Rice Urges "Transparency" In Pakistan

Secretary Of State Says America Expects Full Cooperation With Probe Into India Attack

(AP)  The United States has told Pakistan it expects complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday, saying the civilized world must unite against this menace.

Appearing at a news conference with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Rice said the perpetrators of attacks that have taken the lives of at least 170 in Mumbai, India, "must be brought to justice." She also said that Pakistan's response to the attacks will be a test of the will of the new civilian government.

"What we are emphasizing to the Pakistani government is the need to follow the evidence wherever it leads," Rice said. "I don't want to jump to any conclusions myself on this, but I do think that this is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and cooperation and that's what we expect."

At President Bush's direction, Rice is cutting short a European trip to visit India later this week. Six Americans were among those killed in attacks spanning three days in the Indian commercial capital Mumbai.

Rice said that "ultimately, the terrorists have to be stopped because they will keep trying to bring down" civilized nations and institutions.

At another point in the news conference, she made clear that the United States is working directly with the top leaders of Pakistan.

"The president of Pakistan is the elected Pakistani president and he therefore has the legitimacy that comes with election," she said. "The military now serves in a civilian government. We have obviously good contacts with all Pakistani officials ... but the government of Pakistan has a legitimate and elected president."

Indian leaders have pointed fingers at "elements in Pakistan" although it is not yet clear where the well-planned operation originated.

Attackers chose sites representing the city's wealth and tourism, and reportedly sought out Westerners as victims. Rice will see Indian leaders in New Delhi. She does not plan to go to Mumbai.

A previously unknown Muslim group called Deccan Mujahideen - a name suggesting origins inside India - has claimed responsibility for the attacks. But a top Indian police officer said Sunday he believed the attackers were from Lashkar-e-Taiba, long seen as a creation of the Pakistani intelligence service to help fight India in the disputed Kashmir region. The group was banned in Pakistan in 2002 under pressure from the U.S., a year after Washington and Britain listed it a terrorist organization.

President Bush was in the Situation Room Monday morning, getting another update on the terrorist attacks.

Pressed about what the White House knows of the terrorists' motives, press secretary Dana Perino said: "The intelligence community is still assessing all aspects of the attack, the motivation, the plotting and planning and the operational details of it."

Asked if she was convinced that there was no Pakistani government role in the attacks, "I'm not going to comment on any possible involvement. ... I've heard nothing that says the Pakistani government was involved."

Later, Perino added the White House has "no reason" not to trust the Pakistanis. Perino noted that Pakistan, too, has been the victim of horrific terrorist attacks.

As for Americans' safety, Perino said "We do believe that all the American citizens are accounted for at this point."

Indian leaders have blamed unspecified "elements in Pakistan" for the 60-hour siege during which suspected Muslim militants hit 10 sites across Mumbai, but have not said whether they believe the terrorists had the backing of any state agencies. Pakistan denied it was involved and demanded evidence.

India has repeatedly accused Pakistan of complicity in terrorist attacks on its soil, many of which it traces to militant groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. The U.S. has tried to persuade Pakistan to shift its security focus from India, with which it has fought three wars, to Islamic militants along the Afghan border.

The Mumbai assaults raised fears among U.S officials of renewed violence between India and Pakistan. Both nations possess nuclear arms.

Rice said Pakistan's U.S.-backed civilian president, Asif Ali Zardari, has pledged to improve relations.

Zardari replaced President Pervez Musharraf earlier this year and has established polite but distanced relations with Washington. Musharraf was a military man and a Bush administration ally against terrorism, but that closeness cost him support at home.

[boandco]

What''s Condo Rice doing in India? Is there oil involved? She must really be hard up for a photo op.

[betraid]

We should send our new secretary of state. As chairperson for the India Caucus, Hillary Clinton was instrumental in outsourcing millions in US jobs to India and understands the country all too well. She is also very adept under fire. She could cork screw in on a military transport, land under a hail of bullets and accept a bouquet of flowers.

[boatdocster]

She is right...

They need to unite against the BUSH Administration, which has spread more global terror, death and torture in the last 8 years than Al Quida ever did.

Perhaps 100,000 innocent Iraqis killed by Bush and his bogus war. Makes the few hundred killed in India pale in comparison...

Rice, who has done absolutely nothing but spew crapp and go for photo op%u2019s. Not one piece on important state legislation signed under her watch.

[impeach___w]

"The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say.
One of the operational assets being used by the Defense Department is a right-wing terrorist organization known as Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), which is being %u201Crun%u201D in two southern regional areas of Iran. They are Baluchistan, a Sunni stronghold, and Khuzestan, a Shia region where a series of recent attacks has left many dead and hundreds injured in the last three months.
One former counterintelligence official, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the information, describes the Pentagon as pushing MEK shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The drive to use the insurgent group was said to have been advanced by the Pentagon under the influence of the Vice President%u2019s office and opposed by the State Department, National Security Council and then-National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice.

