“There’s a lot of clamour for action against Pakistan from India,” Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the head of the Centre for Policy Research. “This attack was not just an attempt to scuttle India’s peace process with Pakistan. It was in many ways a pre-emptive strike against [Barack] Obama’s strategy for the region.”
Obama had promised to focus US efforts on the tribal regions that border Afghanistan and Pakistan, including pressuring Islamabad to step up pressure against al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives working in the area.
However, ifPakistan diverts its forces to the border with India in fear of possible reprisal for the Mumbai attacks, Washington will have to tread more carefully in the region.
 Vancouver Sun | Mumbai attacks ‘were a ploy to wreck Obama plan to isolate al-Qaeda’ Times Online - 4 hours ago Relations between India and Pakistan were on a knife edge last night amid fears that Delhi’s response to the Mumbai attacks could undermine the Pakistani army’s campaign against Islamic militants on the frontier with Afghanistan. The Region: India and Israel: The parallels Jerusalem Post Pak shifts from Afghanistan to India PRESS TV |
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Jerusalem Post, Israel - Nov 28, 2008
Obama was monitoring the situation in Mumbai, where more than 150 people were killed in violence that began Wednesday night when gunmen attacked 10 sites ...
Investigation Begins as Assault in Mumbai Ends Washington Post
Obama sends condolences to Indian PM for Mumbai attacks victims Xinhua
A message to Obama? Ynetnews
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