Mumbai accused 'in the Danish plot'

 David Headley, said the plan to attack the newspaper was the code name of Mickey Mouse project, a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed controversial has been described in a Chicago Court.

The charge came from the testimony of David Headley against Tahawwur Rana, at the trial for his alleged role in the deadly attack in Mumbai, India 2008.

The idea was to kill everyone in the newspaper Jyllands-Posten, said Mr. Headley.

The cartoons drawn by Kurt Westergaard in 2005 protests prompted among Muslims around the world.

Prosecutors say Mr. Headley and Mr. Rana plotted a revenge on the newspaper attack, which was never carried out.

Mission of Scouting

In his testimony, Mr. Headley said the plan to attack the Danish newspaper was named Mickey Mouse project.

The idea was to attack the offices of the journal of explosives and firearms, he said.

The Court heard that gave him details of the plan by its event handlers in the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Editorial cartoons of Kurt Westergaard featured a turban bomb

"Lashkar wished to plan something." "We were all angry", Mr. Headley told the Court.

He said he suggested that "focus on just the cartoonist and editor", but his contact to the Lashkar said that "all Danes are responsible for this."

The Court heard that he has visited twice Denmark to film the offices of the newspaper, sending tapes to its managers in Pakistan.

He was arrested in October 2009 before the plot could be performed.

Mr. Headley, an American citizen who has spent much of his childhood in Pakistan admitted at Scouting sites for the attacks in Mumbai in November 2008.

More than 160 people were killed when militants attacked two hotels, a café, a Jewish centre and a railway station.

In March 2010, he pleaded guilty to take photos and videos of the targets in agreement negotiating plea with prosecutors.

It will avoid the death penalty and extradition to the India or the Denmark, but he could still face life in prison and a $3 m (￡ 1. 86 m) fine.

Mr. Rana, a Chicago businessman, is accused of giving Mr. Headley coverage for his scouting mission, but rejects the 12 charges that were laid against him.

His lawyers say he has been misled by Mr. Headley, a longtime friend from their days in a military school in Pakistan.