[impeach___w]

Continued...
According to all three intelligence sources, military and intelligence officials alike were alarmed that instead of securing a known terrorist organization, which has been responsible for acts of terror against Iranian targets and individuals all over the world %u2013 Rumsfeld under instructions from Cheney, began using the group on special ops missions into Iran to pave the way for a potential Iran strike.
%u201CThey are doing whatever they want, no oversight at all,%u201D one intelligence source said.
The below is one example of a policy to support terrorists for use as proxy groups:
"Bomb blasts struck Iranian government buildings in the capital of an oil-rich border province, followed within hours by two other bombs in central Tehran, killing nine people, days before presidential elections."
It%u2019s believed that the attacks by MEK had been halted in March of last year. If this attack is shown to be tied to MEK terrorists or any other "group" we are funding, arming, and training in the region, then the US will be implicated - even if we had nothing to do with the bombing directly.

[fredflinsto2]

Rice is an idiot, that is how she got to be part of the Bush administration

[fredflinsto2]

Hillary''s nomination to sec of state is a great accomplishment for lesbians everywhere

[impeach___w]

fredflinsto2, Rice was in before Bush, She "interviewed" him before he even was a candidate for nomination.

[fredflinsto2]

fredflinsto2, Rice was in before Bush, She "interviewed" him before he even was a candidate for nomination.


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Posted by impeach

No, shew replaced Powell when Powell left the Bush administration

[fredflinsto2]

fredflinsto2, Rice was in before Bush, She "interviewed" him before he even was a candidate for nomination.


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Posted by impeach

No, shew replaced Powell when Powell left the Bush administration

Rice replaced Powell when Powell showed he had integtity and having integrity was unacceptable to Bush, so Powell had to leave. that is how Rice became part of the most corrupt adminstration this country has had to date

[impeach___w]

fredflinsto2 you forget she was National Securty advisor before Sec of state after powell.

[jgunther7]

The incident in Mumbia has little to do with international terrorism and more to do with Kashmir wanting to break away from India, or to become part of Pakistan. US, Israeli and British were targeted because of their meddling. This is just unfinished business from when Britain divided India and Pakistan. The US was originally arming Kashmir when they were building Al-Quaeda to fight the Russians and then withdrew support when they started fighting Al-Quaeda. It is time for the US to quite meddling and for Condo Rice to go home.

[impeach___w]

Posted by fredflinsto2 ...when Powell showed he had integtity...

They both approved the torture and harsh techniques. People like this have no integrity, they are criminals according to the laws in this country.

[lovegetpeace]

The Republican Party needed Fear Policies to keep them in power. Having Osama Bin Ladin and all other terrorist organizations alive is good for the Republicans because it keeps the Fear alive.

What the Republicans mis-calculated was the Meltdown of the Economy due to Toxic Economic policies which would shadow Fear in Americans.

Thank you very much Republican President Bush for been such a perfect Idiot.

[lovegetpeace]

The biggest and only mistake that Idiot Republican President Bush did was to select his Idol D. Cheney as his V.P.

[impeach___w]

The biggest and only mistake that Idiot Republican President Bush did was to select his Idol D. Cheney as his V.P.
Posted by lovegetpeace

Which president Bush? I submit, That thier biggest blunders were that they did not "pull out" in time. Bush senior''s biggest error was nine months before Jr. was born.

[lovegetpeace]

Posted by jamesm12341 at 01:07 PM : Dec 01, 2008

What is your definition of Successful? ...because I feel sorry for their terrible Legacy cast on stone forever.

[lovegetpeace]

Posted by jamesm12341 at 01:07 PM : Dec 01, 2008

What is your definition of Successful in Life? ...because I feel sorry for their terrible Legacy casted on stone forever. Shall we include your name along with all the other NeoCons on that stone?

[fredflinsto2]

fredflinsto2 you forget she was National Securty advisor before Sec of state after powell.


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Posted by impeach___

Well, that would help explain how we got attacked on 9/11

[darnedsocks]

SOONER OR LATER THE WORLD IS GOING TO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT "ISLAM" SPECIFICALLY TEACHES, ESPOUSES, AND ENCOURAGES ACTS OF VIOLENCE (IN SPITE OF WHAT MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN ARE SAYING), ISLAM IS ORGANIZED, PER SHARIA LAW, TO "CONTROL" OTHERS THROUGH BARBARIC ACTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TERRORIZING.

