It could as part of some kind of barter - but only if India could be an effective force against some Islamic or other terrorist outfit that is orthogonal to US interests. As of now, India has precious little to offer in the so called war against terrorism...in the same sense as Pakistan has had a lot to offer (voluntarily and involuntarily). So, I don't see that happening in the near future...
-----Original Message----- From: Rajib Das [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 4/29/2005 11:02 AM To: Roy, Santanu; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Assam] http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/28ulfa.htm Does political reciprocity mean that if India and USA agree to a quid pro quo arrangement in terms of "my terrorist is your terrorist too" (and the US Congress approves) such sanctions could come into play? --- "Roy, Santanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The actual report can be found on the US State > department web-site: > http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14813.htm > The report is made to the Congress as part of a > statutory requirement of facts and actions taken > with respect to international terrorist activity > that harms the interests of US citizens. These are > subject to direct legal and exceutive sanctions. > This year's report also mentions other facts in > order to appraise Congress of the global context of > terrorist activity and in that context, lists some > groups that are not known to have directly harmed > the interest of any US citizens. It follows that > such groups are not going to attract any sanctions > nor those supporting them - unless the US congress > decides to take special measures on the basis of a > political reciprocity argument from the > administration. ULFA is listed in the latter > category. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Rajib Das > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Assam] > http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/apr/28ulfa.htm > > > > > > > > Now the ULFA is a designated terrorist > organization as > > per the US Government State Department. > > > > The report mentions it receives aid from "unknown > > external sources". Wonder who these sources are! > > > > What are the implications for citizens and other > > residents of USA vis-a-vis this? > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > > Mailing list FAQ: > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > > To unsubscribe or change options: > > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
