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Rice: 'non-state actors' may have used Pakistan for India attacks
AFP via Google ^ | Dec. 7, 2008 | AFP

Posted on 12/07/2008 2:15:36 PM PST by FocusNexus

Pakistan must act quickly to help India prevent follow-on attacks amid evidence that Pakistani soil was used by "non-state actors," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Sunday.

Speaking on US television, Rice said she stressed during her visit to Pakistan last week how important it was for Islamabad to cooperate fully and promptly with India, but denied reports of a 48-hour deadline for action.

"The important thing is that Pakistan act and that these people are brought to justice and that any information that they may have is put to use in making sure follow-on attacks don't happen," Rice told Fox television.

In interviews with both Fox News and CNN television, Rice doubted Pakistani officials had a role in the November 26 attacks in Mumbai.

"I think there is no doubt that Pakistani territory was used by probably non-state actors. I don't think that there is compelling evidence of involvement of Pakistani officials," Rice said.

"But I do think that Pakistan has a responsibility to act," she said.

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Rice appeared to discourage India from taking unilateral action against India when asked about such a possibility.

"I just think that ... they shouldn't do anything that will make the situation worse," she told Fox News.

She added that during her recent visits to India and Pakistan she "didn't hear a lot of bellicose talk" from the leaders.

"This is a relationship between India and Pakistan that has improved. And they're trying to build on that. But India expects Pakistan to act, and so does the United States," she said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: condi; condirice; india; islam; jihad; mohammedanism; mumbai; pakistan; rice; speaksoftly; wot
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To: DTogo

Why, for our side, Sam.


21 posted on 12/07/2008 4:27:44 PM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: FocusNexus
Are the illegals in US "Non-State-Actors"?
22 posted on 12/07/2008 4:42:00 PM PST by ajay_kumar (Real conservatives in 2012)
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To: FocusNexus
"Rice: 'non-state actors' may have used Pakistan for India attacks"

Yeah...sure...uhuh. India should nuke Pakistan post-haste.


23 posted on 12/07/2008 5:31:42 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: FocusNexus
Dear Condie....

So what, the Pakistani government has allowed the fellows to exist and multiply. Damn them all. End the high jinks...blast them all to eternal damnation.

24 posted on 12/07/2008 5:52:35 PM PST by pointsal
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To: AmericanVictory

If we cannot name the enemy. . .we are doomed.


25 posted on 12/07/2008 5:54:02 PM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: cricket

Hmm, imho, it’s always been more or less a game of smoke and mirrors throughout the ages. IOW, enemies disguise themselves and use front groups, etc., etc. It’s nothing new.


26 posted on 12/07/2008 6:42:50 PM PST by khnyny ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: FocusNexus
"I think there is no doubt that Pakistani territory was used by probably non-state actors. I don't think that there is compelling evidence of involvement of Pakistani officials," Rice said.

That may be true. But Pakistan did offer them sanctuary and protection. That's 'involvement' enough for me. Last chance to choose the right before other forces are released to clean out the terrorists. That option will probably have large collateral damage losses of innocent people caught in the crossfire.

27 posted on 12/07/2008 6:45:03 PM PST by esarlls3
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To: FocusNexus
The terrorists would like nothing more, than to start a nuclear war between the two countries and involve the US as well, starting WW 3.

The terrorists Islamics would like nothing more, than to start a nuclear war between the two countries and involve the US as well, starting WW 3.

Make Mecca like Hiroshima. Problem over. Attack the real enemy for a change.

28 posted on 12/07/2008 7:24:00 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: little jeremiah; Indian_Fighter_Kite; Knitting A Conundrum; Hari prasad; MimirsWell; ...

Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...

To be added to or removed from this ping list, please FReepmail Sir Francis Dashwood.

29 posted on 12/07/2008 7:24:58 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: khnyny
Hmm, imho, it’s always been more or less a game of smoke and mirrors throughout the ages. IOW, enemies disguise themselves and use front groups, etc., etc. It’s nothing new.

The real enemy is in Mecca.

30 posted on 12/07/2008 7:26:54 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: Nathan Zachary
"Allah" be damned, and may the rock god's evil pedophile and mass murdering thief of a self appointed profit burn in hell forevermore, along with this cults followers.

The enemy still resides in Mecca... Why the hell can't some people admit this?

31 posted on 12/07/2008 7:30:31 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: FocusNexus

Just the idea of Pakistan having nukes motivates a lot of people to start building shelters.

Question: does anyone know if we - or better yet - the Russians - have missiles aimed at Pakistan? If not why not.


32 posted on 12/07/2008 8:21:29 PM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

It is an interesting question - why can’t anyone say “the problem is Islamic jihad and has been since the late 600s or early 700s and it won’t stop until some external force PUTS A STOP TO IT.

The problem will never go away on its own. Ever. And will assuredly get worse.

Why won’t they say this? Moral cowardice? They’re paid off? Blackmailed? Drugged by the miasma of “moral relativism”? Just plain “piss soaked hind legs” fear? I don’t know.


33 posted on 12/07/2008 8:30:38 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

And IMO the idea of having women as Sectaries of State is insane.


34 posted on 12/07/2008 8:31:15 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: little jeremiah
Women are not the problem....liberal women & PC women are the problem. Women such as Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher were all tough as nails.
35 posted on 12/07/2008 9:13:12 PM PST by ajay_kumar (Real Conservatives in 2012)
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To: BGHater
Hoax phone call 'almost took Pakistan to war'

That is truly terrifying....

36 posted on 12/07/2008 10:56:45 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: khnyny

Well, for sure nothing new; but I STILL would be interested in who owns this building.


37 posted on 12/08/2008 7:15:30 PM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! Thank You ~ U..S.A. Military~/)
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To: ajay_kumar

Women like that are few and far between. Some women are warrior types, but it is rare.


38 posted on 12/08/2008 10:08:35 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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