WHEN IS THE WORLD GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT ISLAM DOES NOT TEACH "FORGIVE AND FORGET" AND MOVE ON WITH LIFE. IT TEACHES REVENGE, HOLDING GRUDGES UNTIL THE END OF TIME, AND ALLOWS ACTS OF CRIMINALITY AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT "MUSLIM."

WHEN ARE MUSLIMS GOING TO "WAKE UP" AND ESCAPE FROM THE "GREAT DARKNESS" OF THIS HORRIBLE BELIEF SYSTEM? WHEN WILL THE WORLD WAKE UP AND CONDEMN THIS BARBARIC BELIEF SYSTEM?

WHEN WILL THE WORLD RECOGNIZE THAT THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAMIC (SHARIA) LAW ARE NOT "GODLY" BUT ABOUT MAN''S DESIRE TO CONTROL OTHERS THROUGH TERROR?

[papabc]

Is easier for Liberals to attack Bush and crew than to look at Islamic Terrorist for what they are.

Terrorist would just a soon seen both liberals and conservatives kneel to Meca or cut of heads of non-believers.

[darnedsocks]

IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT ISLAM TEACHES, TYPE IN "EX MUSLIM" ON WWW.YOUTUBE.COM AND JUST LISTEN TO WHAT EX MUSLIMS HAVE TO SAY. ALSO, BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO WARN THE REST OF THE WORLD HOW DANGEROUS THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM ARE. (IN ISLAM, APOSTACY IS REWARDED BY DEATH...GO FIGURE. ANOTHER HORRIBLE, SINFUL TEACHING ESPOUSED BY THIS BELIEF SYSTEM, I.E., THAT PEOPLE ARE "FORCED" TO GIVE THEMSELVES TO ISLAM, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL.)

[lindh4]

Sending Rice to India is nothing short of pouring gasoline on the fire. She has no credibility anywhere except with the UK PM, our current lapdog.

[intheshade-2009]

If the US would quit attacking Kashmir with their preditor missles, then they would be less likely to be attacked when they travel abroad.

[papabc]

Sending Rice to India is nothing short of pouring gasoline on the fire. She has no credibility anywhere except with the UK PM, our current lapdog.
Posted by lindh4
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I see you find it easier to blame the messanger.

why don''t you fly over and settle this for the world.

[firehose12]

Rice: All Victims Of Terror Must Be United

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Including all of the non-civilian killing Muslims.

[firehose12]

Sending Rice to India is nothing short of pouring gasoline on the fire. She has no credibility anywhere except with the UK PM, our current lapdog.

Posted by lindh4 at 01:39 PM : Dec 01, 2008

Wrong Lib

Talk is always good. Obama Huessein may be popular, but really lets be clear here...the man has accomplished ZERO so far.

When he brings world peace - I applaud him.

Till then, nobody has credibilty over anyone else.

[niceface19]

this ugly woman is a terrorist herself, let''s united against her.

[biblethumpar]

Rice: All Victims Of Terror Must Be United, I wonder if the Palestinians should be rejoicing?

[papabc]

Libs:
How long has this conflict been going on?
8 years?
20 years?
100 years?
1000s of years?

Can you settle it by Dec 15 2008? Go for it.

[papabc]

There was no terrorism before Bush....where have you been....troll troll troll.... LOL
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jamesm12341

No troll here but ARE YOU?

[firehose12]

There was no terrorism before Bush....where have you been....troll troll troll.... LOL
Posted by jamesm12341 at 02:00 PM : Dec 01, 2008

Wrong, Lib.

Bill Clinton was just more interested in cigars & BJ''s then fighting back.

[firehose12]

was a joke...i was imitating a loser lib


Posted by jamesm12341 at 02:06 PM : Dec 01, 2008

Oh o.k.

I was gonna say....

[getoffmine1]

victims of terror, do they mean like the kurds Saddam gassed? The ones that declassified documents now show the U.S. knowingly allowed Saddam to gas as part of a deal??????
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/20/sbm.overview/index.html

[biblethumpar]

If Condoleeza is to be taken serious then all people
who are opressed by terrorists should stand together,
Even the Palestinians against the Russian Immigrants
who are stealing their lands.

[biblethumpar]

jamesm12341, have a better idea for ya,
why not send the illegal immigrants from Russia back to where they came from?

[papabc]

There was no terrorism before Bush....where have you been....troll troll troll.... LOL
Posted by jamesm12341 at 02:00 PM : Dec 01, 2008

Yes your right.
The USS Cole was not attacked
Marines did not die when a car bomb went of in the middle east.
US building were never bombed in the same area
An the tooth fairy is real.

