Who would want to stop peace talks when Pakistan wants them so badly, hmmm?
"India and Pakistan maintain summit plans after attack" by Emily Wax, Washington Post | February 15, 2010
JODHPUR, India - India is investigating whether Pakistan was behind an attack that killed nine people in the western city of Pune ahead of peace talks scheduled for next week, officials said yesterday.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, a Hindu nationalist group, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel the peace negotiations. “Terrorism and talks can’t coexist,’’ said Arun Jaitley, a party spokesman.
Yeah, the same clowns that murdered the beloved Gandhi.
The attack on Saturday was “a desperate move by terror-driven organizations to prevent amity and cordiality between nations,’’ India’s external affairs minister, S.M. Krishna, told reporters in response to a question about whether the talks would be delayed.
Yeah, and CUI BONO?
He said the government will wait for the findings of an investigation before responding to Hindu nationalists’ demands.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan condemned the attack but said he wanted the talks to go forward....
The talks, set to begin Feb. 25, are to be the first high-level dialogue between the nuclear-armed rivals since 10 men from Pakistan carried out a three-day rampage in Mumbai that left 165 people dead in November 2008.
The United States has encouraged India to invite Pakistan to the negotiating table to hash out long-simmering issues, including Pakistan’s role in the Mumbai attacks and the disputed region of Kashmir.
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"It is now the focal point for seemingly bottomless Kashmiri rage at the continuing presence of the roughly 500,000-strong Indian security force here.... a full-scale occupation..... They remain even though violence.... has fallen to its lowest point in two decades....
Also see: India's Mass Graves
Never hear much about those, do you?
The Obama administration has urged Pakistan to focus its military strength on Afghanistan and on the spillover of Taliban militants in its northwest frontier, instead of on India.
Cities across India were on high alert after the attack.
The explosion took place at the German Bakery in Koregaon Park, an upscale Pune neighborhood near a Chabad Jewish Center and the Osho Ashram. The ashram, a spiritual center with many Western followers, was allegedly a potential target for David Coleman Headley, who is on trial in Chicago for plotting terrorist acts.
Oh, the U.S. intelligence asset?
Indian intelligence officials had warned police that an attack was likely in Koregaon Park.
Yeah, they ALWAYS KNOW ALL ABOUT IT and the FALSE FLAG ATTACKS still get through!
Rabbi Betzalel Kupchik of Chabad, an Orthodox group, said that the Indian government had warned of the potential for an attack four months ago and provided extra security, turning the center into a “fortress.’’
“We have God, and we have the Indian intelligence and police,’’ he said. “We sleep well at night.’’
I think he just ADMITTED to the INSIDE JOB NATURE of all the attacks, readers!
Ajai Sahni, executive director of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, said the government’s reaction to the Pune attack showed that lessons had been learned from the Mumbai siege - response times were far faster and security was in place.
“What’s important here is that the Chabad house and the ashram were not attacked,’’ Sahni said. “No country can protect every shop, every railway station, every bus. Then tomorrow we will have to start protecting every home. Until we address the sources of terrorism, which is Pakistan, this will keep happening.’’
Yeah, to a certain extent. Their intel services are working with CIA; however, they don't frame themselves. That's why USrael uses their supply of patsies in the grand game of double-crossing espionage and covert ops.
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[The following commentary on the upcoming India/Pakistan dialogue is clearly written from the Indian point of view, but it is highly relevant to both sides--no, it is an extremely urgent matter for the whole world. I tell you straight, these talks are potentially the most vital issue of our time, in that they will settle the course of mankind from that point forward, whether there is to be new era of peace and cooperation, or an apocalyptic nuclear war. Both sides are intent on settling their most pressing issues, perhaps starting with these talks, without giving ground on others. If this attitude prevails throughout the discussions and prevents the settling of the most pressing issue, state sponsored terrorism, then all the ongoing state terror will continue to snowball, leading to the inevitable violent conclusion.
Settle your differences gentlemen and understand that the solution to all your economic problems and cultural contentions can be found together. A free trade zone between the two great powers is the only way to go.] -- A Journey to NowhereYES, talking and trading is always preferable to war and killing.
