US to help India counter Pakistan terror: Clinton

[indian_foxhound]

US to help India counter Pakistan terror: Clinton



Washington, Jan 30: Calling the fight against terrorism an "unfinished business", US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday said her country
will improve its information sharing and law
enforcement cooperation with India to deal with
the terrorism threat from Pakistan. Participating in what was described as a "Global
Townterview" at the Newseum here, her last
before she leaves office later this week, Clinton
said she was of course not satisfied with
Islamabad's efforts to deal with terrorism. Clinton was asked if she was satisfied after the
sentencing of David Coleman Headley, a key
Mumbai attack plotter. The secretary of state had personally approved a
bounty of $10 million on the head of Hafiz Saeed,
Lashkar-e-Taiba mastermind of the 26/11
Mumbai attack, and was aware that current Al
Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri was in Pakistan. "We have been successful in capturing and
eliminating a number of the most dangerous
terrorists who have safe havens inside Pakistan,"
she said in response to a question from India
during her 59th "townterview" with six TV
networks from across the globe participating. "We have continued to press the Pakistani
government because of course terrorists inside
Pakistan are first and foremost an ongoing threat
to stability of Pakistan," she said. "And they need to deal with it because of that as
well as implications for India, Afghanistan, the US
and elsewhere." She said the efforts that both Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President
Asif Ali Zardari have made to improve business,
trade and commerce between the two countries
also "helps create a more receptive environment
for dealing for dealing with these serious threats". "So of course I am not satisfied," she said recalling
her comments during a similar townhall in
Kolkata in May last year. "I believe going after terrorism is an obligation of
every country, everywhere, every sensible
person. We can have disagreements but that
cannot be an excuse any way for using violence
or condoning violence," Clinton said. "So we are on this job literally every single day
and we will improve our information sharing
and law enforcement cooperation with India and
I think that will pay rich dividends in years to
come," she said. She also assured India that bringing the
perpetrators of Mumbai terror attack remained
one of America's top priorities. "I think it's unfinished business. We are not in
any way walking away from it," Clinton said. She is leaving office, "but I can assure you and
the Indian people that this remains one of our
very highest priorities."

 

[Thorough Pro]

B I T C H, I have to say it twice to meet the minimum length criteria

 

[acid rain]

Clinton for US President 2016.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Respect to the lady, fight against terrorism has to be the top most agenda of every society.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

nice to hear that.

 

[Skull and Bones]

***** is a killing machine, fighting terrorism my arse. ******* idiots.

To many asterisks in your post.

 

[LiberalAtheist]

B I T C H, I have to say it twice to meet the minimum length criteria

***** is a killing machine, fighting terrorism my arse. ******* idiots.

Looks like your jimmies are rustled. Other than making money off their defense needs we have no further intentions of getting involved in a conflict in South Asia or any part of the world. But imho i'd support the Indians being an easy choice since they don't rent their land to terrorists for training them to carry out attacks on innocent people. But nonetheless deal with it.

 

[SpArK]

Its a global cause and a necessity for the coming generations.

World needs to be cleansed from the idea of intolerance and hatred.

 

[Wombat]

Wait a minute ...

Indian media ----


Direct from horses mouth

MS. SALES: That’s where we’ll leave London, and we will pick up instead in New Delhi, to NDTV, which is one of India’s top broadcasters, and presenter Barkha Dutt, India’s top female journalist and news anchor, who did one of these events with you, Secretary Clinton, last year.

Barkha, are you there with us?

MS. DUTT: I absolutely am. And Secretary Clinton, good evening from India. It’s an absolute pleasure to be talking with you again. We all remember that wonderful town hall with you in Kolkata on your last trip here to India. I have here with me a bunch of very bright young students all itching to ask you a question.

But before I take my microphone to the students, just by way of comment, Secretary Clinton, I know despite all your denials, all of us are waiting to see you back in political action in 2016 as possibly – (laughter) – the United States’ first woman president. So I’m not saying that as a question. I’m just observing that we think – (laughter) – that might happen. Great to have you on the show, Secretary.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good to see you again. Thank you so much.

MS. DUTT: I notice that you didn’t answer that. I’ll try get a little more out of you as this program goes along.

SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) That’s why you’re such a good journalist, Barkha.

MS. DUTT: We have a lot of people here – (laughter) – thank you. And I will probe that a little further, but I’m going to hand over the mike to a young boy on my right who has a question for you, Secretary Clinton.

QUESTION: Thank you. Good evening, ma’am. My question concerns the recent Richard Headley case and the sentence that was handed out.

MS. DUTT: David Headley.

QUESTION: Sorry, David Headley case and the sentence that was handed out to him. Given that he’s pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the 26/11 attacks, why is America so hesitant to extradite him to India?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, that is not directly under my jurisdiction, but I will say this: There was intensive amount of investigation and interrogation of him by Indian authorities as well as American authorities. A lot of useful information was obtained, and I think that this sentence represents both the punishment that he richly deserves for his participation, but also a recognition of the role that he has played and is expected to continue to play in supporting Indian and American efforts to prevent the kind of horrific attack that occurred in Mumbai.