[biblethumpar]

jamesm12341 .. EFF u piece of Sh,it
u know as well as everyone else does that Palestinians have no one but themselves to fend for themselves, the UN does nothing when it comes to this matter.

[gangesdak]

Now everyone is a victim. US is a victim, so is Israel, so is India, so is Hamas, so is Pakistan. This is Bush''s ploy to put India and Pakistan on the same plane. Guess what! Every terrorist act from 9/11 on, the common factor has been Pakistan. And, Pakistan is a vitim! Sure!

[inventagod2]

Rice works for the biggest terrorist on the planet.

[papabc]

http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/chronology.html

September 11, 2001 - Terrorists hijack four U.S. commercial airliners
Oct. 12, 2000 - A terrorist bomb damages the destroyer USS Cole
Aug. 7, 1998 - Terrorist bombs destroy the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
June 21, 1998 - Rocket-propelled grenades explode near the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
June 25, 1996 - A bomb aboard a fuel truck explodes outside a U.S. air force installation in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Nov. 13, 1995 - A car-bomb in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
. . . . .
April 5, 1986 - A bomb destroys the LaBelle
discotheque in West Berlin.
December 1985 - Simultaneous suicide attacks are carried out against U.S. and Israeli check-in desks at Rome and Vienna international airports
October 1983 - A suicide car bomb attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut kills 241 servicemen. A simultaneous attack on a French base kills 58 paratroopers.
long time terrorism.

[kuei12]

I agree. All victims of bush must be united.

[wardoglrs]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday, saying the civilized world must unite against this menace.

How does one go against it''s self?

[papabc]

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr
The final year of his presidential tenure was marked by several major crises, including the 1979 takeover of the American embassy in Iran and holding of hostages by Iranian students, a failed rescue attempt of the hostages, serious fuel shortages, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

[papabc]

Will the Lard and Slaver Obama Protect Left only and screw middle America?

More dates.
Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany
. In a bungled rescue attempt by West German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were killed.


Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September organization.

[guadalcanal3]

All of you people who slander the President for acting in self-defense for our country probably have a beef with all law enforcement agencies as well for going after murderers and criminals...For all of you people intitiating an attack is o.k...but defending against an attack you call it terrorism???...As far as I''m concerned you are all enemies against the State....I believe the name for those type of people is in fact..."Terrorists."

[papabc]

Obama, I suspect, will be a Defender of the USA. He has already declared his intention for increased military involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Posted by brianwwb
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Remember?

He also will cut the military budget.
He will get US out of Iraq and cut the military more.
He will reduce our military weapons.

Do not trust this man or he hench men/women
Hillary, Pelosi, Reid, Shumer and the like.

[impeach___w]

The biggest and only mistake that President Bush did...

Which president Bush? I submit, That thier biggest blunders were that they did not "pull out" in time. Bush senior''s biggest error was nine months before Jr. was born. Posted by impeach___w


both are more successful in life than you are.....what does that say about you?
Posted by jamesm12341

james12341, Define success
Successful how with Daddy''s money, the Saudis''s money? Getting into Yale or all that gaye skull and bones stuff? Was it all of the successful businesses he ran into the ground, his world series baseball team or brilliant military career. His leadership, hanldling of 9/11, intellect, vocbulary, economic and other judgement? Was it all that Cocaine and booze, the DUI or his hook''em horns cheerleading? How exactly are you measuring sucess?

I am quite happy with my success compared to W Bush''s and I also have a higher approval rating!

[mahalapril]

START COUNTING FOR THE RESUMPTION OF THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE 9/11. OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS WILL FOCUS ON THE WELFARE ECONOMY. BUSH PROTECTED US SINCE 9/11 WHICH CLINTON COULD HAVE PREVENTED AND AND SAVED THE LIVES OF 3,000 INNOCENT CIVILIANS.DURING CLINTON''S SECOND TERM SUDAN TRIED TO GIVE UP BIN LADIN BUT CLINTON REFUSED.IN 1998 WHEN 2 US EMBASSIES IN AFRICA WERE BOMBED BY AL-QAEDA IN AFRICA ,CLINTON INSTEAD OF INVADING AFGHANISTAN JUST LAUNCHED SYMBOLIC MISSILE STRIKES ON A BUILDING IN SUDAN OWNED BY BIN LADIN AND ON THE TRAINIG CAMP OF AL-QAEDA IN AFGHANISTAN.

[lovegetpeace]

Posted by mahalapril at 04:58 PM : Dec 01, 2008

2nd Guessing AFter the facts is so easy and cheap that even my 6 years old son can do it.

Using your God given intelligence, going forward, what is the best course of action?