French National Assembly approves ban on face veils.
The French lower house of Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing face-covering veils in a public place.
The legislation, part of an ongoing national debate on French identity, is expected to have no opposition in the Senate, which is due to vote on it in September. Once signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has placed it high on his agenda, the ban would take effect next spring.
ISI was literally controlling 26/11.
Pillai’s statement comes on the day the Indian External Affairs minister, SM Krishna, is leaving for Pakistan for peace talks.
“The real sense that has come out from Headley’s interrogation is that the ISI has had a much more significant role to play (in the Mumbai attacks). It was not just a peripheral role. They (ISI) were literally controlling and coordinating it (the attacks) from the beginning till the end,” Pillai said during an interaction with journalist of the newspaper, The Indian Express. Headley – a US citizen of Pakistani origin who was arrested by US authorities in Chicago last year – was questioned by a team from India in May and Pillai’s statements were based on the information gathered from Headley, who had admitted his role in planning the Mumbai attacks.
The Union Home secretary further revealed at Hafiz Saeed, the LeT commander, also had a much bigger role and ‘knew everything’ about the attack than was earlier suspected by India. Pillai expressed optimism that the outcome of Krishna’s two-day visit to Pakistan will be positive.
