Rice will visit New Delhi, Islamabad
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Islamabad to discuss security issues with Pakistani officials following Mumbai attacks.
Rice is to visit Islamabad a day after her trip to New Delhi. The visit aims to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, Press TV correspondent reported Tuesday.
The White House also confirmed that Rice cuts short her NATO ministerial meeting in London to discuss security threats in South Asia.
Talking to reporters in London, Rice urged Pakistan's complete co-operation with India in the latter's fight with terrorism.
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In the It better not matter category:
Al Qaeda to release video tape claiming Mumbai attack as theirs
What took them so long? Wasn't the tape prepared in advance, like a well-planned false flag terrorist operation? Did the operation go down wrong, causing them to go back to the drawing board and make a second tape? HMMM??? - Ed.
COHEN, BENJAMIN, FELBAB & REIDEL from Brookings Institution know who is behind the Mumbia Attacks--aL Qaeda. All one had to do was watch CSpan this afternoon to listen to this intel group pin the Mumbai attacks on AQ.
But of course.
And according to this group, AQ will shortly release a video/audio tape claiming the Mumbia attacks as theirs.
Sure, we believe you.
AQ will probably also release some sensitive info on the attacks that was only known to India police and security forces.
Right.
Yes, the same group of monsters who were behind 9/11 had a hand in the Mumbai attacks and we all know who that is.
In the It might matter category:
China assures full support to Pakistan
The Chinese leadership is in constant contact with Pakistan to know the nature of assistance the latter requires and ensure its immediate availability.
However, according to officials’ sources, Pakistan is self-sufficient in defence and it is impossible for any state of the world to harm the country. They said Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force are well equipped to protect the homeland.
In the It definitely matters category:India rules out attack against Pakistan
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday that only "time will show" what will be done by India but made it clear that nobody was talking about military action.
"Now, we have asked (for) the arrest and handover of those persons who are settled in Pakistan and who are fugitives of Indian law,” Mukherjee said.
The foreign minister said the names were given during a formal protest to the high commissioner of Pakistan over the attacks in Mumbai.
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Pakistan offers India joint probe team
Islamabad: Pakistan has offered India a joint team to probe the Mumbai terror attacks, even as it says it will "frame a response" to New Delhi's demand for handing over 20 of India's most wanted men.
"The government of Pakistan has offered a joint investigating mechanism and a joint commission to India," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a nationwide telecast.
"We are ready to jointly go into the depth of this issue and we are ready to compose a team that could help you," Qureshi added.
