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| Pak accepts terrorists may be from its territory: US |
| 2008-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON: The terrorist massacre in Mumbai was plotted in Pakistan and was executed by Pakistanis, Indian and US officials now agree. The big question now: How culpable are the Pakistani government and its military and intelligence agency, and how can the answer be handled either way it turns out? That's the tricky issue facing New Delhi and Washington as they put together pieces of the terrorist jigsaw to claimed 170-plus lives, including nearly 40 Muslims and nationals from 10 countries. US advice to India: wait and see how Pakistani government cooperates in the investigation before any punitive action. US directive to Islamabad: prove your protestations of innocence and non-complicity at the official level, with a full and transparent cooperation in the face of overwhelming evidence that the footprints of the terror attack lead back to Pakistan. This is the gist of the exchanges between the three countries. On Tuesday, Washington broadly accepted India's contention, based on evidence now shared with US law enforcement and intelligence agencies that the terror trail led to Pakistan. The preponderance of proof include detailed confessions by the one surviving terrorist, GPS tracks, e-mail and electronic tracks, telephone intercepts, and ordnance and forensic evidence, among other things. US acceptance of India's case -- dismissed out-of-hand as knee-jerk, premature etc -- was signaled by an unnamed senior American official who was quoted by Reuters as saying ''There are a lot of reasons to think it might be a group, partially or wholly a group, that is located on Pakistan's territory.'' The official, accompanying Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip to the sub-continent, also said Islamabad had accepted the ''possibility that there might be people located on Pakistani territory,'' involved in the attack and had promised to cooperate in the investigation. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 Wouldn't be the first time. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-12-03 20:57 |
| #4 Strange how they had Paki-made (and controlled) H&K MP5's, huh? Almost like the Paki MoD was supplying them... http://www.anatreptic.com/2008/12/no_third_world_guns.html |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-12-03 16:18 |
| #3 Pakistan can ignore the US, placate the Indians and simply wait and see if BHO was born with a pair good for more than spawning... Ignore? Placate? Unlikely. The Indian government would fall if nothing is done. Not saying you have to become a foreign policy expert, but maybe you ought to do some research before posting. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-12-03 11:46 |
| #2 Generally speaking, I think Condi's record with Muslim countries speaks for itself, and will transcend to a Hillary-led State. Pakistan can ignore the US, placate the Indians and simply wait and see if BHO was born with a pair good for more than spawning... |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2008-12-03 10:14 |
| #1 Lady or Tiger? Choose now! |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-12-03 01:37 |