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The Pakistani Response: Zardari’s Tightrope
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari today spoke out about the Mumbai attacks, assuring the world that his government is in no way responsible for the massacre despite India’s claims that the attackers hailed from his country:
“I think these are stateless actors who have been operating all throughout the region,” Zardari said on CNN’s “Larry King [...]
India’s True Test Begins
It seems that the Mumbai terrorist siege has finally come to an end, 170+ casualties later. There have been many conflicting reports about the origins of the terrorist organization that perpetrated the attacks, but the narrative that has risen to the surface is the possible involvement of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Whether or not this is the case, it certainly ratchets up tensions between Pakistan and India, muddying what had been promising attempts at a sustainable peace. The question now becomes: what next for India?
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