MUMBAI:While his links to the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai are being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its Indian counterparts, more information is emerging on the background of Lashkar man and American national David Headley, who till his 16th year was known as Daood Gilani and studied in a military school in Pakistan, attended by the country’s elite. The US media is now reporting that Headley is the son of a now deceased Pakistani diplomat Saleem Gilani. Headley’s mother was American Serill Headley, who lived in Pakistan while she was married only to move to Pennsylvania in the 70’s once her marriage broke up where she owned and ran a bar. “I was shocked when I heard this and when I saw the papers it was surreal,” said Jeremy Thompson, a surprised bartender at the Khyber Bar In 1977, after at least two failed attempts Serrlil Headley got custody of 16-year-old Daood Gilani, who was at the Hasan Abdal Cadet College. Transported to Philadelphia in his teens after living his life in Pakistan, Daood apparently suffered from culture shock. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, raised a Muslim, he had trouble adjusting to the idea that his mother ran a bar.It was, indeed, a culture shock, given his orthodox upbringing in Pakistan. “Well, she was the one that ran this place for a long time and really she turned it into the city’s first beer bar. She was supposed to be a very free spirit and was well liked,” reminisced Thompson. In 2008, Gilani changed his name to David Headley, accepting his mother’s last name, reportedly as a cover for his terror plans.