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Manmohan asks Pak to dismantle “terror machines”; rejects war alternative
Posted on 24 December 2008
In a total rejection of Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray’s call to attack Pakistan, the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Pakistan to avoid “war hysteria” and simply act to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating in its country.
“The issue is not war, the issue is terror and territory in Pakistan being used to promote, aid and abet this terror,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told reporters. “
Nobody wants war.”
He asked the world community to pressurize Islamabad to dismantle the “terror machine” in the wake of strikes on Mumbai, which was an attack on India’s “ambitions to emerge as an economic power”.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee also gave a strong message to Pakistan. He said, “
Don’t create war hysteria. Act against those responsible for Mumbai attacks.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani reportedly assured the nation’s leadership that Pakistan’s armed forces will mount an equal response “within minutes” if India carries out any surgical strike inside the country.
As tension between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours simmered, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani warned on Monday that the armed forces were fully capable of defending the country and the people would be united if war was imposed.
But Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Pakistan should focus on the issues. “
The issue is not creating war hysteria or raising accusing finger against others”.
“(The) question is there has been a sinister, heinous terrorist attack on Mumbai from the elements in Pakistan. India has
requested Pakistan to take action against the perpetrators,” he told reporters.
Mukherjee has previously said “all options” were open to India to pressure Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks, but
analysts said a military strike remains very unlikely, as it would strengthen the hand of hawks and extremists in Pakistan.
Instead India is trying to build an international diplomatic consensus to put pressure on Pakistan, and has received support from the United States and the United Nations.
Pakistan strenuously denies any state links to the Mumbai attack.
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