Pakistan's half-hearted efforts won't do: PM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1200922.cms PTI[ MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2005 11:03:50 AM ] NEW DELHI: Asserting that Government's response will be "hard" if violence continued in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made it clear that "half-hearted" efforts by Pakistan to check terrorist activities will not suffice and it has to "totally dismantle" the terror infrastructure. At the same time, he expressed Government's readiness to talk to "everyone" to resolve the problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir. In his second Independence Day address to the nation, he said "there is no no issue that cannot be resolved through a process of discussion and dialogue. Our doors are always open and will continue to be open for anyone interested in dialogue. "I invite everyone to join us to discuss the problems of the state of Jammu and Kashmir so that its people can lead a life of peace and dignity," he stressed. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said terrorists have never been friends of people of Kashmir. As long as they continue their terrorist attacks, the armed forces would be alert and would give them a fitting response in which common citizens might also be affected at times, he said. "I have said before and I am repeating once again that there is no issue that cannot be resolved through the process of discussion and dialogue. Our doors are open and will continue to be open for anyone interested in dialogue," he said. Inviting "everyone" to join the Government to discuss the problems of Jammu and Kashmir so that its people can lead a life of peace and dignity, Singh said "if violence continues then our response too will be hard." "I am aware that the Government of Pakistan has put some checks on the activities of terrorists from its soil. However, it is not possible to achieve success through half-hearted efforts. It is necessary that the entire infrastructure of terrorism is totally dismantled," he said. Referring to extremism, the Prime Minister said it had its roots in backwardness and lack of economic development. "It is not easy to handle problems of extremism in isolation. However, by addressing it in all its dimensions -- social, political, economic and security -- in an integrated manner, I am confident that we will be successful in checking it," he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12he8lta2/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124121296/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
