The United States on Tuesday said bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 was still an 'unfinished business' which was high on its priority list, days after Pakistani American Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist David Headley was sentenced to 35 years in jail by a Chicago court.
"We are not walking away. This is one of our very high priorities," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an Indian journalist while responding to a question related to the Mumbai terror attack and Headley's sentencing.
"Bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 is still an unfinished business," Clinton said while interacting with global audiences through the internet at a 'Global TownHall'.
The sentence for Headley under a plea bargain -- for his role in plotting the Mumbai terror attack -- left India majorly disappointed.
Under the plea bargain agreement Headley reached with the US government, he could have been sentenced to life imprisoment, but the prosecutors only sought a maximum of 35 years for the rogue agent, leaving a slight possibility that the 52-year-old
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