Terror inputs from US before 26/11 general, not specific:India

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) India on Wednesday said
terror-related inputs provided to it by the US prior to the
Mumbai attack in 2008 were "general" in nature and "not
specific".
The remarks by India's External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna came days after reports that two estranged wives of
Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley had
before the Mumbai carnage told US officials about his "radical
connections".
"We had some general and not specific information which
we had received from the US prior to the heinous attack on
Mumbai. But it was not specific and very general," External
Affairs Minister S M Krishna told reporters in reply to a
question on the subject.
He emphasised on the strategic ties between US and India
and how they were further strengthened in the recent years.
"We share a common outlook on a host of issues including
on combating terrorism," Krishna said.
According to media reports, two estranged wives of
Headley had met US officials and informed them about his
terrorist links. However, the US has maintained that these
inputs were of a general nature.
Headley had made startling revelations about his
activities in India to the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
officials who interrogated him in Chicago in the US recently.
This includes terror attack plots on targets including the
National Defence College here.
US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer said in a statement
last Saturday that Washington had shared with New Delhi
terror-related inputs it deemed were 'potentially credible' to
this country's national security. PTI RC
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