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To: John Hunt who wrote (12327)	12/27/2001 5:37:41 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27746

Well said John..... Message 16835383

To: John Hunt who wrote (12327)	12/27/2001 6:50:56 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27746

India moves missiles to border Updated on 12/27/2001 10:38:48 AM ISLAMABAD (NNI): India has moved ballistic missiles and troops to its border with Pakistan as tensions continue to rise between the two countries following an attack by suspected militants on the Indian parliament.Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes told the BBC that ‘Pakistan had declared war on India and something had to be done’. However, analysts say that military action is not a real option as India would be seen as the aggressor and lose international support over the issue. Pakistan has arrested the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad. But India says the arrest of Maulana Masood Azhar, although a step in the right direction, does not go far enough. It wants Pakistan to hand over Kashmiri militants it claims were behind the attack on the parliament building in Delhi on 13 December. Fernandes said: “When India is attacked in the way it was, frankly what Pakistan has done is wage war against India.” Pakistan’s military government spokesman Major-General Rashid Qureshi said: “We want to co-operate and if India provides a shred of evidence, we will take action.” Delhi-based defence analyst and former Indian army major Maroof Raja told the BBC that India would not risk losing international support. But it could impose economic sanctions by abandoning a 30-year-old agreement which allows Pakistan access to water which passes through Indian territory. “That is Pakistan’s lifeline, so it would have a huge shock to Pakistan.” India, which has already severed diplomatic and transport links between the two countries, has ordered thousands of villagers to leave the disputed Kashmir region. The two countries have been in dispute over Kashmir for more than 50 years. They have waged two wars in 1947-8 and in 1965, but the stakes have been raised because both are now nuclear powers. Azhar was detained in Punjab province on charges of making provocative speeches and instigating trouble The authorities’ move comes a day after Islamabad froze the accounts and assets of another militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba - also blamed by India for the attack on the parliament compound. The Indian Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, said Delhi did not want war, but war was being thrust upon it and the country would have to face it. President General Pervez Musharraf, said the army was fully prepared for all challenges, but the country would have to proceed cautiously, because of its nuclear capability. India has also cancelled all military leave and moved thousands of soldiers and tanks into the border state of Rajasthan, according to reports from the region. The BBC’s correspondent says Kashmir continues to provide a fertile recruiting ground for militants, and what was originally a political separatist struggle is now attracting Pakistani and Afghan fighters motivated by religious convictions. Until two years ago the arrested leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad was languishing in an Indian jail, accused of involvement in militant activities in Kashmir. But Mr Azhar was allowed to return to Pakistan after an Indian airliner was hijacked by Kashmiri separatists in December 1999. They demanded his freedom in return for releasing the hostage. frontierpost.com.pk

To: John Hunt who wrote (12327)	12/28/2001 10:26:49 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27746

EU Adopts Anti-Terrorist Measures; Freezes Assets of Islamic Jihad, Hamas Military Wing By Paul Ames Associated Press Writer Published: Dec 28, 2001 BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union adopted a package of anti-terrorism measures Friday, ordering the assets of Palestinian militants frozen and branding homegrown groups in Northern Ireland and Spain's Basque country as terrorists. The EU ordered a freeze on assets of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Izzedine al-Qassam, the military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas. Among other individuals, the freeze also targeted Imad Mughniyeh, which the EU called a "senior intelligence officer" of the Lebanon guerrilla group Hezbollah. The package also included a common definition of terrorist crimes accepted by all 15 EU nations; agreement to deny safe haven to terrorists and their supporters or financial backers; enhanced cooperation and information exchange among law enforcement agencies within the EU and other nations; and tighter monitoring of asylum seekers to ensure terrorists are not given refugee status. For the first time, EU governments also drew up a list of domestic organizations accused by all 15 of terrorist activity. They included the Basque separatist organization ETA, dissdent splinter groups of the Irish Republican Army and anti-Catholic groups from Northern Ireland, as well as the militant leftist Greek group November 17. EU nations have been rushing to better coordinate their efforts against terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The new measures seek to close loopholes and prevent groups from evading police by moving across the open borders of the union. They also represent a toughening of Europe's approach to militant groups - both at home and from abroad, particularly the Middle East. The EU steps against Jihad and Hamas come after the union demanded earlier this month that Palestinian Yasser Arafat dismantle "the terrorist networks" of the radical groups. The new measures were agreed upon Thursday by an exchange of letters among EU governments, but full details were not made public until Friday. The EU has already frozen the assets of dozens of groups and individuals linked to Afghanistan's Taliban, Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network, and other Islamic radical organizations. The union has also introduced an EU-wide arrest warrant for serious crimes, to come into force 2004, and minimum prison sentences for terrorist crimes. But the latest measures close some gaps. Since some EU nations had no legal definition of terrorism or specific anti-terrorism legislation, law enforcement agencies said groups could evade controls by moving around the 15-nation bloc, which has largely abolished internal border controls. With the decision, the union did not immediately freeze assets of citizens or groups inside the union because there is no EU-wide system that would enable it to do so, as there is for foreigners. But officials said national governments would act individually against those domestic groups. EU officials also said there was an agreement on a separate classified list of organizations and individuals suspected of terrorist links and subject to investigation by European police forces. The groups named by the EU as "involved in terrorist acts" on the list published Friday included the Continuity IRA and Real IRA; four Northern Irish Protestant groups - the Loyalist Volunteer Force, the Orange Volunteers, the Red Hand Defenders and the Ulster Defense Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters; and ETA and five groups linked to it. Also on the list were three shadowy Greek organizations November 17, Revolutionary Cells and Revolutionary Popular Struggle, or ELA; a Spanish leftist group called GRAPO; and the Palestinian groups Islamic Jihad and Hamas Izzedine al-Qassam. The external security organization of the Lebanese Hezbollah, which was included on a list distributed by diplomats Thursday, was not on the list published in the EU's official journal Friday, although individuals accused of Hezbollah links were. ap.tbo.com