India asks UN council to blacklist Mumbai planners
09 Dec 2008 20:19:08 GMT Source: Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - An Indian government minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to help punish anyone responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai by adding them to a U.N. terrorism blacklist. "We have requested the Security Council to proscribe the Pakistani group Jamaat-ud-Dawa since it is a terrorist outfit," Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed told a special meeting of the Security Council on terrorism. "All those who were in any way responsible for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, wherever they may be, should be brought to justice," he said. The charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa is widely regarded as a front for the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which India has said was responsible for the Mumbai attacks that Ahamed said killed 179 people. Ahamed said he wanted the group added to the list of individuals and groups facing travel bans and asset freezes under Security Council resolution 1267, which imposed sanctions on supporters of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or the Taliban. Without naming any specific groups, Ahamed said that in addition to Jamaat-ud-Dawa, "other such organizations" should be included on the U.N. blacklist "and effective sanctions imposed against them." The Indian minister also made clear that New Delhi expected Islamabad to act decisively against any militants operating in Pakistan who might have been involved in preparing the attacks. (Editing by Claudia Parsons and Doina Chiacu)
A lawyer shouts slogans during a protest against the U.S. air strikes in the country's tribal areas in Lahore November 20, 2008. Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to ...
