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Indian Americans to organise 'Washington Lobby Day' on Jan 27
Washington, Jan 2 (PTI) In a bid to convince US lawmakers
to put pressure on Pakistan to take action against
perpetrators of Mumbai attacks, a group of Indian Americans
have decided to hold "Washington Lobby Day" on January 27.
The objective is to "show the US Members of Congress
that Indian Americans and all Americans are expressing their
strong support for the victims of the Mumbai attacks and for
continued US-India efforts on the war against terrorist
organisations based in Pakistan," Chairman of US-India
Political Action Committee (USINPAC), Sanjay Puri said.
USINPAC and several other Indian American organisations
including Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) have
come together to set up a national task force.
The task force aims at raising awareness among US
lawmakers and the incoming Obama Administration and garner
support for India on the issue of Mumbai terrorist attacks.
"This coalition of Indian American organisations
demonstrates that Indian-Americans are united in the
condemnation of the Mumbai attacks and the need for
cooperation between the US and India to work together to
eliminate terrorism in South Asia," Puri said in a statement.
Soon after the Mumbai terror strikes, USINPAC had
launched a petition campaign demanding that the US
Congressional funding should be contingent on Pakistan in
extraditing Dawood Ibrahim.
"We believe that in the interests of broader peace,
America needs to demand that Pakistan close down all terror
camps in its territory or risk losing US funding that has
amounted to over USD 10 Billion since 9/11," says the
petition, which has so far been signed by thousands of Indian
Americans.
The Task Force, in its first few steps has demanded
conditional US economic and military assistance to Pakistan,
based on the action taken by Islamabad against those
responsible for Mumbai terror attacks.
It has demanded that Pakistan extradite all suspects in
the Mumbai attacks for trial in India; dismantling the
terrorist infrastructure and finance network between the
Pakistani intelligence services and the Pakistani army.
Besides it also asked for dismantling the terror camps
run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other radical outfits from
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) providing training and
deploying terrorists worldwide. PTI LKJ
RKM
to put pressure on Pakistan to take action against
perpetrators of Mumbai attacks, a group of Indian Americans
have decided to hold "Washington Lobby Day" on January 27.
The objective is to "show the US Members of Congress
that Indian Americans and all Americans are expressing their
strong support for the victims of the Mumbai attacks and for
continued US-India efforts on the war against terrorist
organisations based in Pakistan," Chairman of US-India
Political Action Committee (USINPAC), Sanjay Puri said.
USINPAC and several other Indian American organisations
including Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) have
come together to set up a national task force.
The task force aims at raising awareness among US
lawmakers and the incoming Obama Administration and garner
support for India on the issue of Mumbai terrorist attacks.
"This coalition of Indian American organisations
demonstrates that Indian-Americans are united in the
condemnation of the Mumbai attacks and the need for
cooperation between the US and India to work together to
eliminate terrorism in South Asia," Puri said in a statement.
Soon after the Mumbai terror strikes, USINPAC had
launched a petition campaign demanding that the US
Congressional funding should be contingent on Pakistan in
extraditing Dawood Ibrahim.
"We believe that in the interests of broader peace,
America needs to demand that Pakistan close down all terror
camps in its territory or risk losing US funding that has
amounted to over USD 10 Billion since 9/11," says the
petition, which has so far been signed by thousands of Indian
Americans.
The Task Force, in its first few steps has demanded
conditional US economic and military assistance to Pakistan,
based on the action taken by Islamabad against those
responsible for Mumbai terror attacks.
It has demanded that Pakistan extradite all suspects in
the Mumbai attacks for trial in India; dismantling the
terrorist infrastructure and finance network between the
Pakistani intelligence services and the Pakistani army.
Besides it also asked for dismantling the terror camps
run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other radical outfits from
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) providing training and
deploying terrorists worldwide. PTI LKJ
RKM
