| Two Pakistan-based terror groups active in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to be declared foreign terrorist organisations by the US either this week or early next week. The decision to put Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad on the list of FTOs was taken immediately following a high-level meeting convened by Secretary of State Colin Powell a day after the attack in Delhi. When a senior US official was asked if Lashkar and Jaish's inclusion in the FTO list will not be objected to by Pakistan, he said: "President [Pervez] Musharraf has been very clear that the groups involved (in terrorist activities) will suffer the consequences." Good for the USA. Ball's in your court, Perv. |