Chicago, IL – Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan denied bond for Chicago terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana because he is considered a flight risk.
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Rana has strong ties to Canada and is a Canadian citizen, has traveled extensively outside the U.S., has significant financial resources and has expertise in immigration matters. For these reasons, Judge Nolan said Rana is a flight risk.
Documents filed yesterday by federal prosecutors say Rana knew about plans for last year’s deadly attack on Mumbai, India, before it happened.
The government’s motion says a conversation between Rana and another terror suspect, David Headley, was recorded on September 7, 2009. Rana and Headley talked about the Mumbai attacks that happened in late November of last year. Approximately 170 people died during the 3 day rampage. Prosecutors say it is obvious from the conversation that Rana was told days before the attacks that the terror plot was about to be executed.
The documents describe how Rana met with former Pakistani military officer Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, or “Pasha”, in Dubai and was told about the upcoming attack. Syed, Headley and Rana are accused in connection with plotting an attack against a Danish. Newspaper that had printed contoversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammed.