Ajmal Amir is 21[16] years old and is from Faridkot in the tehsil of Dipalpur in the Okara district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[17][18] He is one of the five children of Mohammmad Amir Imran and Noori.[19] He comes from a poor family.[14][20][21][1]
His father makes a living selling dahi puri from a snack cart.[22] [23]. His elder brother Afzal, 25, works as a laborer in Lahore.[23] His elder sister, Rukaiyya Husain, 22, is married in the village.[23] A younger sister Suraiyya, 14, and brother Munir, 11, stay in Faridkot with the parents.[23][24]
The city of Faridkot is quite poor with a remote feel, despite being close to a town. Most people have little education and live in poverty. On the side of a building, just outside Faridkot, graffiti in large lettering says, in Urdu, "Go for jihad. Go for jihad. Markaz Dawat ul-Irshad". 'Markaz Dawat ul-Irshad' is the parent organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba.[18]
[edit] Early life
He went to school till age 13 and left in 2000. He then briefly joined his brother in Lahore, who worked as a labourer, and then returned to Faridkot. [25][26]
He left home after a fight with his father in 2005.[23]
He then became involved in petty crime with his friend Muzaffar Lal Khan, soon moving on to armed robbery.[25]. On Dec 21, 2007, Bakr-Eid day, they were in Rawalpindi trying to buy weapons when they encountered members of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, the political wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba, distributing pamphlets. After a brief chat, they decide to sign up for training with the LeT, ending up at their base camp, Markaz Taiba.
Initial reports offered a conflicting view of Ajmal Amir as fluent in English, and from a middle class background.[27] However, an interrogator and Mumbai deputy police commissioner stated that he spoke rough Hindi and barely any English.[28]
Some sources said his father asked him to join the militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba so that he could use the money they gave him to run the family[29][30].
[edit] Training
Ajmal Amir is alleged to be among a group of 24 men[31] who received training in marine warfare at a remote camp in mountainous Muzaffarabad in Pakistani-controlled Azad Kashmir. Part of the training is reported to have taken place on the Mangla Dam reservoir.[32]
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a senior commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, reportedly offered to pay his family Rs.150,000 for his participation in the attacks.[33] Another report said the 21-year old man was recruited from his Punjab, Pakistan home in part based on a pledge by recruiters to pay USD $1,250 US (Rs. 62,412.50) to his family when he became a martyr.[34]. Other sources put the reward to USD $4,000[35].
[edit] Stages of training
This batch of 25 went through the following stages of training:
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Psychological: Indoctrination and brainwashing via continuous exposure to Islamist propaganda, including compiled footage of alleged Indian "atrocities" in Jammu & Kashmir, and imagery of the alleged "sufferings" of Muslims in India, Chechnya, Palestine and across the globe.
Spiritual: Rote recitation of the Koran and repeated lectures about the "spiritual merits" of jihad, including "martyrdom" via suicide bombing.
Basic Combat: Lashkar's basic combat and terror methodology course, the Daura Aam.
Advanced Training: Selected to undergo advanced specialised training at a camp near Mansehra, a course the organisation calls the Daura Khaas[36]. This includes advanced weapons and explosives training supervised by retired personnel of the Pakistan Army[citation needed], along with survival training and further Indoctrination.
- Finally, an even smaller group selected for specialised marine commando and navigation training given to the fidayeen unit selected to target Mumbai. At first, Ajmal Amir used to vomit.[citation needed] They were taught how to survive at sea, on ground, and how to control thirst and hunger.
His definition of Jihad "Come, kill and die after a killing spree. By this one will become famous and will also make Allah proud,"
What a transition from a petty thief to a armed robber to a "FREEDOM FIGHTER"? No wonder it shows how principled are those so-called "FREEDOM FIGHTERS" are, from what background they are and what kind of ideologies they embrace. 4th standard pass "CHOR BANNEY CHALA RAKHWALA" - what a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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