Pakistani militant leader thumbs nose at US bounty
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, right, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, addresses a news conference with anti-American cleric Sami ul Haq in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Saeed, one of Pakistan's most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country's military headquarters, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, center, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, addresses a news conference with anti-American cleric Sami ul Haq, left, and Liaquat Baluch in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Saeed, one of Pakistan's most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country's military headquarters, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him. Banner in background reads "Professor Hafiz Mohammad Saeed." (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, center, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, talks with religious leaders prior to his news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Saeed, one of Pakistan's most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country's military headquarters, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, left, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, listens to a reporter with Liaquat Baluch of Jamaat-e-Islami during his news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Saeed, one of Pakistan's most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country's military headquarters, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Associated Press
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — One of Pakistan’s most notorious extremists taunted the United States during a defiant news conference close to the country’s military headquarters Wednesday, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him.
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the 61-year-old founder of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, has been accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six American citizens. He operates openly in Pakistan, giving public speeches and appearing on television talk shows.
