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By US India Relations
War Against Terrorism
l The central issue in the world today is
terrorism
l The reason India is threatening military
action against Pakistan is terrorism.
l Pakistan has been a state sponsor of
terrorism!
Therefore, it is terrorism we want to talk
about.
Demographics
l 180 million Moslems live in India and 140 million
live in Pakistan.
l 1947: 40% of Pakistan was Non-Moslem. Today
ONLY 3 % are left while the world has looked the
other way.
l 1947: 25% of India was Moslem (60 million).
1991: 95.2 million. Despite migration of millions
of Moslems to Pakistan, TODAY 18% (150
million ) of Indians are Moslems. This shows that
the Moslem population is reaching pre-partition
demographics in India.
Pakistan’s Role in Terrorism
l December 1999: George Tenet, Director of
CIA and Michael Sheen, State Department
Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Michael
Sheen testified before a Senate Sub-
Committee that :
l US intelligence has sufficient evidence that
Pakistan is a state-sponsor of terrorism
against India
Pakistan & Terrorism
l In 2000, the State Dept's report on terrorism
described Pak's official involvement in
terrorism against India.
l - But fell short of adding Pak to list of
countries sponsoring terrorism to avoid
triggering severe sanctions against an old
cold-war ally.
Pakistan & Terrorism
l Year 2000: a bipartisan congressional commission
on terrorism recommended to the State Dept that
sanctions be imposed on Pakistan for sponsoring
terrorism.