was used by Headley and Rana to mask the gravity of their intentions. However, the plot never reached execution. Headley was arrested in October 2009, stopping the attack from being excluded. He later bargained a petition with US prosecutors, not only in the Danish plot but also his role in scouting places for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.