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Obama to Indian PM: terror can`t defeat India`s democracy
New Delhi/Washington, Nov 29 (PTI) Asserting that
terrorism cannot defeat "India's great democracy",
President-elect Barack Obama Saturday spoke to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh over the Mumbai attacks amid his advocacy for
full US support to New Delhi in combating the scourge.
Obama called up Singh in the morning in connection with
the Mumbai terror strikes and "expressed his deepest
condolences", the Prime Minister's Office said in New Delhi.
Singh apprised him about the developments in Mumbai,
where the operation to flush out terrorists ended Saturday
morning after 60 hours of gun-fights.
Prior to his telephone call to the Prime Minister,
Obama, who will occupy the White House in January, said that
the terrorists who targeted innocent civilians could not
defeat "India's great democracy" nor "shake the will of a
global coalition to defeat them".
He said "the United States must stand with India and all
nations and people who are committed to destroying terrorist
networks, and defeating their hate-filled ideology."
Maintaining that there is only "one President at a time,"
Obama said, "We fully support the Bush Administration's
efforts to protect American citizens and assist the government
of India during this tragic time."
"I will continue to closely monitor the situation on the
ground in Mumbai and am grateful for the cooperation of the
Bush administration in keeping me and my staff updated," said
Obama who is in touch with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
as well as with Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen.
Obama said he has sent his "deepest condolences" to the
loved ones of the American citizens who died in the outrageous
terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"Michelle (Obama's wife) and I send our deepest
condolences to the loved ones of the American citizens who
lost their lives in the outrageous terrorist attacks in
Mumbai," the US President-elect said following reports that a
Virginia man and his daughter had been killed along with a
rabbi from New York.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them, and with all who
have been touched by this terrible tragedy," Obama said in a
statement. PTI
terrorism cannot defeat "India's great democracy",
President-elect Barack Obama Saturday spoke to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh over the Mumbai attacks amid his advocacy for
full US support to New Delhi in combating the scourge.
Obama called up Singh in the morning in connection with
the Mumbai terror strikes and "expressed his deepest
condolences", the Prime Minister's Office said in New Delhi.
Singh apprised him about the developments in Mumbai,
where the operation to flush out terrorists ended Saturday
morning after 60 hours of gun-fights.
Prior to his telephone call to the Prime Minister,
Obama, who will occupy the White House in January, said that
the terrorists who targeted innocent civilians could not
defeat "India's great democracy" nor "shake the will of a
global coalition to defeat them".
He said "the United States must stand with India and all
nations and people who are committed to destroying terrorist
networks, and defeating their hate-filled ideology."
Maintaining that there is only "one President at a time,"
Obama said, "We fully support the Bush Administration's
efforts to protect American citizens and assist the government
of India during this tragic time."
"I will continue to closely monitor the situation on the
ground in Mumbai and am grateful for the cooperation of the
Bush administration in keeping me and my staff updated," said
Obama who is in touch with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
as well as with Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen.
Obama said he has sent his "deepest condolences" to the
loved ones of the American citizens who died in the outrageous
terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"Michelle (Obama's wife) and I send our deepest
condolences to the loved ones of the American citizens who
lost their lives in the outrageous terrorist attacks in
Mumbai," the US President-elect said following reports that a
Virginia man and his daughter had been killed along with a
rabbi from New York.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them, and with all who
have been touched by this terrible tragedy," Obama said in a
statement. PTI
