British Foreign Secretary: Mumbai Terror Attack Linked to Pakistanis

Via VOA News -

The British foreign secretary says the November terror attacks in Mumbai were not directed by the Pakistani state, but has urged Islamabad to act against its perpetrators. He is the latest official to visit India, as New Delhi mounts a diplomatic offensive to pressure Islamabad to act against those guilty for the terror strike.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told reporters in New Delhi, Tuesday, he believes that the Pakistan state was not involved in the terror strikes in Mumbai.

But he says the attacks clearly had links to the banned Islamic militant group, the Laskhar-e-Taiba, which is based in Pakistan, and called on Islamabad to root out the group, also known as LET.

"I have said publicly that I do not believe that the attacks were directed by the Pakistani state, and I think it's important to restate that," said Miliband. "What is relevant is the approach of the Pakistani state to the LET organization and the way the Pakistani state takes on the menace of the LET organization."