Brown backs India line on LeT link with Mumbai attack

New Delhi/Islamabad, Dec 14 (PTI) Endorsing India's line
that Lashkar-e-Toiba is behind the Mumbai carnage, British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown Sunday talked tough with Pakistan
telling it bluntly that "time has come for action and not
words" and that it will have a "great deal to answer for".

After talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an
unscheduled visit to New Delhi following rising tensions
between the two neighbouring countries, Brown asserted that
the deadly attacks in Mumbai were carried out by
Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT).

Brown later flew to Islamabad where he told reporters
after talks with President Asif Ali Zardari that three-fourths
of major terror plots investigated in the UK had links to
al-Qaeda in Pakistan.

Asking Pakistan to act against terrorists to deny them
"safe haven" in its territory , Brown offered it a
comprehensive USD 9 million package under a new
counter-terrorism pact between Islamabad and London.

"The time has come for action and not words," Brown said
addressing a joint press conference with Zardari.

The British premier said he had also asked both his
Indian counterpart and Zardari to allow British police to
question suspects arrested in both countries in connection
with the Mumbai attacks. He indicated that he was awaiting a
response from both the leaders.

Hinting at building pressure on Pakistan, the British
Prime Minister told a select group of journalists in New Delhi
that the world community should come together to ensure that
there were "no safe havens for terrorists" and "no safe place
for those who finance terrorist activities".

"We also know that the group responsible is LeT and they
(Pakistan) have a great deal to answer for," he said after
talks with with his Indian counterpart. PTI AKK
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