<p>Testifying as prosecution’s star witness in the trial of his one time friend, Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, Headley said Tuesday that he learned about the attacks in Mumbai through a text message telling him to turn on the TV.<br /><br />Asked by prosecutor Daniel Collins what he thought about the news coverage, Headley said in his monotone voice: "I was pleased."<br /><br />Headley testified that when he met Rana in Chicago on his return to the US Dec 8, 2008, they discussed the attacks.<br /><br />“I said to him, ‘Now we’re even with India’,” Headley said. Rana said “'They deserved it’,” Headley testified.</p>.<p><br />Headley also claimed he told Rana all about the terrorist attack plot five months before it was carried out, including a strategy of shooting hostages to prevent any struggles and then beheading them later, to which Rana replied, "Good," according to Headley.<br /><br />Rana, 50, even met in Dubai Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, also known as “Pasha”, a retired Pakistani Army major tied to the bombings, weeks before the attack, Headley said in response to a question from Collins.<br /><br />Headley went over extensive e-mails he shared with Rana as well as Sajid Mir, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, and a Pakistani intelligence agency official who is also believed to have directed the attacks.<br /><br />After the attacks, Syed even asked Headley via e-mail if Rana was “terrified or relaxed” by the bloodshed.<br /><br />Rana was “very relaxed," Headley said. He was trying to get Headley to calm down since Headley was nervous about being apprehended.<br /><br />Rana told Headley he had “nothing to fear but God,” according to the e-mail.<br /></p>
<p>Testifying as prosecution’s star witness in the trial of his one time friend, Pakistan born Canadian Tahawwur Rana, Headley said Tuesday that he learned about the attacks in Mumbai through a text message telling him to turn on the TV.<br /><br />Asked by prosecutor Daniel Collins what he thought about the news coverage, Headley said in his monotone voice: "I was pleased."<br /><br />Headley testified that when he met Rana in Chicago on his return to the US Dec 8, 2008, they discussed the attacks.<br /><br />“I said to him, ‘Now we’re even with India’,” Headley said. Rana said “'They deserved it’,” Headley testified.</p>.<p><br />Headley also claimed he told Rana all about the terrorist attack plot five months before it was carried out, including a strategy of shooting hostages to prevent any struggles and then beheading them later, to which Rana replied, "Good," according to Headley.<br /><br />Rana, 50, even met in Dubai Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, also known as “Pasha”, a retired Pakistani Army major tied to the bombings, weeks before the attack, Headley said in response to a question from Collins.<br /><br />Headley went over extensive e-mails he shared with Rana as well as Sajid Mir, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, and a Pakistani intelligence agency official who is also believed to have directed the attacks.<br /><br />After the attacks, Syed even asked Headley via e-mail if Rana was “terrified or relaxed” by the bloodshed.<br /><br />Rana was “very relaxed," Headley said. He was trying to get Headley to calm down since Headley was nervous about being apprehended.<br /><br />Rana told Headley he had “nothing to fear but God,” according to the e-mail.<br /></p>