MS. DUTT: Secretary Clinton, if I can just pick up on that question by this young boy here, I know that when we were doing the town hall in Kolkata, you assured Indians that it was you who had cleared the $10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed’s head, who, as you know, is a key architect of the Lashkar-e Tayyiba, the terrorist group. You also spoke about al-Zawahiri being in Pakistan according to your information.

I know a lot of people in India want to hear from you tonight. When you look back at your term, are you satisfied with the success that you were able to achieve in bringing the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice? Or are you left with a sense of regret? Are you left with a sense that more could have been done, and somehow you didn’t have enough time or weren’t able to put enough pressure on Pakistan to get it done?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Barkha, I think it is unfinished business that we are not in any way walking away from. I’m leaving office, but I can assure you and the Indian people this remains one of our very highest priorities.

We were successful in capturing and eliminating a number of the most dangerous terrorists who have safe haven inside Pakistan. We have continued to press the Pakistani Government, because of course the terrorists inside Pakistan are first and foremost an ongoing threat to the stability of Pakistan, and they need to deal with it because of that, as well as the implications for India, Afghanistan, the United States, and elsewhere.

I also think that the efforts that both Prime Minister Singh and President Zardari in Pakistan have made to improve communication, business, trade, commerce between India and Pakistan helps to create a more receptive environment for dealing with these serious threats. So of course, I’m not satisfied. As I told you in Kolkata, I believe going after terrorism is an obligation of every country, everywhere, every sensible person. We can have disagreements, but they cannot be in any way using violence or condoning the use of violence.

So we’re not giving up. We are on this job literally every single day. And we’ve improved our information sharing, our law enforcement cooperation with India, and I think that will pay dividends in years to come.

MS. DUTT: We’re testing (inaudible).

MS. SALES: Just lost audio to Barkha there. Let’s see if we can get that back up because it would be great to hear one more question from India if we can.

MS. DUTT: As you must know, we’ve been seeing street protests by young students here related to the horrific gang rape that took place in Delhi recently, and gender rights are really on the top of public consciousness here in India. So, a question from this young boy here.

QUESTION: So my question to you is this: Why is it that women in politics, even in supposedly progressive societies like the United States, have to conform to masculinist and privileged constructions of a statesman in the public sphere? And I must ask you, how difficult is it for a woman politician to access political space that is heavily gendered and that dictates how a woman leader has to behave and conduct herself?

SECRETARY CLINTON: (Laughter.) That could be a topic for a whole show because it’s a profound question, but let me make two brief points. First, although it is better than it was, having been in and around politics for many years now, there is still a double standard. And it is a double standard that exists from the trivial, like what you wear, to the incredibly serious, like women can’t vote, women can’t run for office, women are not supposed to be in the public sphere. But there is a spectrum of the double standard, and of the both legal and cultural barriers to respect for women, for the full participation of women.

So we do have a ways to go, and even in democracies. And a democracy like yours, unlike mine, that’s had a woman leader and has a woman at the head of the current governing party where women have achieved a lot of political success, there is still a tremendous amount of discrimination and just outright abuse of women, particularly uneducated women, women who can’t stand up for themselves, but clearly, even as we saw in the terrible gang rape, a woman trying to better herself, go to school.

Secondly, this has been the cause of my life and will continue to be as I leave the Secretary of State’s office, because we are hurting ourselves. The young woman who essentially was raped and then died of her terrible injuries, who knows what she could have contributed to India’s future? When you put barriers in the way of half the population, you, in effect, are putting brakes on your own development as a nation.

And there is more than adequate research to prove this, but just in a personal, everyday life example, I’m looking at one of the leading journalists in the world, certainly one of the leading journalists in India, Barkha. She brings to her job her experiences that are then infusing the coverage that she provides. And if you lose that kind of perspective, you are really doing a disservice to your society. So I personally was very encouraged and even proud to see young men and young women out in the streets protesting the way that young women are treated by men who do not understand or have never been taught to accept that it’s not just their sisters and their mothers that they should respect, but all girls and women. So I’m looking for big changes in India in the years to come.

MS. SALES: Thank you, Secretary Clinton, and thank you Barkha and our friends in India. Now, I can already tell you, we’re probably going to have some technical issues with this but we would really like to try to go to Lagos in Nigeria. So let’s give it a go. We have some people there at Channels Television, and news presenter Maupe Ogun is waiting with some young people.

Maupe, can you hear us?

Secretary Clinton Holds a Global Townterview

 

[third eye]

Any other sources with the same news besides India TV ?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Another example of India's blatanty unprofessional media, which spreads unproven statements and sensationalism disguised as fact

 

[indian_foxhound]

Any other sources with the same news besides India TV ?

http://www.newsreporter.in/us-to-help-india-counter-pakistan-terror-clinton-93456

http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=012913095126

 

[rockstarIN]

Another example of India's blatanty unprofessional media, which spreads unproven statements and sensationalism disguised as fact

She was selected to ask the questions to Hilary out of 6 reporters across the globe.

 

[Srinivas]

Mrs.Clinton US should kindly leave Afganistan and South Asia ASAP.

India can take care of itself.

 

[A1Kaid]

Hillary Clinton is an intelligent lady I doubt she would say such a thing. Had she made such a statement media here would report it and the White House press would report it. Hillary Clinton has actually not paid much attention to India during her time as Secretary of State.