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India warns Pak: Our patience is limited
CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
ASHINGTON: Conveying India's anguish and outrage about the latest terrorist
attack in Kashmir to the United States in very strong terms, Prime Minister
Vajpayee on Monday cautioned Pakistan that "there is a limit to the
patience of the people of India."
The warning is contained in an extraordinary letter the Prime Minister has
written to President George Bush that was delivered on Monday afternoon by
external affairs minister Jaswant Singh personally to the US President. The
tone of the letter is so grave that Bush himself dropped in during a
75-minute meeting Singh had at the White House with National Security
Advisor Condoleeza Rice at the White House.
The US President stayed for 40 minutes discussing the latest developments
relating to terrorism with Singh. Emerging grim-faced from the meeting,
Singh said he had a "very candid and productive" discussion which left him
with no doubt that the United States would address the issue of terrorism
everywhere and not just that which affected America.
In his letter to President Bush, Prime Minister Vajpayee minced no words in
directly blaming Pakistan for the latest massacre in the Kashmir Assembly.
"There has been understandable anger in the country at this wanton act of
violence". Incidents of this kind raise questions for our security which,
as a democratically elected leader of India, I have to address in our
supreme national interest," Vajpayee wrote.
"Pakistan must understand that there is a limit to the patience of the
people of India," he added.
By emphasising his position as the elected leader of India and pointing out
that the terrorists had attacked the "state parliament," Vajpayee appeared
to make clear his misgivings about Washington allying itself so readily
with the military ruler of Pakistan.
The Prime Minister said that a Pakistan-based organisation, Jaish-e
Mohamed, had claimed responsibility for the attack and had even named a
Pakistani national based in Pakistan as one of the suicide bombers
involved. Yet the President of Pakistan was telling the world through
television interviews that Pakistan has no terrorist groups operating from
its territory.
Following Vajpayee's letter, which he ended by saying he had asked his
external affairs Minister "to convey to you more fully our sentiments in
this regard," Jaswant Singh is understood to have told the administration
about the rising public anger at home at the wanton acts of terrorism being
promoted by a state that has been patently militaristic towards India.
Despite the grave atmosphere that surrounded the meeting, Indian officials
said they found the US fully understanding about New Delhi's concerns.
Vajpayee in fact prefaced what was virtually a warning to Pakistan conveyed
through the United States. That India understood Washington "discharging
your core responsibility for the interest and security of the American
people." But India has its own concerns that could not be ignored.
"We are with you and do not wish to overload the agenda in any way.
However, incidents of this kind raise questions for our security", Vajpayee
wrote.
In effect, New Delhi appears to be preparing ground for retaliating against
Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, particularly since the United Nations too has
signaled that it expects all member countries to crack down on terrorism
from its home soil or face action.
Jaswant Singh in fact gave some hint of what could be in store by saying
that terrorism directed against India was India's own problem and it would
handle it itself.
India's strong response came on a day when the US media revealed that the
money trail associated with the terrorist attack on America led to
Pakistan.
A delegation of US Congressmen also blamed Pakistan for terrorists attacks
on Americans.
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