timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 12/2/2008
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WASHINGTON: Sovereign nations have the right to protect themselves, US president-elect Barack Obama said on Monday, when asked if India could follow the same policy he advocated during his election campaign — of bombing terrorist camps in Pakistan if there was actionable evidence and Islamabad ...
slate.com - 12/1/2008
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slate.com —
Mourners in Mumbai. Click image to expand. A
vigil near the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai It's in
human nature to mention any personal connection when offering solidarity, so I shall just briefly say that on my first visit to India, in 1980, I stayed at the ...
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India is our most important ally; we must stand by our ...
longwarjournal.org - 12/2/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed. Indian has demanded the
Pakistani government turn over about 20 most wanted terrorists
to demonstrate its seriousness about fighting terrorism in the wake of last week's terror siege of ...
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Indian demands Pakistan turn over most wanted
longwarjournal.org - 12/1/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
A senior Pakistani military official called two senior
Taliban leaders "patriots," signaling a shift in posture against
the Taliban in the Northwest Frontier Province. The Mumbai terror siege and India's reaction may lead the Army to negotiate peace ...
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Taliban are 'patriots,' says Pakistani Army official
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If The US Can Bomb Pakistan Why Can’t India?
Firedoglake —
... Looks like the Indian press wants the same rights to bomb other countries the US has been claiming, and they're trying to use Obama's words to justify it: ...
The Obama Doctrine
Jules Crittenden —
... Obama says India can whack Paks, if that’s where the investigation goes.* Sovereign nations and all. Times of India : WASHINGTON: Sovereign nations have the right to protect themselves, US president-elect Barack Obama said on Monday, when asked if India could follow the same policy he advocated during his election campaign — of bombing terrorist camps in Pakistan if there was actionable evidence and Islamabad refused to act on it. Although Obama said he did not want to comment on the specific situation involving India and Pakistan, his tacit endorsement of New Delhi adopting ...
Obama: India Has the Right to Protect Itself
PoliGazette —
... Speaking Monday, U.S. president-elect Barack Obama said that India is a sovereign country and has, as a result, every right to protect itself. ...
Words mean something
Belmont Club —
... the same. But extricating himself from an awkward situation, the President-elect wiggled out. I think that sovereign nations, obviously, have a right to protect themselves. Beyond that, I don’t want to comment on the specific situation that’s taking place in South Asia right now. I think it is important for us to let the investigators do their jobs and make a determination in terms of who was responsible for carrying out these heinous acts. But he didn’t wiggle out all the way: the Times of India is reporting it as a “tacit endorsement”. It wrote, “although Obama said he did ...
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CNN.com - Politics 12/1/2008
A captured suspect in the Mumbai attacks has told police that he is Pakistani, Indian officials say. CNN's sister station, CNN-IBN, reports that the alleged terrorist said he was trained by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a Pakistan-based terror group that opposes ...
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