My comment: As we have discussed here, it seems that they are cooking such war against Pakistan. Poor people.
Bush Vows Aid to India, Says Terror Not ‘Final Word http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arkR4ufD7DT8&refer=home Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush pledged his administration’s full support to the Indian government after militants attacked Mumbai in the South Asia nation’s deadliest terrorist assault in more than 15 years. “The killers who struck this week are brutal and violent, but terror will not have the final word,” Bush said as he arrived at the White House after spending Thanksgiving at Camp David in Maryland. India “can count on the world’s oldest democracy to stand by their side.” The president conferred with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and his national security advisers today in a secure video conference at Camp David for updates on the attacks, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said in an e-mailed statement. U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford in New Delhi also participated in the call at 7:30 a.m. Washington time. At least 195 people died in the attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels, a Jewish center, a railway station and a restaurant, said S Jadhav, an official at the Mumbai’s disaster management unit. More than 295 people were injured in a 60-hour siege that ended early today, Mumbai time. Six Americans died in the carnage, and an unknown number are missing, Mulford said. India, with 1 billion people, is the world’s largest democracy. “We pledge the full support of the United States as India investigates these attacks, brings the guilty to justice and sustains its democratic way of life,” Bush said in a statement on the South Lawn of the White House. India, U.S. Accord Bush on Oct. 8 enacted a law that lets U.S. companies such as General Electric Co. sell atomic fuel and technology to India’s burgeoning energy sector for the first time in three decades. The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement lifts a ban on supplying fuel to the world’s largest democracy, imposed after India tested an atomic bomb 34 years ago. Throughout the past four days, the president said he’s kept President- elect Barack Obama informed of step-by-step developments and shared information, as U.S. authorities work “to ensure that American citizens in India are safe.” Obama called Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last night to offer condolences. “He told the prime minister that there is one president at a time, but that he would be monitoring the situation closely,” said Nick Shapiro, an Obama spokesman, in an e-mailed statement. Bush said Indians are “resilient” and “strong,” and have built a multiethnic democracy that “can withstand this trial.” Mumbai, the financial capital, will bounce back and “continue to be the center of commerce and prosperity.” Improved Ties Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have sought improved relations since 2003, a year after they came close to fighting a fourth war since the countries were formed. The two countries are in talks on issues including control of the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir, commercial cooperation, terrorism and drug trafficking. Bush made no comment on whether the U.S. was concerned about the potential for increased tensions between the two nuclear-armed South- Asian neighbors, nor did he elaborate about the kind of the U.S. may be offering. Perino said in response to a question that she couldn’t be specific about whether the FBI is helping authorities in India with the investigation. “We’ve offered assistance, and that’s all we can say for now,” she said in an e-mail. “As the people from the world’s largest democracy recover from these attacks, they can count on the world’s oldest democracy to stand by their side,” the president said. While more than 300 people have died in attacks on Indian markets, mosques and theaters this year, the indiscriminate killing of businessmen and tourists in five-star hotels marks an escalation in the country’s fight again Islamic extremism. Singh will convene an all- party meeting tomorrow to seek support for a nationwide agency mirroring the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe terror-related attacks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
