Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, also known as Pasha, is a retired Major in the

Pakistan army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...

, accused of involvement with terrorism. He is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list.

Biography

Abdur Rehman retired in 2007 from the Pakistan army as a Major. Reporter Nirupama Subramanian in Islamabad was told by Gen Athar Abbas that Abdur Rehman retired just two years ago. He worked closely with

Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a Pakistani Islamism, Islamist militant organization driven by a Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist ideology. The organisation's primary stated objective is to merge the whole of Kashmir with Pakistan. It was founded in 19 ...

and coordinated the activities of a Chicago man,

David Headley David Coleman Headley (born Dawood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is a Pakistani-American Islamic terrorist and the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai islamic terrorist attacks. He played a key role in orchestrating the attacks, working with the ...

. He was arrested in 2009 in Pakistan on unspecified charges and later released. An Associated Press story on 24 November 2009 said that five Pakistan army officers, including a retired brigadier and two active lieutenant colonels, had been detained for questioning in Pakistan. They had all been in telephone contact with Headley. But the next day, Pakistan military spokesman Athar Abbas said that "security agencies" had only detained a single former army major in connection with the FBI case.

Accusations by the FBI

A joint

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...

complaint against a Chicago man

and Abdur Rehman charges Rehman with conspiracy in planning to attack the Danish newspaper ''Jyllands Posten'' and its employees. Headley is accused of reporting to

Ilyas Kashmiri Ilyas Kashmiri (10 February 1964– 3 June 2011) was a Pakistani ex-Special Forces Islamist turned militant who fought against Indian troops in Kashmir. NBC News said that United States officials had mentioned him as a possible successor to O ...

, an Islamic militant commander associated with both

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and

, to conduct surveillance of public areas in Mumbai in preparation for the

2008 Mumbai attacks The 2008 Mumbai attacks, also referred to as 26/11 attacks, were a series of coordinated Islamic terrorism, Islamist terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist o ...

. Kashmiri was also a former Pakistani military officer. Kashmiri was killed in a drone strike in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

in June 2011.

Accusations by the NIA

Another individual named in the FBI complaint as "LeT member A", a member of

, gave instructions to Headley on which locations to scout for future attacks, including both the Danish newspaper and locations in India, such as the National Defense College in New Delhi. Indian intelligence officials believe that LeT member A is

Sajid Mir Sajid Mir (born 1976 or 1978) is a Pakistani national and a member of the militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. Mir was the chief planner of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and has also managed the tasks of the 'foreign affairs' of Lashkar-e-Taiba's ...

, Lashkar's head of international operations and surveyed targets in India as a cricket fan. Sajid Mir was a ranking member of the Pakistani army until several years ago.Strict visa rule for Pakistan cricket fans
PRESS TRUST INDIA, New Delhi, Nov 25 2012, greaterkashmir.com

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Biography

Accusations by the FBI

Accusations by the NIA

See also

References