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'All options open to stop terror outfits'
India will keep all options open to dismantle "terror outfits" after the Mumbai attacks in November, the Indian defence minister said yesterday.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:38 January 7, 2009
New Delhi: India will keep all options open to dismantle "terror outfits" after the Mumbai attacks in November, the Indian defence minister said yesterday.
"Even after 26/11 there is no serious attempt to dismantle the terror outfits and that is the major worry," A.K. Antony told reporters in New Delhi, referring to the coordinated attacks in India's financial hub.
"We will do everything to prevent this. For that we are examining all possible available options." he said. "What option we are examining I can't tell you now."
The latest statement comes as Indian officials show increasing frustration at what they see as Pakistan's unwillingness to fully investigate the attacks.
India blames Pakistan militants for the strikes in November by 10 gunmen that killed 179 people and have revived tension between two nations that have fought three wars since 1947.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped up a war of words on Tuesday, saying for the first time the assault "must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan."
Denied
Pakistan has denied any involvement by state agencies and rejected Singh's accusation, saying India was ratcheting up tension and risked destroying all prospects of a serious and objective investigation.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday Pakistan had made constructive proposals for cooperation and initiated its own investigation but India was unnecessarily whipping up tension.
"Our own investigations into Mumbai have progressed," Gilani said.
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