Indian Americans ask UN to declare Pak terrorist state-Indians Abroad-The Times of India
NEW YORK: Braving sub-zero temperature and cold wind, more than 200 supporters and workers of dozens of Indian American organisation held a
demonstration outside the UN, seeking the world body declare Pakistan a terrorist state.
The demonstrators, from New York and adjoining New Jersey and Connecticut states spearheaded by Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) and Indian American Intellectual Forum, demanded that the international community take action against Saudi Arabia also as groups based there had been funding the terror operations which are planned and executed from Pakistan.
The international community, they said, need impose economic sanction against Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and force Islamabad to rein in its “infamous” Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) which, they alleged, provides logistic and other support to terrorists.
If Pakistan does not hand over the suspects that India has demanded, they should be tried by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, they said.
The demonstrators carried pictures of Jewish couple Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and wife Rivka, who were murdered by the terrorists during Mumbai attacks, with caption: “It is a crime to be a Jew?”
The demonstration began with a silence observed for one minute to pay homage to the victims of Mumbai attacks and the police officers who were killed in the action.
“Who is funding terrorism?’ Saudi Arabia,” “Down with Pakistan,” “Pakistan, a failed state,” “stop aid to Pakistan,” and “Radical Islam is the worldwide problem,” were among the slogans that they shouted.
Gaurang Vaishnav, a spokesperson of the Tristate Indians under whose banner the demonstration was organized, said that it was important that countries such as US, Britain, Israel and India come together to evolve a strategy to root out the terrorism.
While, along with the world, I support peace and condemn the terrorist acts, I do not support those people in the article. I strongly believe the Indian American’s are igniting fire, and are looking to further take up this issue immaturely.
The Indian American want the terrorist - they can have them - rt? no one supports terrorism - however they are HELL BENT on DECLARING A COUNTRY Terrorist is a baseless demand.
The terrorist are “orphans” - without a “(country)mom n’ dad”. Indian Americans are calling “Pakistan - the parents”. However, Pakistan is not supporting terrorism. They want to fight terrorism. So Indians are definitely up to some thing, and by igniting the fire, it will only leave countries “burning”.
There is always time to act maturely. I hope the Indians do that.