Sunday, December 21, 2008

India Threatens Pakistan As Mumbai Hotels Reopen

Police watched the Taj Mahal Hotel, set ablaze by terrorists.
Prashanth Vishwanathan for The New York Times

From The Telegraph:

India is keeping 'open' the option of a military strike on Pakistani soil even as the two hotels attacked in Mumbai reopened their doors.

As the Taj Mahal Palace hotel and the nearby Trident-Oberoi invited guests through their doors following the attacks that killed more than 170 people, the Indian government made clear that it held Pakistan responsible.

"Terrorism remains a scourge for our region. If a country [Pakistan] cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and people from this menace," said Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian foreign minister.

Mr Mukherjee and the defence minister A K Antony met India's three service chiefs and senior security officials on Saturday to consider all possible scenarios against their nuclear rival and neighbour, which they believe has given shelter to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Islamist group accused of masterminding the Mumbai attacks.

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My Comment: The Indian Government is keeping all of its options open. To make this public tells me that they are not satisfied with the actions that the Pakistan Government is taking against extremist groups in its country.

1 comment:

Lahore Hotels said...

Yes,It is a big loss for the India and there is a lot of peoples were died in that tarriest attack.In my point of view we can never say that the Pakistan is the responsible of this,every body know that there is no religion of tarriest.so it can be relate to any country.