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| India wants 40 suspects from Pakistan | |
| 2008-12-12 | |
| An attack on Pakistan to "avenge the Mumbai terror attacks is no solution", but India still wants its neighbour to hand over 40 people it believes are behind terror attacks, the Indian external affairs minister told parliament on Thursday. Pranab Mukherjee's comments came in reply to a question by MP Mohan Rawale, who had asked why India was not attacking the neighbour if there was 'proof' of Pakistan's 'involvement' in the Mumbai attacks. "Let us be very clear and frank that that is no solution," said Mukherjee.
He said the government was told that Lashkar-e-Tayyaba chief Hafiz Saeed had been arrested. "However, within 20 minutes, I heard from our Islamabad mission that the man was on television." Referring to the Jaish-e-Muhammad chief's house arrest, Mukherjee said he doubted if it was a convincing step. Referring to the description of the Mumbai attackers as 'non-state actors', he asserted that 'non-state actors' were "located in the territory of a particular country and operating from within a particular country". "What we are most respectfully suggesting to the Pakistani government is that they please act. The mere expression of intention is not adequate." | |
| Posted by:Fred |